Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 8Apr 26, 2010 9:05 pm Stupid question: Where is the front door? I quite like a bright red front door against darker or neutral colours on a facade..... Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 9Apr 26, 2010 11:25 pm Thanks for the responses i am impressed this forum is very active. I hope i don't regret sharing this later. Following are the links to all sides with actual windows and entry doors as per plan. I hope i can get some more suggestions: 3D version: http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/ls/893. ... 65dy/Files Entry: http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/ls/893. ... 65dy/Files Garage side: http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/ls/893. ... 65dy/Files Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 10Apr 26, 2010 11:32 pm suh I think there is too much going on as well. Our house is a similar style - square, flat roof, modern lines - we have kept it clean with a very pale grey "Dulux Heifer" a feature wall of "Dulex Stepney" garage and feature bits in "Surfmist" Hi suh, do you mind sharing an image of your house or the colour schemes? I m very much interested. thanks Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 11Apr 26, 2010 11:56 pm themax What about putting Monument where the red is if you'd like something bold there? It has a bit of "weight" for colour and links with the other Monument, witout adding another colour. Many options you could choose from. themax What do you mean by Monument and what options? can you please guide me a little more? please let me know thanks Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 12Apr 27, 2010 1:01 am Love the modern facade Does your council /estate have any restrictions on colours you can use? Have you picked a brick colour yet ? It might help determine the direction of the colours either towards more grey tones or warmer tones. What colours did your architect suggest? Ours wanted everyting white with silver windows. But there was no way I wanted to be trying to keep that clean. I quite like the red elements but I am not sure about where they are. Maybe the cladding would look better as red (on the inverted L shape in the middle) I would also bring in some more timber on the bottom right side of the non garage side. You can have a timber garage door to balance out the other frontage but it might be OK cause the timber goes across more of the facade on that side. The rendered bits on the corner (the corner of both facades) might also look good in red as an alternate. I think 3 colours + timber details would be OK and make one colour similar to the fascia/ roof colour so that doesnt make a 4th. A light colour, mid feature and dark feature, roof and windows similar to one of these colours, then maybe just a splash of red. Because you have so much depth in the facade you can also play with that a bit with how you use the colours. Darker colours seem further away when you look at them so if they were on bits that stick out further it would make the facade seem flatter or to exaggerate the depth you them on parts that are further back. Not sure if that make sense. Good Luck with the selections. Min Building at The Ponds Land reg 3/12/09, Land settled 18/12/09 Approved by Design Panel 16/11/09, Submitted to council 24/11/09, Approved by Council 21/1/10 Site Start 21/5/10 http://andyminpondsbuild.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19800 Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 13Apr 27, 2010 9:54 pm I think your facade looks wonderful and I love the fact you are going for some bold colours. We too wanted to go for something a bit different, it's nerve wracking and you find that you doubt yourself the whole time wondering if you have it right .... Good luck with the whole process. For your info, here is our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31932 Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 14Apr 27, 2010 10:05 pm Well I have to say I quite like it…. But I like most homes that are a slant from the norm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 15Apr 27, 2010 11:13 pm I love it! I think it looks fabulous. Huge home. I love facades like this. What is going where the brown is? You could do alot of various things to the facade using bold colours, interesting textures, render and so on. I'd love to see your floor plan and interested to know who you are building with. Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 16Apr 28, 2010 9:04 am THere you go bravoz, you don't nee dto change a thing! www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 17Apr 28, 2010 12:32 pm wow.. Thank you very much for liking the facade and for so many comments. andy min No colour restrictions from council. We have selected and builder has already ordered the Blue steel flash brick from PGH, even though it looks blue in the photos but in real like it gives more browninsh/ dark coffee colour shades. I wanted our darker colours to be a coffee colour with some greyish tones in it, and we are still couldnt decide on any colours. I liked your suggestions of the colours and when get some time i will get on to adobe and try these and will share with you guys to get some feed back. As for the red we are thinking of the poinciana red from taubmans: http://i1.tinypic.com/v5igk0.jpg currently we have more than 3 colours if you count the Bricks, Timber, and two render colours plus the red and white on matrix. Our architecture gave us orange, red and brown colours which we didnt like much. Here is the link to architecture's vision. http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/thumb/4 ... -small.tif I have to rush now but i will put more details and will appreciate more comments. cheers bravoz Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 18Apr 29, 2010 4:29 pm Glad you know what you like, some people have a lot of trouble even getting started. Quote: we have more than 3 colours if you count the Bricks, Timber, and two render colours plus the red and white on matrix I always consider white, black and timber as colours that dont count. If that makes sense. I think its cause my brain just accepts that these colours go with everything. I can see where the architect was going with the orange my hubby works for a commercial interior design company and they are using orange and lime green as accents on a few jobs at the moment especially teamed with greys. I dont think I could do orange though. The however I like I think I know what you mean by coffee colours we are using Laminex Espresso as one of our kitchen colours. I think thats considered a coffee colour, with a name like that. I am sure your house will look amazing which ever way you go. Min Building at The Ponds Land reg 3/12/09, Land settled 18/12/09 Approved by Design Panel 16/11/09, Submitted to council 24/11/09, Approved by Council 21/1/10 Site Start 21/5/10 http://andyminpondsbuild.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19800 Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 19May 01, 2010 7:14 pm bravoz Our architecture gave us orange, red and brown colours which we didnt like much. Here is the link to architecture's vision. http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/thumb/4 ... -small.tif mmmm, glad you gave that a miss..... Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Please help me choose modern colours for my facade 20May 14, 2010 2:06 am Gorgeous house, I would have been tempted to keep the red in the paintcan, maybe bring it in with your trees/ vegetation. I think the wood repeated on the red areas would look so nice Thank you @. Tried to play with the facade models but the exact colour is not matching up. 2 1033 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 26317 Anthony Firstly, wow you have put a lot of work into your list of questions! Great job and they are mostly valid questions that a builder should be able to answer. As… 14 9110 |