No 'wow' :( Help with Homestead Tan bricks

Mish and others, can you help me please?

Hubby and I went and chose colours for our home and I did a crappy job of 'painting' it all together and it doesnt look 'wow'.

I think its the render, and so do some of the MV girls? It looks a little too 'creamy'?

Mind you, this is not our final front elevations either (its just a photo of what we originally had - we know have one of those gorgeous portico things, hopefully!)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/beautiful_exa/housemockup.jpg



Austral Homestead Tan
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/beautiful_exa/P090809_1549.jpg
Render Paperbark
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/beautiful_exa/ColourbondPaperbark.jpg
Stacked Stone Grampians
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/beautiful_exa/GrampiansStackstoneCladding.jpg
Roof Tiles Bristile Classic Yeoman Shingle

Gutters etc possibly wood land grey?




We love the brick, so that stays And hubby picked the stack stone which I quite like too. Gutters/fascia etc Im happy to play around with, as with the render colour.



I dont know how you do it Mish! Its bloody hard

Also, do you think we've rendered the 'right' spot?

I am having the same problem. Scroll hald way down the thread to see the picture of a house I am basing my colours on. It has the Homestead Tan brick, with the dark roof tiles, and the paperbark fascias. THe render colour matches the paperbark. I also liked the way they picked the windows as a white birch to stand out with the mortar, as opposed to a paperbark.


http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20736

Hmm... thanks Now Im thinking we have too much render as well as the crappy colour... Maybe we should just do the right hand side?

You've got a lot of colours going on (esp with the stack stone) and I don't think it's blending well....

see what mish has to say.

Where you have gone wrong is with the stackstone colour…..only, everything else is looking good.

This is the colour or similar to what you should be looking for.

Thanks D@n

Is that stack stone too grey though Mish? I think I prefer the other one?

Putting them together...

Actually, I think you may be right looking at the PD Access Chalet and Rome facade.... kind of similar in colours isnt it?
http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#facades

Mish, do you think there's too much render? And I still dont know whether Im happy with the colour... seems too light?


sorry for my multiple posts too

Ive just seen a photo of white stack stone on the M3tricon Windarra and quite like that now

What about a grey colour render The one you have does look creamy to me.

HTB suggested a grey render too, any ideas what type of grey??

Just saw this pick with similiar bricks and stone and it looks quite good...
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10891&p=234716&hilit=+stackstone#p234716

So if I had to change the render, but not go too dark, what would you suggest?

We used a really nice grey on the front of our house as a feature called Dulux Stepney, it's not very dark. I'll see if I have a close up shot and pm it to you.

Thanks SuH


Perhaps a rustic colour or brown tone or darker cream colour to pick up the earthy colour in the stackstone??

What colour are you doing your doors.

Timber with glass on the sides and top

Nice

Bam, your original stack stone choice is competing with your brick in colour.
That’s why I suggested a lighter one so it goes with every selection.

The amount of render is fine.

Get samples Bam, that’s the only way to get it right.

We had samples next to each other and it looked nice til I put it all on the facade

Ive asked Austral to send me some pics of houses in the area. And I saw some tonight too which got me thinking. Unfortunately my camera phone doesnt work so Ill have to remember to take the proper camera.

How do I get samples of bricks, render and stackstone

Your builder will help you with that.