Browse Forums Finishing Touch 1 Dec 08, 2009 9:14 pm Hi there. We are painting the outside of our house this weekend, and I need to pick the colours in the next day or so. I have attached a picture of our house so you can see what needs to be done. The scheme we wanted to go with was a mushroom colour as the main colour, with white and a very dark, charcoal (almost black) for the various bits of trim. We have chosen Taubmans Athena for the main colour, and Taubmans Aspen Snow for the white, which we will use for the window trim and some of the decorative mouldings. I would post swatches but I can't work out how to find them on the Taubmans site. We want a very dark, charcoal colour for the wrought iron work (front fence, above the front door), the front door and grill, and the trim on the gable (the edges that run up to the peak of the roof - not sure what they are called). But we are having a lot of trouble finding the right colour for this, having bought lots of paint samples. They are either too brown, too blue, or if they are grey, not dark enough. I see this colour scheme a lot and I am sure I am not looking at pure black. Any suggestions? Also, we are not going to make too much of all the decorative work on the house with the white - we are thinking of only picking out either the columns either side of the windows and the arches, or just the arches, and leaving the columns grey. Any thoughts on this would be welcome too. Finally, anyone have thoughts on us leaving the gutters as they are - a very dark brown (would it be that noticeable?) - or should we go the extra mile and paint them the same charcoal/black? Sorry about the long post! Thanks in advance for your opinions. Re: Exterior paint on Victoria terrace - please help! 3Dec 14, 2009 6:16 am Any colour questions needing to get answers - need to go into my forum. I get to busy to look around the rest of the forum, so if they are not in my forum you miss out. I’m sorry I didn’t see your post; I hope it all worked out for you! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7158 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 9094 Hey everyone Not for me or anyone I know, just generally interested. For a single allotment house, are you allowed to take the fence on both sides of your house and… 0 20889 |