Browse Forums Finishing Touch 1 Apr 26, 2012 10:11 am Hi everyone, We have a fibre cement weatherboard with stained cedar windows. Because our window stain is deteriorating badly we have decided to paint them instead, precipitating an entire house colour change. Our roof is colourbond Birch Grey (which I think is Dune now) So far we think we have decided: Lexicon Quarter for the windows. Exposed Elements double strength for walls Namadji for fascia, poles, front door and base boards. We wanted a strong grey colour that was warm - however now that we've painted samples it all just looks brown. We are hoping the white will lift it. Here's some pics of our house currently - all brown stain will be white, all green will be namadji, all blue will be exposed elements. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/77634212@N07/ Re: Updating our house colours advice please 2Apr 26, 2012 7:58 pm your link is not finished can you post it again? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Updating our house colours advice please 3Apr 26, 2012 9:05 pm That's all that is in the address bar? I have just copied and pasted.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/77634212@N07/ This is my first time using flickr so maybe there's something else to do? Amanda Re: Updating our house colours advice please 4Apr 27, 2012 5:48 am I've just put all your colours together without using Exposed Elements double. Its a nice combination, get a sample pot of Exposed Element at normal strength, I think you will find that works better. And yes, your link worked this time. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Updating our house colours advice please 5Apr 27, 2012 11:11 am Thanks Michelle, The reason we wanted double strength is so that we get a deeper darker colour. If we go single strength we are concerned it will be a bit meh. As you can see our original colours are not the ordinary choices and while we want to update and go classier- we don't want to just conform iykwim Can you recommend any greys that are the same depth/darkness but with a touch less brown? (but still warm) Amanda Re: Updating our house colours advice please 6Apr 29, 2012 6:18 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Updating our house colours advice please 7May 09, 2012 5:00 pm Okay Many sample pots later We are having Dulux Natural White on windows We have a couple of options for rest. 1. Fascia/front door/base boards in Monument Weatherboards in Exposed Elements Double strength OR Charcoal Light single or double strength 2. Fascia/front door/base boards in Charcoal Light triple strength (can you even have that?) Weatherboards in single strength Charcoal Light What do you think Michelle? Happy to hear from others too......... Re: Updating our house colours advice please 9May 09, 2012 6:01 pm Hey Abby, I think I've seen your blog. We both like Milton Moon but because our roof is Dune we think we need to go darker. Also because we are changing from dark blue/green/varnished wood, we don't want to go too pale. (see my flickr shots) The painters have done white primer on windows and I am a bit panicky with the change. What did you do with your front door step? Did you keep it white or match it with the door? Re: Updating our house colours advice please 10May 09, 2012 9:13 pm Hi, The image I uploaded is not my home. I wish it was. My home is a very modern box style lol. We used Dulux Raku and Dulux Stepney. My daughter is building a townhouse with white windows, shale grey roof, monument guttering and downpipes and Milton moon weatherboards. Your home is going to look great with the white windows IMHO. We are building a second dwelling and are currently selecting window and door frames. We want to blend into the forest and also bring out the stone work and the fake wood… 0 15929 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15511 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 23758 |