Please Help Me Decide a House Paint Colour!
Hi there,
We have recently completed a house renovation - well almost completed! As you can see from the photo, we are almost done with burnt larch cladding to the right of the house. This wraps round two sides of the house.
The other two sides are currently an off-white. The window frames are anthracite grey and the roof are old red clay tiles. The guttering is currently painted anthracite grey as well to match the windows. We live in Edinburgh, Scotland, to give you an idea of climate/light. So we have a weird mix of contemporary and traditional, as you can see.
This is the front of the house with the front door to the right:
We would love some ideas for nice colour schemes for the two painted sides of the house - a colour for the walls and/or the window sills. We love Farrow & Ball colours, but open to anything.
Houzz folk have given us some amazing ideas before. Thanks for sharing your design knowledge :-)
Em
This is the back of the house - the burnt larch with cover to where the CCTV camera is on the right. Sorry for the mess!
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