Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Colour selection 2Nov 26, 2019 10:38 am https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Colour selection 3Nov 26, 2019 10:59 pm Blacktea2sugars ok Your house's orientation will probably help you choose here. What direction does it face? As our front faces west, we were told to keep darker colours lower (they will fade over time and easier to repaint at ground level, rather than up ladders) We have shale grey too. Love Bassalt. Secondly, drive around your suburb. What do you like? What do you dislike? What looks odd? Lighter colours might work well, but get a bit "lost". The darker might provide the impact and "wow factor". hope that helps Hi there, this does help, thank you so much. The house front faces east. I am inclining towards changing garage and main door colour from shale grey to basalt. Thinking of changing the top parapet cement sheeting border colour to basalt as well to go with garage. I got a colour sample of it today and it looks great. I will keep the two feature walls render as shale grey. But still deciding on the main render colour, i.e. if I should keep it as Tahira White or change it to Surfmist? π€ Tahira White might be too bright but might look better with basalt and shale grey? Thanks! Hi there, we have classic cream gutters, fasciaβs, roller door and undercover carport. We are are going to paint the roof a terracotta orange colour. After some… 0 4490 Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6459 Thankyou so much π 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 π 2 7073 |