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pephilg
Joined: 18 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: Exterior facelift |
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| I have a clasic colonial home and would like to do a facelift on the front face. The house is two story with a brick face (1st floor) and a painted ceder shingle on the 2nd floor. I'm installing a new front door, garrage doors (carrige house style) new sidding (maybe vinal) and a new roof. My problem is the color scheme. I would like to have the sidding (2nd floor) a classic taupe color (or other traditional color), 1st floor would remain brick (classic red). I'm not sure what color to make the shutters, door, trim, garage doors and roof. If anyone has a good eye for design, the help would be appreciated....... Thanks |
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phansford
Joined: 18 Apr 2004
Posts: 565
Location: SW Ohio
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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Its tough to help without photos, but really - you don't want our help..... let me assure  Just like you don't want twenty people going clothes shopping with you. Everyone's taste is different.
Who can help you is your local paint store. I perfer Sherwin-Williams for a couple of reasons. Its an Ohio company and there are lots of retail outlets. So my comments will be about Sherwin Williams.
Most paint companies have grouped their paints into color families. I like working out the "historic" palettes. Sherwin Williams has what they call their "Preservation Palette" and within that group, they have "Classical/Colonial". You can go to the local store and pick up a color card of this particular palette. And in one fell swoop, you have reduced your color choices (and difficulties in choosing) from thousands of colors to about 10 colors. These colors are based on historical or traditional uses of colors on Classical/Colonial Houses. The color card even gives recommended combinations of body, trim, and accent colors.
While your are not picking paint colors (all of your products are vinyl), you can use the paint schemes to help guide your selection.
You can also go on line and use virtual painters such as the one at Sherwin Williams . Click on the Launch Color Visualizer under the word "From Start to Finish - We can Help".
This will open a second window and you can click on "Paint an Exterior". You can also select from the Historic Palette as I mentioned and virtually work out your color scheme.
Overall - you need to work for large color (product samples) and start from your givens...... such as red brick and then go from there. The Color Visualizer can help pick the accents and trims.
Hope that helps |
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mx2
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Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Location: Miami, Florida
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: |
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I agree with phansford but would also add that for those clients who have diffuclty in imagining the final product while perusing through books, webpages, paint chips, etc, etc, the best way to discover what you can live with for the near future is to create a "mock up" of the combined colors. Instead of investing in the entire package of materials (after you've done what phansford suggested, at least...) buy samples of all the materials (or make some up, like cut and painted plywood for fake shutters) and temporarily attach them to the house from the ground up to the roof in a 3 foot wide strip. Try different color combinations. If that is too much work, at least paint some areas with the combinations, side by side, for comparision, then stand back, across the street, drive up in a car, take pictures, whatever...and let it "speak" to you...
mx2.5
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