Exterior Paint Updated in OP; help.

[nicolewi]

Updated Tues: we can delay a day or two! Whew! Have time to try some bigger sample boards when we get home.

Updates: I was ready to go the “safe” route with tans but just am not feeling it. I feel like it is going to be blah and outdated looking. So I am still stressing out and kicking myself for not working through this earlier! We are out of town so I can’t paint big sample blocks.

Now considering going back to the idea (again) of natural linen base (or similar) with very dark shutters. Do you think a very pale barely-tan or deep ivory color iis going to look good with our house?

The sample looks really white in my backyard, but maybe that is OK? I don’t want it to be stark white but Nat Linen can have peachy undertones. I thought it looked very similar to but a little richer than natural tan.

DH is no help, my mom is no help, color consultant is booked up. ]Here are pics on the Houzz thread I also started! If anyone recognizes this and knows me, I will be embarrassed by all of my paint panic. Might remove link later. Thanks! 
Houzz Link

Front of house faces directly north; back faces directly south. Shutters & garage doors would be Turkish Coffee (very dark brown.  
Any random thoughts or input?

[Susie]

I think I used Stone Lion in our last house, as an interior color below the chair rail in our foyer/hall.  The listing photos were pretty true:



If you're doing dark brown for the shutters, what color are your doors?  Just curious as I feel like I see black shutters more often with siding about this color.

[nicolewi]

Susie , we have huge, heavy wood front doors with natural grain. Very tall double doors; windows are only high up and also above the door. Natural wood, so they will not be painted. They are a medium brown tone. The doors don't actually really "match" anything, but they are beautiful doors! They will just get a clear coat of varnish. The garage doors are currently painted to match siding and will be updated to the DARK color.

We have some stone work that blends with all these colors just fine.

ETA: We also have these big wooden beams at front of porch area/around front door that are currently a dark brown and will be painted the new dark brown. 

[Susie]

I feel like pictures would help? I'm having trouble imagining it so I don't have any good thoughts.

[orval]

Agree a picture would help! I have always like urbane bronze from SW. www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7048-urbane-bronze
Porpoise looks like a shade or two lighter which I like as well. Would be better to lighten it up.

See this link. It has a bunch of examples and pairings.

www.brickandbatten.com/sherwin-williams-porpoise/

[bee20]

I have urbane bronze on a portion of my house and have for 10 years. It looked really good but with the west sun it has faded where the sun hits it but not where the eaves shade it, so it looks weird. This was SW paint although I don't remember which grade.

I'd keep the paint color medium or lighter if you get much sun, all the dark colors on our block have faded. We're PNW so it's not even harsh sun.

[bittybomb]

What about maybe a moss or sage green?

Our neighbors have a two story colonial but with brown roof and cream trim, and their house is a beautiful mossy/sagey green color. They have a gorgeous wood front door, that I think is really complemented by the color of their house.

[maudefindlay]

This house is SW Thatch Brown with Swiss Chocolate shutters. Is this the look you want?

[nicolewi]

maudefindlay, yes, kind of! But a little lighter, I think?? That's a decent approximation.

all--I don't know how to post a picture. Do I have to use Tapatalk? I'm getting desperate about the color thing.

[maudefindlay]

Aug 18, 2022 17:17:02 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

maudefindlay, yes, kind of! But a little lighter, I think?? That's a decent approximation.

all--I don't know how to post a picture. Do I have to use Tapatalk? I'm getting desperate about the color thing.

Tapatalk is the only way I know how to post photos.

[dr.girlfriend]

nicolewi ,If you have pictures in Shutterfly or something you can copy the image address and paste it in when you click the photo up above a post. It only shows up when you are doing "Reply," though, not "Quick Reply."

[orval]

I looked up those three colors and had them next to eachother(sanderling, turkish coffee, natural linen). I think they are pretty good.
Not sure if this link works, but it has the colors together.

www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/SearchDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=11051&langId=-1&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&beginIndex=0&pageSize=15&pageView=list&searchType=1000&searchTerm=sanderling%20%20%20turkish%20coffee%20%20natural%20linen&currTab=Colors

Loggia looks to be a lighter in the same line as Sanderling.

[Susie]

nicolewi, the pictures do help, I don't know what I was imagining, but it was not exactly on point.  I think an olive would look nice, and break up some of the sameness with the roof/siding/driveway color, but I know that wasn't what you are looking for.

