Comments on: How to Choose Your Exterior’s Best Paint Colours: 5 Easy Steps

By: Tamie

Tamie — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:05:49 +0000

Your articles are my go to! We have a midtone gray roof with slight blue undertones. We have brown windows and live in sunny south west Florida What color white? We’re hoping for a warmer white but not sure. Thank you!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 02:29:51 +0000

Well, boo. I needed this dose of reality. Our house in SW coastal US faces east (back of the house faces west). It has a clay tile roof (orange/red undertones) and is currently painted a color called Washed Khaki (has warm undertones) and the windows are white. I have been dreaming of using Urbane Bronze or Black Fox for the trim, but after ordering samples and reading your post I think my dark paint dream may die here, haha. Back to the drawing board for how to bring this exterior up to date!

By: Bryana Simonsen

Bryana Simonsen — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:46:24 +0000

Hi!
Can you please share what color the shutters are in the photo with the white windows (and brown rocking chair).
Thank you!

By: KylieMawdsley

KylieMawdsley — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:58:43 +0000

In reply to Victoria McQueen. Hi Victoria, I believe that's the door with Benjamin Moore Sioux FAlls on it!

By: Victoria McQueen

Victoria McQueen — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:56:26 +0000

Hello, Kylie!
Your posts are always very informative and fun! Thank you.
The colour pairings you chose to highlight your blog are fabulous and I learned a lot. I would appreciate your identifying the paint colour of the front door with the pumpkin,s as after reading your blog, I think it would be a perfect match for our stone and siding.
Many thanks,
Victoria in Canada

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:11:49 +0000

Great advice! My neighbors installed a green roof and painted their house a green color that does not look good. It’s really an eyesore and I am tempted to walk over with new exterior paint options and offer a redo on me. They tried but I have only seen white exteriors with green roofs.

By: KylieMawdsley

KylieMawdsley — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:31:36 +0000

In reply to Lori.

THANK YOU Lori! I’ve written some blog posts on those topics, yet didn’t link very well to them in that blog post, so I actually added a 6th BONUS STEP – which involves more reading, of course ;). And thank you for mentioning that
‘surface will look lighter with sheen’ bit. So many people don’t realize this, but it’s a very important aspect of painting!
~Kylie

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:44:40 +0000

OMG Kylie, so many great considerations and gorgeous inspiration shots as always! One other tip I would have for exteriors is that while painted flat samples are great for interiors, it’s worth the small pain to actually test color on all exterior surfaces to be painted and also take sheen into consideration. The color will look different on stucco and brick vs. siding vs. trim as the materials are different textures and read differently on different planes. Most homeowners and painters opt for a satin on siding, semi-gloss on trim and the elastomeric products for stucco and stone are usually flat. As you know, the higher the sheen and flatter the surface the lighter the color will appear. This can actually be used to great effect to create some interest in a one color scheme, but I’ve found some homeowners think the painter made a mistake when their trim looks brighter/lighter than the house body:)