Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Window Colours - Help 28Apr 04, 2009 10:44 pm Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: Window Colours - Help 30Apr 05, 2009 9:50 am Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: Window Colours - Help 37Apr 05, 2009 1:20 pm I've got to admit Ed - I never even considered silver until I joined this thread. I think to me it reminds me of my childhood home and Mum and Dad having aluminium window frames. Colours seemed to be more "pretty". Silver more utilitarian? Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Window Colours - Help 38Apr 05, 2009 4:32 pm For me personally, silver has to be in the right kind of house. I think it gives an industrial edge almost, and that doesn't suit a lot of homes. Black and white are great because anything goes internally, but with white, if there's sliding doors, the cleanliness of the tracks becomes a potential issue. Maybe that's why people go with beige instead? Woodland Grey can be limiting depending on the interior. If the interior is Grey or charcoals, the windows suddenly look very green. With people loving beige, the beige colours are safe I guess. The other issue is if you are using other colorbond colours. We are using Evening Haze for guttering etc, that really only left us with black, white or Woodland Grey that would work. The Woodland Grey I felt would be more limiting than the the others, so we chose black. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Window Colours - Help 39Apr 05, 2009 7:08 pm I agree with kyton - I too grew up with silver aluminium windows and tend to think of them as old-fashioned, so perhaps that's why there's not much demand for them. But I think they are making a comeback, and perhaps we H1-ers are a bit quicker off the mark then your average homebuyer, hence the difference in opinion? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Window Colours - Help 40Apr 05, 2009 9:30 pm Helyn Another colour which seems popular in new houses around here is a dark blue - is it deep ocean ?? Yes, and that's my colour! It matches the blue tinges in some of our bricks (Austral 'Latrobe') and doesn't look out of place from the inside with our light grey architraves etc. Out of Ed's list of 3, I chose black. There is a house nearby which has what I describe as wheat coloured bricks with black window frames and it looks awesome from the outside. That house has a very dark rendered portico. For comparison, another house in the area has a grey taupe coloured rendered facade, with white window frames and white venetians, and looks equally as good from the outside. As long as the frames match something they will look good IMHO. Geoff - Decophile. Hey. Head to a metal and decide on which profile you will use first. Profiles with larger corrugations can greatly change the appearance of the color in different… 0 3380 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 34241 |