Hi everyone
I am new to this forum and would love to get some advice/opinions on window frame colour selections.
Does anyone have monument windows? Do you find it too dark on the inside of the house?
We are using pgh espresso bricks which are dark and think monument will look better as it will blend in on the exterior better than Surfmist will ....but I’m concerned they will look very dark on the inside of the house.
Has anyone used them and can share experiences or pics??? Thanks!!
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Browse Forums Building A New House  18 Nov 2016 1,468 Gold Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 2Aug 11, 2018 9:00 am  Karolien123Does anyone have monument windows? Do you find it too dark on the inside of the house? We have Monument window frames and they are not too dark inside the house, despite being quite chunky. People tend to look through or past dark window frames and screen, whereas paradoxically light coloured frames are more obvious. The pictures I have added are of our smallest and medium window sizes. The ratio of frame to glass for the smallest is quite high. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 15 Apr 2017 110 Senior Member 15 Apr 2017 110 Senior Member 10 Aug 2018 12 Junior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 5Aug 11, 2018 1:47 pm arcadelt Karolien123Does anyone have monument windows? Do you find it too dark on the inside of the house? We have Monument window frames and they are not too dark inside the house, despite being quite chunky. People tend to look through or past dark window frames and screen, whereas paradoxically light coloured frames are more obvious. The pictures I have added are of our smallest and medium window sizes. The ratio of frame to glass for the smallest is quite high. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks so much! Your windows look awesome! Not too dark at all! 10 Aug 2018 12 Junior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 6Aug 11, 2018 1:49 pm CG ScardycatI'm not sure why they all decided to post sideways, sorry They look fab!! Gorgeous home! I don’t think look too dark and having the white frame around it looks really good. Thanks heaps for the reply. Out of interest what colours did you use for wall colour and trim? Thanks 😊 10 Aug 2018 12 Junior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 7Aug 11, 2018 1:51 pm arcadelt Karolien123Does anyone have monument windows? Do you find it too dark on the inside of the house? We have Monument window frames and they are not too dark inside the house, despite being quite chunky. People tend to look through or past dark window frames and screen, whereas paradoxically light coloured frames are more obvious. The pictures I have added are of our smallest and medium window sizes. The ratio of frame to glass for the smallest is quite high. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And what a view amazing!! 18 Nov 2016 1,468 Gold Member 10 Aug 2018 12 Junior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 9Aug 11, 2018 6:13 pm Omgoodness show off all you like! I’m so envious! Amazing view congrats! So nice to finally achieve a dream you have wanted for so long!! 15 Apr 2017 110 Senior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 10Aug 11, 2018 7:57 pm Karolien123 CG ScardycatI'm not sure why they all decided to post sideways, sorry They look fab!! Gorgeous home! I don’t think look too dark and having the white frame around it looks really good. Thanks heaps for the reply. Out of interest what colours did you use for wall colour and trim? Thanks  02 May 2017 271 Silver Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 11Aug 11, 2018 11:28 pm Hello, we have used Monument for our windows, gutters and colorbond fence I think they look great with the white painted trimming Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89059 03 Oct 2018 9 Junior Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 13Oct 03, 2018 10:03 pm Do you guys have photos from the outside? We are doing Monument roof and gutters. Not sure on window frames and garage. I was thinking all Monument would be too much dark, so thinking shale grey garage, fascia and window frames. Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 15Oct 04, 2018 2:30 pm DylemmaDo you guys have photos from the outside? We are doing Monument roof and gutters. Not sure on window frames and garage. I was thinking all Monument would be too much dark, so thinking shale grey garage, fascia and window frames. We did Coal roof tiles, monument gutter, surfmist fascia, surfmist windows and surfmist garage. Very happy with the contrast. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 02 Aug 2017 166 NSW Bronze Member Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 16Oct 05, 2018 2:40 pm  bestspecials DylemmaDo you guys have photos from the outside? We are doing Monument roof and gutters. Not sure on window frames and garage. I was thinking all Monument would be too much dark, so thinking shale grey garage, fascia and window frames. We did Coal roof tiles, monument gutter, surfmist fascia, surfmist windows and surfmist garage. Very happy with the contrast. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Your external facade colours look great! What is the darker render colour you used for the pillars and fence? We have also selected Espresso bricks and Monument roof and windows, our initial concern was it would be too dark as well so thanks to everyone who posted photos. Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 17Oct 06, 2018 2:00 pm Zen bestspecials DylemmaDo you guys have photos from the outside? We are doing Monument roof and gutters. Not sure on window frames and garage. I was thinking all Monument would be too much dark, so thinking shale grey garage, fascia and window frames. We did Coal roof tiles, monument gutter, surfmist fascia, surfmist windows and surfmist garage. Very happy with the contrast. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Your external facade colours look great! What is the darker render colour you used for the pillars and fence? We have also selected Espresso bricks and Monument roof and windows, our initial concern was it would be too dark as well so thanks to everyone who posted photos. Our render colours are walls - Dulux Linseed and front poles are Dulux Mt Eden. Re: Monument or Surfmist window frame colour? 18Oct 10, 2018 12:21 pm I could have posted this thread myself! We're building soon and just had colour selections and the only thing I wasn't sure about was the window frames. We knew we'd have the Espresso bricks with off-white mortar, and knew we wanted a darker roof tile (we went with Monier Barramundi roof tiles), and we'd probably have Surfmist fascia and/or gutters. My partner preferred the white frames and I preferred the darker but was less sure. I just couldn't decide whether light frames would be too stark in comparison to the darker roof and bricks or if it would be a feature colour along with the mortar and a rendered pillar out the front. But then I didn't want darker window frames and have the house look too dense. We went with white after PGH gave us some addresses of homes using Espresso brick and saw a house that reassured me that the white wasn't too light. That was a long a$$ post to say, I hear you and feel you and the black and white both look great but I ended up going with white  Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much. We ended going with the terrain that’s part of our brick. 2 10202 1 20359 I've gone for pre-fab walls. I did it because I wanted to remove the idiot factor from the construction on site , control theft and reduce waste its supposed to be… 12 32636 |
