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Exteriors Design Dilemma

what colour to paint front door and garage?

5 years ago

We are trying to help our neighbours decide what colour to paint their front door and garage, any suggestions from you clever lot would be much appreciated. The problem is getting something smart and contemporary that works with the brown window frames.
Thanks in anticipation!

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Juliet Docherty

5 years ago

The garage door is accentuated by the large expanse of grass. I would paint it a warm grey so it blends with the brickwork such as this,

and then the front door something more saturated so that it advances and becomes more noticable.

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Resh
5 years ago
Brown windows? Hmm. Some sort of muted, olive green, or stone colour ? Should work well with the stone too.
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The kitchen company Worcestershire Ltd
5 years ago
Our house has brown windows and we painted our door in a French grey :)
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5 years ago
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Active Builders London ltd
5 years ago
Hi

I personally wouldn't change the colour of garage door as it would draw too much attention. Front door you could paint with a colour that goes well with stonework. I'm not going to be very creative ,but F&B has a nice palette of colours e.g. elephants breath
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Love My Finds
5 years ago
Good morning,

May I suggest for the front door and garage be painted the same in a very high gloss, possibly from farrow and balls collection a colour that has similarly to the stone used on the house such as.....Archive or Oxford stone which should compliment the brown window frames?

I would also suggest you remove all the terracotta planters and replace them with some contemporary natural stone or paint the planters same as the door and they should be tall and plant some large box balls or sphere shapes which should update the look?

Good luck
Emily
5 years ago
Are they like the greens Resh suggested?
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The kitchen company Worcestershire Ltd
5 years ago
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Saltbox Interiors London
5 years ago
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I would go for a grey that has warm brown undertones, which would then pick up the stone and window frame colours without the expense of having to redo the window frames. Take a look at the Easy Neutrals from Farrow & Ball (or colour match a budget friendly brand) which all fit this description. Purbeck Stone, Worsted or Elephant's Breath are all solid mid-greys with brown bases. Good luck. It's a lovely home!

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