Exterior Colour

[robmorris]

Hello

I have bought the below house which has been painted over pebbledash.

Some house along the row have kept to original pebbledash / some painted over various shades of magnolia / some rendered in various shades of magnolia.

Is there an etiquette to exterior house paint colour?

I want to freshen up the outside (3 x sides of the house) with a fresh coat of paint but I dont want another shade of Magnolia.

What colours could suit? Is there some program that I can upload my house to - to see it in different colours?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[sparkwright]

Olive green.

 

[robmorris]

Thanks - I do like Olive Green. There seems to be various shades but I think a light shade will be what I want.
I found a colour called 'pearl colour pale' which I think is like a pale olive?

 

[Chri5]

If all the houses are painted in a light colour, I'd stick with similar.

If you make you house the odd one in the street, it will devalue the property. Ask a local estate agent.

If it was mine I'd go white or buttermilk on the dashing. Black on the gable woods and replace the guttering back to black. It would sharpen up the look, but not be odd or out of keeping with the street.

Ps the post on green, while I'd like to think that was humour rather than advice.

 

[robmorris]

Thanks for the advice. I certainly dont want to stand out nor devalue our home.

I never considered black gable woods - would that suit against buttermilk? I always thought it would only work against white paint?

 

[Chri5]

 

[sparkwright]

I was serious about olive green.

Though white or magnolia is fine, I find if too many houses are done in it, and all at varying shades, it can look naff.

If all the houses were done in the exact shade it would look fine, but different shades look like you're trying to match it up and failed.

My suggestion with the olive green was that it's still a fairly neutral colour, but will provide a bit of contrast from those samey magnolia colours without being too over-powerful. It's also a very fresh colour and an interesting colour too.

 

[sparkwright]

I've also found black woodwork seems to attract the heat and blisters more quickly than white.