To shutter? Or not to shutter? If so, what color?
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Country Design Home on Jan 17, 2015Hi Kristy! I always love the look of shutters, just seems to add the finishing touch to a home. Since you have so much clay color of the bricks, I would stay away from the terra cotta if it is a "pop" you are looking for. It is really not obvious from the photos, but I can see that there is some green in the brick, so I think that a sage green would definitely be the color of choice. Painting the front door the same color would bring everything together. One suggestion? Is it possible to put window boxes under the two smaller windows on the right to achieve some visual balance with the large picture window on the left? And then add some green plantings under the picture window as well. Good luck! Make sure you post after photos!Helpful Reply
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Kim Wingrove on Jan 17, 2015There is an article in Fine Homebuilding from Nov 2013 called Getting Shutters Right that might have some good information for you.Helpful Reply
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Robin Straub on Jan 17, 2015A nice brown shutter would be nice and some window boxes. Paint the front door a color as wellHelpful Reply
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Robin Straub on Jan 18, 2015The right shade of green would be a great popHelpful Reply
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Linda on Jan 18, 2015Hi Kristy, I guess it would all depend on how dramatic you would like to go, but black shutters with a hit of color something like red or a burnt orange would look great on the front door. Good luck with the shutters etc.Cant wait to see what you do!Helpful Reply
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Kristy Champion on Jan 18, 2015I know I want a casual style. Not overly-traditional. I think my type of brick with the unusual color combination calls for that. If I had traditional red brick, I'd be deciding between white or black shutters, for sure. I have chosen what I'm calling a casual, country, English-garden style for foundation plantings so I have decided on this shutter style.Helpful Reply
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Wanda sinnema on Apr 18, 2015a trick to help on color I learned from Christopher Lowell shows.... SQUINT.. it blends colors of the brick to create a single total color,, when you do that. I too think terra cotta it would blend in. rather than POP you want.. depending on your front door color- your thought of green I like.. Our brick home is less varied in color, Roman brick, we got new almond windows.. I chose CRANBERRY for a new storm door and color matched the paint for the front and back door.., a POP of color but subtle darker shadeHelpful Reply
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Flower girl on Jul 10, 2015KristyHelpful Reply
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Flower girl on Jul 10, 2015I had that color of brick on my former house. We used a blue/gray colored shutter and it looked great. You might explore that color as well!Helpful Reply
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