Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 30, 2012 10:53 pm Hi.. Help please! We are building a Plantation Home, the Eclipse with a Lennox facade and I am now totally stumped on the render colour. We have selected the caoba colorbond garage door and light silver window frames. Happy to hear suggestions for render colour (dulux), highlight render colour, colorbond roof (we want a light colour) and guttering. I found this picture I really liked, any thoughts on the colours used? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks! Re: House Colours 2Jul 01, 2012 11:23 am Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They're big home designs so you've got lots of choices to make. If rendering the lot then pick two colours that compliment each other but have contrast. I don't like the white gutter & fascia combo as above but that's personal choice. You can afford to go dark with your colours or even use a nice brick in combo with the render (if possible). Cladding is another option I would look at on the 2nd level to help break things up.... (again depends on your builder). Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 3115 I'd get the gutters to match your roof and pipes to match the paint - otherwise they become a feature. Nice pick with the paint colours! 1 35068 Hi all, I am currently building through Simmonds and stuck deciding on my exterior cement roof titles and brick colours. The front and fascade of the house is a pretty… 0 3082 |