Bored? Paint my house...(long, with PsIP)

[TBM]

...and feel free to design my landscape. lol


We hate the brown trim, and are not big fans of the white.  

So far the inside of the house is a very light gray/stone color, a very bold teal (one 12'x16' wall and a small wall at the end of the hall), with dark, purple/black/brown trim.  We have a lot of color with textiles, art and decor,  but we aren't afraid of color on walls, inside or out.  Our last house's exterior was painted SW Henna Shade.  It seemed like a crazy bolf choice, but was surprisingly neutral in a neighborhood where some houses had red roof tiles and red brick cladded garage fronts.

The immediate neighbors houses are, band aid color (blech), khaki (at least they have pretty stacked stone facing), pale gray, and another gray.  Most everyone else on the block has earth tone drab houses, with boring trim.  The houses just disappear.  

This is the view our neighbors have from their bay window in their kitchen.  The small opening in the center is the driveway...or at least is where there is a pad poured.  The open space to the left is the septic stuff so it can't be used as part of the driveway, but there is kind of a clearing on the right that can be used once some stumps are ground/removed, so we could fit in something similar in shape to the pi symbol.  




As you drive up....(and yes, we are replacing the lovely mailbox and finding a better location. )




Front door(seriously in need of color!) with sidelights (opens to porch/courtyard, not inside of house), boring expanse of wall (studio).  We need new steps/porch....something safe for my 85 yr old mother would be nice.




There will be some privacy fencing installed to close off the side yards from the street and to enclose the courtyard.  Something like this-




Our original plan was to screen/clad the studio with wood, (something horizontal to break up all of the vertical going on), but with the fence on the side, that may be too much.


Thanks for reading all of this...sorry for information overload. lol

TIA.

  

[mrs.jacinthe]

What about a mustard color for the house?

ETA: or, since it's of the correct vintage, a "harvest gold" color?

[munkii]

Last time I suggested this, I know you said you would prefer something really different from your last house, but I still think something melon would look fantastic: 

Watermelon


Cantaloupe


I really like Persion Melon and Amaryllis on this chart:


Like MrsJ said, mustard could work. 

[thewop]

What about something like this?

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 13:01:36 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

What about a mustard color for the house?

ETA: or, since it's of the correct vintage, a "harvest gold" color?

Lol @ harvest gold.


I am really not a fan of yellow in general, but I do like mustard color, just not sure about a whole house covered in it.

No to avocado green too, ;P

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 13:10:36 GMT -5 munkii said:

I really like Persion Melon and Amaryllis on this chart:

They are a bit too pale and pink/peachy for me.  Watermelon is gorgeous, but not a color that I own in anything not edible.   I am just not that girl.  On that chart, the only colors that stand out to me are the ones that stand out...the stair step across from Lady Slipper Pink up to Tiger Lily.

[floridakat]

Here's some embarrassingly fast Photoshopping, and an inspiration picture to make up for it. I have no idea if these colors would be appropriate for your style of home, but they look nice together to me. ETA: I like the idea of bringing the fencing/cladding around the front.

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[Deleted]

I like it how it is TBH.

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 13:41:47 GMT -5 floridakat said:

Here's some embarrassingly fast Photoshopping, and an inspiration picture to make up for it. I have no idea if these colors would be appropriate for your style of home, but they look nice together to me. ETA: I like the idea of bringing the fencing/cladding around the front.

You should see my embarrassingly bad photoshopping.  I can't blame it on doing it quickly, I just suck at it.

I love the inspiration photo.  I like the idea of treating the different profiles of the house with a few different colors/surfaces, so that it doesn't just read as one color with accents. kwim?

[floridakat]

Yeah, I like that idea, too. I really like how the grey plays in the inspiration picture; and you're right, it's the different surface types that really makes it work.

[bunnies]

No idea on colors, but I like the style of your home! ;-)

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 13:42:36 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I like it how it is TBH.

I can appreciate that.  The white isn't bad, but the brown trim is horrible irl...it is wood, but it looks like someone tried to make fake wood look like real wood and totally missed the mark by painting it such a fake brown color.  

We considered leaving it white, but maybe using a different shade of white, and just painting the trim and bringing color in with the door color.  We just aren't sure that it really reflects us the way it is...it seems kind of normal. 

[AmyRI]

I like thewop's suggestion, but you're in FL, right? It might be too close to Miami Dolphins colors.

I like stucco to stay in some shade of white. I'd probably do a dark gray trim instead of brown. Could you do some sort of wood artwork on either side of the door and have it stained the same color as the fencing will be, to tie the wood to the house more? Or is the door wood and could be refinished? (It looks like it would be a PITA to refinish, if it even is wood). I like the idea of a yellow or orange door if wood is out.

