colors

If your house was currently this color

and you are going to paint it, and want a historical color

which one would you choose?

I'm stuck on these colors ....

Yorketown green

^^ for exterior I think green and autumn foliage would contrast nicely with it

Hawthorn Yellow with Tate Olive trim.

I love this yellow.

Fucking hell i can't believe my eyes! A normal thread... it's freaking me out

Like Hitler saving a cat from a tree.

Posted by P-Angel

Love the darker on historical or traditional homes, with crisp white trim.

The house is similar to this one ... a one story rambler style . I just wanted historical colors because of the area the house located

Winter, I love yellow and would definitely go with it ... but, both houses next door on either side is 1. pastel yellow 2. dark deep yellow.

😢

And then what color door and shutters?

deep, dark red?

or black?

Is this a hideous color for a house? .... would you buy a house this color?

Or how about .......

Ohhh, cute bungalow! Based on the darker colors in the palette you posted I would do something along these lines....

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/colonial-blues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/charred-hues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/olive-hues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/fading-hues

Posted by P-Angel

Is this a hideous color for a house? .... would you buy a house this color?

Or how about .......

Those would work if they were darkened and dusted a little. The way they are makes them seem a little too....hoochie, for lack of a better word.

I like the brown trim on the red house. Most houses have white trim ....

Posted by AA
Fucking hell i can't believe my eyes! A normal thread... it's freaking me out

LOL...the fighting should start soon, just wait.

Both of the paint on that house is hideous. I

Posted by MoonArtist
Ohhh, cute bungalow! Based on the darker colors in the palette you posted I would do something along these lines....

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/colonial-blues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/charred-hues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/olive-hues

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/fading-hues

What a neat site! I was looking at the edible color palettes and became hungry 😄

Wynter, I LOVE that site! Talk about an artist's dream on color inspiration! ~giddy dance~

Had a friend out in Louisiana who's neighbor and friend was painting a lovely old house and the color she picked was cute but too light/bright. I quickly pulled up a deeper/darker/dustier version of that color plus the accents (from the design seeds site) and texted the color palettes to her and she passed them on to her friend. She choose one of the palettes and it looks fantastic on the house.

http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/succulent-hues6

Those are really pretty colors

Here's a cool site that allows you to try on colors.

http://architecture.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=architecture&cdn=homegarden&tm=1302&f=00&tt=3&bt=2&bts=43&zu=http% 3A//www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/personal-color-viewer

Posted by Nemesis
or fairmont green + hancock gray and a nice shiney bottle green door

I like this..reminds me of the Banker's Lamp. Classic stuff 🙂

From that list..I'd go with Waterbury Green.

Posted by Nemesis
i have a lamp like that lol. 🙂

I bought one for the Aries's birthday a couple of years back. He was thrilled.

I swear that man has impeccable taste. Puts me to shame.

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Posted by Damnata

Posted by Nemesis
i have a lamp like that lol. 🙂

I bought one for the Aries's birthday a couple of years back. He was thrilled.

I swear that man has impeccable taste. Puts me to shame.

it really is an eyecatcher. they have them with a lovely yellow glass too....

but i could not pay for an original one yellow or green - so i found a pretty good compromise for MUCH less $ pfffffft.

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OMFG the price for the originals!!!

I bought it off ebay.

One thing I liked is how the light looks on pages..I was studying for my finals then and the pages looked different in that light than in any other light. Must've been the lightbulb but still.

I was feeling like Agatha Christie.

Is that the interrogation chair in your cell..umm home?

Ugh Scorpio Moons, always up to no good 😛

Posted by Nemesis

Is the table green, too?

I like the table the lamp and books are on.

Green it is for the house color!

Oh, it's a chair ... I love the green chair.

Posted by P-Angel

Oh, it's a chair ... I love the green chair.

It's a lamp P.

The chair isn't green lol.

Share whatever you're smoking right now.

Posted by Nemesis
or fairmont green + hancock gray and a nice shiney bottle green door

love the green door and brass finishings very nice presentation

Posted by Nemesis

Posted by P-Angel

Oh, it's a chair ... I love the green chair.

it's an old chair from ikea i bought back in 2000 - i just use it as a side table now and for some reason i could never part with it lol.

glad you chose green for your house! 🙂

@damnata - wtf have you been smoking lol?! the chair is green - the hue of the light is a normal yellowish colour it does not colour objects. you crack me up. 😄

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Leave me be, Nem! I was tired lol 😛

Here's a house painted in Tate Olive, from the list.

another thing .... when looking at houses online for color ideas, I notice that most don't have shutters. Are shutters out? not in style ? Should I remove my shutters ... or, do houses look ok with them still?

Don't remove the shutters!!! I think most don't have them because it's an added expense and they were cutting corners. Unless the house is uber modernistic in design most houses look fantastic with shutters. I personally love them on houses...it adds charm and character and is a great way to throw in a splash of color or to break up the monotony of the facades. I personally think windows look like sad, empty eyes without shutters framing them. It would be like losing all of your eyelashes. My vote: keep the lovely shutters. 🙂

Posted by P-Angel

I like both of those but more so with the olive toned one.

or yea..Deep Burgandy shutters and front door.

Posted by LetltB
or yea..Deep Burgandy shutters and front door.

Burgundy

Do not remove the shutters P...adds curb appeal, and personality. 😉

I'm so glad the shutters are still in style because I'd hate to pull them off. Actually, the shutters are only along the front ... the windows are bare otherwise.

The house sits back in the woods, only visible from the road during winter .... nobody really sees the house unless they are visiting. But, still, I want it to look nice and it's coat all around is looking pretty shabby.

I like the Salisbury Green, also. It blows that the houses next door are both yellow.

I found this - this lady says the circled one is Crownsville Gray, but, it looks brown to me on the color palette.

I think it all comes down to personal preferences, any color can look nice, you just need to adjust the details to make it look great. I also like the butterscotch color....

But I'd bring the shade down a few notches...

And for shutters, idk I've always been partial to black or dark colors, gives it a very classic feel imo. Idk why but it makes me feel like the house is saying "hey someone important is living inside me bitches!"

Posted by P-Angel

I'm stuck on these colors ....

I like that. Maybe add a cream for a slight third color so it would be more interesting.

Posted by P-Angel

Ooo, that's much better. I wouldn't dread walking into those 😛

But my rising thinks there are far too many missing details to give you a fair and honest opinion, without actually seeing the house, the property and surrounding neighborhood. There are just too many unknown variables. 😢

Posted by P-Angel

Here's a house painted in Tate Olive, from the list.

another thing .... when looking at houses online for color ideas, I notice that most don't have shutters. Are shutters out? not in style ? Should I remove my shutters ... or, do houses look ok with them still?

I like it...it looks kind of bluish grey more than green, but those bricks should be redder.

I agree with MoonArtist about the shutters as well 🙂

http://www.pinterest.com/source/benjaminmoore.com/

There's a bunch of pretty colors, I prefer BM paint.

Posted by Wynter

Posted by P-Angel

Here's a house painted in Tate Olive, from the list.

another thing .... when looking at houses online for color ideas, I notice that most don't have shutters. Are shutters out? not in style ? Should I remove my shutters ... or, do houses look ok with them still?

I like it...it looks kind of bluish grey more than green, but those bricks should be redder.

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mmmm No.
that particular color, on that particular house, looks particularly boring to me.

see idk, but I think I would a lot darker on that particular house, to make it stand out from the rest of the property.

I feel like the first one is trying to tell me "please excuse the crayola art on my hallway walls", and the second one says "I got a crystal chandelier in my master bath."