Picking Our Exterior House Colours

The garage renovations are still going strong and there's been a ton of decision making about the exterior colours of the house.

Let me tell you it's a totally different process to painting and decorating the inside of the house.

It's not as overwhelming for one because you don't go out and buy a zillion tester pots and slap them on the walls to pick colours as there's usually only a few choices of colours and so the decisions have been made pretty quickly.

Let's start with the gutters and facias these will be Colourbond Ironstone (Stratco where we bought them from call it Darkstone) which is a dark charcoal colour with a hint of dark blue undertone. We didn't know it had the blue in it until it was up and outside in the sunlight but I think it adds a bit of depth and interest.

Ironstone/Darkstone colour sample

Facia on the new garage wall -
We still don't have new gutters on they are a few weeks away from being installed so the rain just pours off the roof and onto the ground .. sometimes onto my head if Im not quick enough!

The roof we are going to spray paint in the same charcoal colour as the gutters and facias Darkstone except a few shades darker for contrast. Once the roof is painted you won't even notice the garage extension and different tiles - a full roof restoration and painting job is booked for 5 weeks away.

Ironstone/Darkstone colour sample

Before: Our roof

Now: Our roof with extension

The down pipes will be Colourbond Classic Cream (Stratco call it Smooth Cream) to match the colour of the brick and render. I wanted charcoal so it matched the gutters and roof but Mr P convinced me the cream will blend into the house instead of standing out which will be better.

They're not an architectural feature so no need to draw attention to them.

We haven't put the down pipes on yet but they'll look like the house below against the limestone brick wall.

Classic Cream/Smooth Cream colour sample

Feature house with limestone walls and down pipes

The render we had 2 choices of colour - grey or cream.

Again I wanted grey because it would match the inside of the house which is all painted grey but because of the limestone foundation our house sits on and the new limestone brick walls cream is the better choice for the render.

This render is tinted with yellow sand so has a bit of a sandy natural colour and texture.

Our newly rendered wall against the new limestone brick wall

The render is still a bit wet here and will dry a lighter colour

The garage door will be a jarrah look to add a bit of contrast to the charcoal and cream, we haven't pick a style yet but these are some of my favourites.

I like the dark jarrah but with a window to let in some natural light.

Feature house with garage door without window dark jarrah

Feature house with garage door with window light jarrah

A timber slat and brick pillar fence will be built around the front of the house to make a small courtyard.

The timber will match the garage door and look something like these.

We'll either make the pillars from limestone bricks or standard bricks and rendered the same colour as the house.

Feature house with timber fence

Another feature house with timber fence

So the colour combo will be similar to these houses below - charcoal roof, charcoal gutters, cream down pipes, cream render, timber garage door and fence

Have you ever really noticed the colour of the exterior of your home?

I never have but now I'm checking out everyone's roofs and garage doors as I drive by!

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[Photos 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 my own
Images 3 Colour samples from Colorbond, Garage Door 1 and 2, Fences 1 and 2, Display Homes 1 2 3 4]