Somewhat tangentially, how did the process go with the color consultant?  I am having a terrible time choosing shutter and door colors for our house, and was thinking about a consult.  Our siding is neutral, it should be easy!  And yet I am not finding it to be.

[nicolewi]

Susie, it was a great, and I would totally recommend it! In our case, I thought she was very reasonable. I think it was about $60 for her to come to the house and take a look. I also found out that Sherwin-Williams does an online FaceTime call if you wanted to try that. I believe it is free.

In my case, I really want the colors to be right. In hindsight, I wish I would have looked at colors in detail myself first, and maybe even gotten to the point of trying some colors, and then had her come out to weigh in on what I was looking at, or add new ideas at that point. I thought I’d Save myself some time, But I’m still spinning my wheels looking at paint colors now on the back and then second-guessing everything. I should’ve put in more time upfront before having her come out…. But I am always really picky with paint colors. Some people probably would just have her recommend something and go with it and not look back.

[mrsukyankee]

Aug 19, 2022 10:10:48 GMT -5 orval said:

I looked up those three colors and had them next to eachother(sanderling, turkish coffee, natural linen). I think they are pretty good.
Not sure if this link works, but it has the colors together.

www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/SearchDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=11051&langId=-1&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&beginIndex=0&pageSize=15&pageView=list&searchType=1000&searchTerm=sanderling%20%20%20turkish%20coffee%20%20natural%20linen&currTab=Colors

Loggia looks to be a lighter in the same line as Sanderling.

Having looked at those colours, I'd definitely do the natural linen as the main colour with the turkish coffee as the shutters. I think they look amazing side by side.

[nicolewi]

Ha!!!!
Reversing the colors, with natural linen as the main color and Turkish coffee for the shutters, and sanderling for other trim, is exactly what I spent last night mocking up!! But as of this morning, I kind of ruled it out, because I’m afraid that the natural linen will be too washed out on the entire exterior, especially on our south facing backyard. But maybe I should re-visit!

I’m still thinking about that a little bit. The only other idea I haven’t really ruled out at this point was to choose a stronger, warmer brown, to pull out the brown tones in my roof and complement the warmth of the front door, and break up the gray driveway/gray roof issue. But every time I look at the stronger warmer browns, they just look like too much on the entire house. And also, I just don’t know that I could figure out a color at this point for a warmer brown, which might also change the trim and accents. It just seems overwhelming..

Also, I got a paint deck now, and I am really surprised to see how neutral/greige-ish sanderling actually is on the paint deck. It looks very tan on the samples I painted on my house, But I know it always looks different once the whole wall is painted. So knowing how much more brown and warm that neutral looks on my house, makes me a little leery of choosing a color that already looks very warm on the color deck.

[mrsukyankee]

Why not get a very big piece of paper or white board and paint it the Natural Linen and then put it up against your house? Look at it through the day to see what you think.

[maudefindlay]

I like the suggestion for green mentioned above and will also add that if you want to keep to dark that a navy would be pretty and would break up the brown. I do think going lighter though is the way to go.

[orval]

From your photos and discussion on Houzz, I like the Stone Lion -- it looks in between natural linen and sanderling. I think the natural linen with turkish coffee trim reminds me of traditional Tudor coloring. So you know the nat linen/coffee works together. I feel like the Stone lion goes better with the roof -- since everyone on Houzz pointed the roof out!

[orval]

Also, in this link - I think the colors are main Alabaster, triangle roof portions probably Natural Linen, maybe felted wool trim. Also has a dark brown color. The natural linen does have a peachy hue here.

www.sherwin-williams.com/content/colorforecast/commercial-colormix-2022/new-residential-color-palette

[nicolewi]

Thanjs! Stone Lion was my original choice, but I just don’t think it looks quite right. I think I figured out that it doesn’t seem to go with the stone. I’ve also realized part of the problem is that our stone and our roof don’t really go together, so you sort of have to make one or the other happy. I truly do think our roof isn’t as gray as it appeared to everyone on Houzz. On a sunny day, it has a lot more brown showing in it. It’s one of those neutral gray brown mix roofs.

[nicolewi]

Thanjs! Stone Lion was my original choice, but I just don’t think it looks quite right. I think I figured out that it doesn’t seem to go with the stone. I’ve also realized part of the problem is that our stone and our roof don’t really go together, so you sort of have to make one or the other happy. I truly do think our roof isn’t as gray as it appeared to everyone on Houzz. On a sunny day, it has a lot more brown showing in it. It’s one of those neutral gray brown mix roofs.