Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
My taste definitely veers towards the darker side, and I have quite the fondness for greys. Once I saw this house in person and realized what I thought was yellow brick was actually brick painted tan, I truly thought that I was going to paint the brick a soft grey. But a neighbor right across the street had used a similar color as his main color, and I just didn't want to match it. So I got some samples. All were various shades of grey, which, after perusing Pinterest all too often, were much darker than I had anticipated. But the one I fell in love with was a deep dark navy blue. Still not sure why that was the color that hooked me, since I'm just not a navy person.
I had sent the sample photos (which were definitely not accurate representations, but they gave an idea) to and called Mom and a few of my more artsy friends to get their opinions... since my staring at the choices in person was leaving me open for comments such as "You realize you're crazy, right?!" from the painters. Only one person was as convinced as I was about this almost black paint. But I went with it anyway...
When I drove up after the body was done, the next question was what was I going to cover that horrific green with. I'm accustomed to this style of house having three different colors (when the brick has been painted)... the body/brick color, the trim color, and the accent (where the green is). And I'm accustomed to the accent color being darker than the body. But in this case, the only choice that left me with was black. Which would have been beautiful, especially with the bone color I chose for the trim, but I really didn't want to scare off the neighbors. I found a dark burgundy that would have also worked, but I felt that it may have made this house look too feminine... and possibly made me look like a patriot that fell down the rabbit hole. I also chose a teal that was lovely, but looked too similar to the body color. So I went against everything that I'm accustomed to and used the body color as the accent. And I couldn't be happier with the result.
The white paint on the retaining wall is slowly being chipped away. I love lichen and moss, and want it to take over the entire wall.
The rose bushes were not taken out, only cut back since they were completely unruly. Eventually all landscaping will be revamped.
The light sconces will be changed out shortly.
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It looks beautiful, those are the same colours I have it my spare room. They make your house stand out from the rest, in a very nice way
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I really think you did a great job and am glad house is all one color. I can't wait for you to dress up the porch.
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