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Exterior house colors




What are your thoughts? Went through 5 shades of stucco, 4 shades of trim, and two shades of clapboard.

Fairly set on:
stucco, 5 - BM Arborcoat solid stain platinum gray
clapboard, 7 - BM Classic Grey
trim, 4 - BM Graphite...runner up was 3, BM wrought iron

included a photoshop carrying over the samples. Everything looks a bit darker due to overcast
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Old 04-16-2018, 11:06 AM
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Really tough to tell from those small samples...

I like your choices, seems to be a pretty "high-contrast" theme, which I think is appropriate for a Tudor.
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5 & 4 look like great choices! Hard to see how 7 is really going to look since it looks pretty blue on the photoshops but fairly washed out in daylight samples. Highly recommend getting a good pressure washing done before painting and doing window caulking at the same time while you are all setup! Sherman Williams has some great stucco patch repair putty for cracks that's easy to apply and paint over.
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I am not a fan of the grey clapboard.
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The grey is nice... Just doesn't go with earth tones
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All earth tones are going away. The only thing that may stand out is the front door and the flagstone walkway. But the walkway is on its last legs and will eventually be replaced by bluestone

the clapboard is tricky since the house could easily look top heavy. Either go light on the clapboard or invert the color scheme. Anyway, I submitted the colors to the painter this afternoon. Will keep you posted on the final product
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Contrasting out the overcast...
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I think you guys were right. Here are some photoshops of a reselection of clapboard color. The clapboard looked off. I switched colors last minute to Chelsea Gray. Painter starts in a couple days and will post the finished product
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Previous clapboard color
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I think you guys were right. Here are some photoshops of a reselection of clapboard color. The clapboard looked off. I switched colors last minute to Chelsea Gray. Painter starts in a couple days and will post the finished product
That's definitely an improvement on the first grey.
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Teaser -

stucco and trim trim painted on the side of the house. Clapboard is going to be stained last

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Looking very sweet!!!
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Half way there
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Looking good, the lighter color is a nice improvement.
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Originally Posted by 00tl-p3.2
looking good, the lighter color is a nice improvement.
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Thanks. The Graphite trim looks almost black today w overcast but should look better in direct sun I hope. Either way, it was almost necessary to match the asphalt roof the way the front of the house is setup. Medium grays clashed too much.

Wife wants to add some color with painted window boxes so I guess that’s the next project.

Thinking grayish blues. Which will eventually be used for a future garage project when we convert to a barn. Big blue horse barn door would really pop





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Favoring Benjamin Moore
Newportbury blue
kensington blue
hudson bay

need to see what tinge the clapboard color will be when it goes up
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$200 for some flower boxes? If I was closer, I'd do it for half that.
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Lol I know. I need to search further for something w a nice design and paintable
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Clapboard stained. Only front remaining


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Done looks great the trim has a hint of blue the clapboard also a hint of blue and changes between a green/mocha to taupe to blue


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Looks great!
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