House exterior makeover - ideas?

7 years ago

We've just moved in to our new house. We like the idea of a) changing the colour of the garage door, which in my opinion doesn't 'go' with anything. Maybe white to match the windows and door?
And b) painting or changing the wood cladding. Any ideas or photoshop buffs who fancy trying out some different colours for me would be amazing!

Thanks in advance :-)

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Lauren

7 years ago

I think just matching the garage and bin door actually works best.

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7 years ago
It's a cute house- I love the front garden! I actually think the only thing I would change would be that door next to the garage door how odd!
Isidora Markovic
7 years ago
Hi Louise,

Are you looking to make significant changes (roof tiles, new cladding, rendering, replacing windows) or just small, effective touches that will make a big impact? If the latter - I think painting would be where to start!

I saw houses in a similar style recently that had been painted in a grey and white colour scheme (cladding and window frames grey, rest of house white, if I remember correctly) and I thought that was a simple solution that made them look contemporary.

I wish I could employ some photoshop skills to help you out here but I'm positive someone else will be able to. Best of luck!
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Emilie C
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the replies and suggestions so far! Jen, what do you mean by the door next to the garage? The fact that it's a different colour to the other woodwork? It's got the bins in and garden bits.

I think just small cheap changes really at the moment. Grey and white sounds interesting but yeah so hard to visualise! The people across the way have just had a really nice grey front door put in, perhaps that would be an option as the white is a bit meh.
Emilie C
Original Author
7 years ago
Oops, finished that a bit early. What do people think about painting the cladding a warm grey?
Thanks!
Emilie (not Louise, not sure where that came from haha!)
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7 years ago
I like the grey of the 'bins' door, it goes well with the dark timber. I'd probably do something in a very similar colour to the garage, that door and the front door, to tie them all together. At a later stage maybe, you could get the windows colour bonded to match.
Emilie C
Original Author
7 years ago
Wow thanks very much for the effort! That's not something we've thought of but it does look good. Changing the windows makes it look much more uniform :-)
Sonia
7 years ago
Hi, my sister has a similar house frontage to yours but no cladding. She has painted the garage door, the small door next to garage, and her front door a beautiful plummy red. It looks stunning, and a simple update. Grey would look really good with this colour too. Good luck with your update!
Tim Price
7 years ago
Point noted. Four different colours at the moment. Black, brown, white and the garage door. All okay alone, but all four together do seem to be a little out of balance.

I suppose the windows and front door are UPVC, so painting them would be out of the question and replacing them would be costly, so that would remain as the starting point. The side door next to the garage door - does it lead into the garage and if so is it necessary? A skilled bricklayer could brick that up or a (white UPVC) window could replace it with a panel either also in white UPVC or coloured to match the cladding from waist to ground level would complete that space nicely. With the side door sorted we are down to 3 colours. I can't help thinking the panelling looks nice in black but I think a black garage door would be rather gloomy, so perhaps a white garage door? An alternative would be grey and grey panelling but getting the shade right would be hard. Depending on the neighbourhood (near the sea perhaps?) you could be quite playful with the garage door and the cladding - anything from pastel colours through to a rich dark red even.

It is nice to see a house where there are so many options really. So many simply don't appear to lend themselves to anything but one single colour, either white or wood. To be spoiled for choice is a luxury really. Please do post pictures of the finished product.
Catherine Bissell
7 years ago
what software are people using to visualise the different colours of the garage and doors etc. it's very useful
Lauren
7 years ago
I use photoshop.
vv0123
7 years ago
I like what Lauren sugests. What about white cladding as in the last picture and the bluish gray (or grayinsh blue?) garage and bin doors from the second picture?

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