Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 51May 04, 2016 4:45 pm I would probably either echo the mortar colour, or go with the roof/gutter/window frame tone or a variation thereof. If your roof is that dark, I probably wouldn't match that! That being said, I'm a bit 'matchy matchy', and tend to echo tones and textures, because I'm hopeless at pulling together stuff that isn't 'in the same room' with itself, IYKWIM. So I've been no help whatsoever... sorry! (Absolutely no dead seaweed colour, though!) Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 52May 04, 2016 5:01 pm Megera Marshall5858 We still can't think of a colour for the render at the front of the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the closest pic I can find of it but we will probably choose white window frames and PGH Plateau bricks (see pic) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any colour suggestions would be greatly appreciated We have baked clay as our render (under front window and pillar), our other colours are monument/sambuca/blackwood. Thank you, I'll have a look at that, it's hubby who's the fussy one! Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 53May 04, 2016 5:06 pm JayaJaya I would probably either echo the mortar colour, or go with the roof/gutter/window frame tone or a variation thereof. If your roof is that dark, I probably wouldn't match that! That being said, I'm a bit 'matchy matchy', and tend to echo tones and textures, because I'm hopeless at pulling together stuff that isn't 'in the same room' with itself, IYKWIM. So I've been no help whatsoever... sorry! (Absolutely no dead seaweed colour, though!) Actually, this is helpful. I didn't think of the mortar colour. I'm a bit matchy matchy too, I think that's why I'm getting so peeved with the render paint colour, I don't want too dark but not too light either. We did have the colours sorted but when we had a look around the gallery, we couldn't see the right coloured roof tile! Boooo Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 54May 04, 2016 5:11 pm What colour roof tile did you want? Roughly speaking? Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 56May 04, 2016 5:33 pm Only your window frames will be lighter, ja? And will that cladding still be white-ish? Was there a roof tile colour that was anything like close to the grey/brown you want? (It looks grey/brown to me on my screen) If there was some colour in roof tiles that picked up your brick colour, you could still totally go with that render colour, and look pulled together... even more so if there was a frame colour close to that render colour... At least, that's how it looks to me. Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 57May 04, 2016 5:36 pm Then again, you gotta see if the frame colour will go with the interiors as well... that's why I said surfmist for mine... very neutral. Now I'm thinking I might change the garage doors back to surfmist... *sigh* Goodluck with it... no hitting! Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 58May 04, 2016 5:48 pm I don't want to think about it anymore haha it's making my head hurt! I guess we will just see what the lady at gallery suggests Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 59May 04, 2016 6:51 pm Haha, I geddit! Let someone else do the work, that's what we pay 'em for! Re: Building with Simonds in Adelaide 60May 04, 2016 8:30 pm Why aren't you going with that? I like the look of that whole thing! The people across the road have white window frames, white doors, and white (or some variation) render and imo it looks terrible It just looks so unfinished and I think it would get dirty so easily. (Whites look good if the whole thing is light but this place isn't, it just looks strange) We built the Rathdowne with Simonds Express in Western Melbourne Site start Oct. 2015 Keys Jan. 25th, 2015 My build thread -here- Building a new home, and looking for a garage builder (home builder not contracted to do this). Someone to build steel garage (double), colorbond, including supply and… 0 3460 I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 46280 |