[munkii]

Seeing floridakat's version reminds me of a house I loved and wanted to buy (glad we didn't; it had to be demolished).


How would you feel about painting parts of it and applying a stone veneer or other cladding to part of it?

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 14:22:19 GMT -5 munkii said:

Seeing floridakat's version reminds me of a house I loved and wanted to buy (glad we didn't; it had to be demolished).


How would you feel about painting parts of it and applying a stone veneer or other cladding to part of it?

Interesting house.  Why did it have to be demolished?

I would have no problem painting parts and cladding others. I really want to highlight the different profiles ...you really lose them from the street when it is one color.

My only problem with stone veneer is that whatever we choose needs to look appropriate to when the house was built (70s), and fit in with the wooded lot (and the neighborhood) without totally blending in and disappearing, but still have a modern vibe. 

[munkii]

Mar 14, 2014 14:32:51 GMT -5 TBM said:

Interesting house.  Why did it have to be demolished?

I would have no problem painting parts and cladding others. I really want to highlight the different profiles ...you really lose them from the street when it is one color.

My only problem with stone veneer is that whatever we choose needs to look appropriate to when the house was built (70s), and fit in with the wooded lot (and the neighborhood) without totally blending in and disappearing, but still have a modern vibe. 

It had structural issues. 

What about cedar or teak? Or you can go with bunnymendelbaum's idea of shou sugi ban. 

[TBM]

Mar 14, 2014 14:39:00 GMT -5 munkii said:

Mar 14, 2014 14:32:51 GMT -5 TBM said:

Interesting house.  Why did it have to be demolished?

I would have no problem painting parts and cladding others. I really want to highlight the different profiles ...you really lose them from the street when it is one color.

My only problem with stone veneer is that whatever we choose needs to look appropriate to when the house was built (70s), and fit in with the wooded lot (and the neighborhood) without totally blending in and disappearing, but still have a modern vibe. 

It had structural issues. 

What about cedar or teak? Or you can go with bunnymendelbaum's idea of shou sugi ban. 

Oh, that is sad.


Our fence is going to be Florida cypress.  

[house]

Mar 14, 2014 13:40:41 GMT -5 TBM said:

Mar 14, 2014 13:10:36 GMT -5 munkii said:

I really like Persion Melon and Amaryllis on this chart:

They are a bit too pale and pink/peachy for me.  Watermelon is gorgeous, but not a color that I own in anything not edible.   I am just not that girl.  On that chart, the only colors that stand out to me are the ones that stand out...the stair step across from Lady Slipper Pink up to Tiger Lily.

LOL! I was going to suggest the same stair step too!

[magdala]

Neighbors have a modern house and painted it butter yellow with white trim and a dark navy door. I also like the blue-orange combo that the thewop posted. 

[TBM]

Here is a better photo of the front, without trees or cars in the way.



BTW, the light that looks like Jack Skellington has got to go or be disguised.  Otherwise I may actually turn it into a Jack Skellington and we will have Halloweentown year round.

[magnoliablossom]

I think a grey wall and a blue door would look great.


Something like this? 4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBp8wS2eZeQ/TezrJ4wiy0I/AAAAAAAABgY/MPOCfkQbacE/s400/authentic-mid-century-exterior-paint-color-for-our-mid-century-ranch.JPG

[TBM]

Mar 15, 2014 14:07:47 GMT -5 magnoliablossom said:

I think a grey wall and a blue door would look great.


Something like this? 4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBp8wS2eZeQ/TezrJ4wiy0I/AAAAAAAABgY/MPOCfkQbacE/s400/authentic-mid-century-exterior-paint-color-for-our-mid-century-ranch.JPG

That is a nice color combo!

[floridakat]

Mar 15, 2014 13:31:34 GMT -5 TBM said:

Here is a better photo of the front, without trees or cars in the way.



BTW, the light that looks like Jack Skellington has got to go or be disguised.  Otherwise I may actually turn it into a Jack Skellington and we will have Halloweentown year round.

This pic would have been much easier to Photoshop, lol.

[ktzmoh]

I have no advice as I suck at picking paint. But I love your house so much.

[prazenjc]

if you can find some old curb appeal shows, the block, from when they were doing homes in California/San Fran, I recall there being some cool ones he did that were the fun modern architecture along the lines of your home. you could derive inspiration from those.

okay, this is the kind of thing I was thinking when I started writing above, but the house originally wasn't as modern and he made it more modern.

www.happymundane.com/2010/02/curb-appeal-the-block-exterior-change/

[gingerlecoure]

I love the idea of the bluish gray. The top trim would be great in a darker version,but I think the window trim needs to be lightened up.

[demandypants]

Love your house! I think I would be tempted to go with a shade of green/grey like this

I like this combo too



But I think something kinda neutral with a brilliant color pop on the door would be awesome.  Like these