Need help with choosing paint colors!
Apr. 6th, 2009 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annissamazingInside a house, I know what I want. Outside... well, I think I know what I want, but I'm afraid it won't work out. I've got a black and white modified cape cod.
(I need to take a new picture of it, but for now this is all I have.)
I was thinking of a medium taupe instead of white and a rather dark red for what's currently painted black. I was messing around on Sherwin-Williams' website and tried the color scheme out on an arts-and-crafts house (they didn't have cape cods) and it looked horrible. So now I'm trying to think of a new color scheme or a modified one that would actually look nice on my house.
I'm actually nervous enough that I'm thinking of sticking with black and white, even though I don't like it.
Notes:
My roof is light gray.
My door is natural-finished oak, but I don't mind painting it (I've always wanted a red door). Also, I want to replace the storm door that's currently on the house, I just haven't gotten to it yet. But I want to get an all-glass storm door so you can actually see the beautiful front door.
My neighbor's house on the right is cream and my neighbor's house on the left is yellow so I'd like to avoid those colors.
My neighborhood doesn't have many boldly colored houses and I'd rather my house not look like it belongs in San Francisco.
Help?
(I need to take a new picture of it, but for now this is all I have.)
I was thinking of a medium taupe instead of white and a rather dark red for what's currently painted black. I was messing around on Sherwin-Williams' website and tried the color scheme out on an arts-and-crafts house (they didn't have cape cods) and it looked horrible. So now I'm trying to think of a new color scheme or a modified one that would actually look nice on my house.
I'm actually nervous enough that I'm thinking of sticking with black and white, even though I don't like it.
Notes:
My roof is light gray.
My door is natural-finished oak, but I don't mind painting it (I've always wanted a red door). Also, I want to replace the storm door that's currently on the house, I just haven't gotten to it yet. But I want to get an all-glass storm door so you can actually see the beautiful front door.
My neighbor's house on the right is cream and my neighbor's house on the left is yellow so I'd like to avoid those colors.
My neighborhood doesn't have many boldly colored houses and I'd rather my house not look like it belongs in San Francisco.
Help?