Victorian exterior paint

[lo]

We bought a house last June and are hopefully going to have the exterior repaired and repainted this summer. Daaaamn it’s expensive! You can’t really tell in the picture, but there’s a lot of repairs to the wood that also need to be done and the paint is peeling/faded/missing in a bunch of areas.

So I do not want to keep the current colors of bright yellow, forest green and white. My neighborhood is unique and fun and houses of every color on the rainbow exist, so nothing will look out of place. I don’t want to go super bright and out there, but I’m considering anything at this point. What do you guys think?

[mrsukyankee]

What about blue?


 

[memenee]

Blue was going to be my vote as well. Love your home!

[orval]

I like purple on Victorians. This one has teal accents.

www.flickr.com/photos/elijahgarcia/4304596357/

[lo]

mrsukyankee I was thinking blue! Unfortunately that shade you posted is our next door neighbor’s (although separated by a small park) color and I think it would be weird to pick the same color. I need 3 coordinating colors, although white or cream will probably be one. But not necessarily!

[lo]

Feb 8, 2020 8:57:49 GMT -5 orval said:

I like purple on Victorians. This one has teal accents.

www.flickr.com/photos/elijahgarcia/4304596357/

I like purple, too. Lots of purple houses in my neighborhood. I’m not sure my husband would go for it.

[hamster]

I dont remember if her house is Victorian or not, but scm1011 just painted her house purple

[mrsukyankee]

What about a lovely shade of green? I like pale mint.

[scm1011]

Feb 8, 2020 9:45:45 GMT -5 hamster said:

I dont remember if her house is Victorian or not, but scm1011 just painted her house purple

Yup! We did purple with light grey trim and sage green doors

[nicolewi]

Your house is beautiful! So cool!

I don't know where to even start with colors and what to paint which color. I liked the blue idea, but if blue is out...I'm not sure. I would just make sure it looks good with the brown roof. Seems like that top triangle that has a different texture could be pulled out with a different shade or something.

[tiki]

scm1011, seeing your photo again I think the condo we bought may be the exact same layout you have. Possibly the same model house?

[bunnies]

Does it have to be a bold/dark color? I love soft colors on Victorians with white trim. :-D  Mint green, sage green, sea blue, light blue, soft coral/pink, light yellow, etc.


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[simpsongal]

Ooh I’m not sure but I recommend doing an image search of cape May Victorians for inspiration. We go every summer - so beautiful.

I like blue but I think something a little more out of the ordinary like mint green or pink would be awesome!!

[scm1011]

Feb 8, 2020 11:49:00 GMT -5 tiki said:

scm1011, seeing your photo again I think the condo we bought may be the exact same layout you have. Possibly the same model house?

Likely! We have a very typical house for our neighborhood. Are you on the 2nd/3rd? Ours is 1 bed and bath on the main floor and 3 beds/1 bath on the top floor. Curious where you ended up buying!

[tiki]

Feb 8, 2020 13:17:48 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Likely! We have a very typical house for our neighborhood. Are you on the 2nd/3rd? Ours is 1 bed and bath on the main floor and 3 beds/1 bath on the top floor. Curious where you ended up buying!

Yes, we're in the 2nd/3rd unit, in the neighborhood just north of you (well, we will be, if replacing windows and deleading ever actually happens this month).

To be relevant for this post, the paint job on our building is the traditional blue with white trim. I've seen a number of places lately that add brick red accents and also think that looks nice, similar to this but with the red more as a thin stripe around the windows:  

[nicolewi]

You could try uploading a picture to Sherwin Williams (or another paint site--they probably they all have this) and doing virtual painting to try colors.

[penguingrrl]

What a gorgeous house! I would probably lean either purple or possibly a sage green since blue is out.

[scout8]

I don't have any ideas, but that house. It's amazing. I'm super jealous.

[silvercrayon]

Mint green with crisp white trim, would be gorgeous!

[Deleted]

My hometown was built along railroad tracks and has a bunch of Victorian homes. This is one of my favorite paint jobs.

[deadwing]

I used to live near a beautiful Victorian that was a pale lime green with cream trim and a little bit of plum (the ceiling of the porch was definitely plum, not sure if it was elsewhere). I thought it was a pretty and fun color palette.

[mrsukyankee]

I was searching green Victorian house and this link came on (can't show the pic, just have to click on the link):painting of a house with blue and green

[glw]

Beautiful house! Green with darker green trim is my favorite color combo on a Victorian.

[sandandsea]

My brother did 2 tones of green on his with beige trim. It looks very nice.

[divanerd]

What about grey? Too boring or New Englandy?
Nice house happy painting!

[Wallflower]

I never thought I'd say yellow and salmon, but I kind of like this one … 

[lo]

I just realized I posted and ghosted! Sorry! I loved all your suggestions! We ended up hiring a paint consultant that specialized in authentic Victorian color schemes. My husband ended up wanting to make sure we were historically accurate, so we were somewhat limited. A lot of the colors used in 1897 were super dark, muddy and kind of drab. Lots of mustard, maroon, brown, etc. Blue, purple, light and bright colors were mostly out. We did end up finding a couple schemes we liked a lot, and the one below is the one we plan on going with....

[mrsukyankee]

I really like that colour. I'm not normally a green fan but that green is a good one!

[penguingrrl]

Aug 20, 2020 22:00:53 GMT -5 lo said:

I just realized I posted and ghosted! Sorry! I loved all your suggestions! We ended up hiring a paint consultant that specialized in authentic Victorian color schemes. My husband ended up wanting to make sure we were historically accurate, so we were somewhat limited. A lot of the colors used in 1897 were super dark, muddy and kind of drab. Lots of mustard, maroon, brown, etc. Blue, purple, light and bright colors were mostly out. We did end up finding a couple schemes we liked a lot, and the one below is the one we plan on going with....



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I love that! And absolutely love that he hired a consultant and wants authenticity!

[nicolewi]

I love it!! Thanks for the update! So fun to see what you chose.