Sherwin Williams Coastal colors sounds like a good place to start but do not go too dark. You need a lighter color due to fading and yes, every paint will fade! Try blue/greens that look watery with linen colored trim. Always good choices for the beach and not too "out-there" for buyers.
I agree with others; my first instinct was a soft, creamy yellow with grey (same) shutters, a sky blue (sorta bright) garage and front door and I think I'd tint the cement driveway and door approach with a deeper grey sealer...it's a $100 change that adds a huge effect to the overall appearance. Then everything will look 'finished'. The bedrooms upstairs need updated window coverings, matching. I'd do mini-blinds, just to play on the hard-lines of the house. You could also do a horizontal
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slat trellis along the front porch, just to tie the horizontal lines together on the different elevations and create another design aspect, again for under $100 total. Love your landscaping!!!
I personally have found by just watching my neighbors make horrific mistakes....... to stay with light, very pale colors for the body of your house. I had a neighbor paint her house a pink beige that made everyone gag!! Her house is the same size and layout as mine and it looked horrible and very tiny. My poor old paint job came with my house when I purchased. It is a very. very pale yellow with Forrest Green wooden shutters (for show only). I have never liked it, but with time, I
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have learned to appreciate the pale yellow. And my neighbor ended up repainting her house (rather quickly), the same pale yellow as mine. But left the white windows. Looks great too. I on the other hand have black windows (why they did not do white is beyond me, they are new). But I can stand down the street and look at my house with it's old but good paint job and be house proud and too poor to change it. I also, just after buying it, put a brick color, metal roof on it because there is brick red brick under each window and the sills are brick also. Might sound tacky, but it looks good. By the way, metal roofs ROCK!!! I will see if I can find a picture. My house is so tiny compared to your three story one.
I love a sunny yellow house. It wouldn't look right on our Spanish stucco style house, but I painted my chicken coop sunny-side up yellow. However, I've been seeing some upgraded homes in my area painted dark colors like slate gray or chocolate brown, and these are surprisingly appealing.
If you haven't already done the project, head into Sherwin Williams and take a look at some of their new designer brochures. They have a beach collection....and a southwest collection....both worth taking a look at. Always prep properly and use the best materials for a long lasting job. That's how handyANDY does every job...hand wash, SherMax caulk (sherwin williams), zinser 1-2-3 primer & Duration or Emerald exterior paint (sherwin williams again). LUCK!
HandyAndy, I went looking for inspiration on the Beach colors and did not like them at all. Plus I had trouble with getting the site to work... finally the pictures changed, but then moved on too fast, after several looks I decided I had wasted my time. But I sure agree about the proper prep work.... always do good prep work, always. And I am hoping for a decision on the paint colors soon Marline. I am so impatient. lol
Your house is great!!!!
Our roof is slate black.
We are going with a deep yellow , celery green, & a rosy-coral for a little POP!!
Thanks everyone, love the ideas.
We might change our minds!
Isn't a woman allowed?
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