What color trim/windows/pillars would look best on our new house?

Question

We are in the process of building a new home...in a nice new subdivion. Most houses on our street have a colored siding with white trim (Gutters/trim/pillars/windows). I know I want our house to have a taupe color for the siding, with probably a lighter shade for the trim. (I know I don't want white) I don't know if I should have the pillars and windows white, or if I should go with a beige. I have seen one house on our street with colored siding and trim...and they left the windows white as well as the trim. Every other house has white trim windows, and pillars. I know if I deceide to go with beige windows, I will be the only one one in the neighborhood and than I would have to have my pillars to match...because I think white pillars would look odd....my other issue is if I have beige windows would white trim in my interior look okay? It will show through on the inside (the frame and cross bars on window)...I know I want white trim on the inside, and I don't want beige..

Answer 1

Here are some questions which will help you decide...Do you have vinyl or vinyl coated windows? Your gutters and facia will be white...how can you reconcile some white trim (gutters, facia, and window frames) with other colored trim. If what you are trying to do is establish some individuality on your home, it is best to do it through color accents such as your entryway rather than a colored trim which will not be homogeneous throught the house. When you play with subtle tones such as beige and taupe you can get very big surprises. Most folks have the idea that these are "safe" colors but what people don't know is that the reason these colors are so subtle is that they are a compilation of many different colors. The more subtle or muted a color, the more complex it is. When you are attempting to use two of these subtle tones together, their undertones (the components they are comprised of) will become very apparent and most likely clash. Using the same value (degree of lightness) colors with different undertones (beige vs. taupe) will result in your eye reading it as a mis-match. It is because your eye loves contrast more than anything and if it can't see contrast between two colors, the next thing it will look for is the color itself. If the undertones don't agree, voila...mis-match. My professional advice is to go with the community standard of white. You can paint vinyl components such as facia and window frames but why would you? You're taking an easy to maintain material and making it a high maintenance one. A house is too big of an object to do this on unless you are willing to keep it up every 5-7 years.

Concentrate on your entryway, make it distinctive through a lovely door color, brass plate on the bottom and brass knocker if appropriate. Maybe two urns on the porch into which you keep bright annual flowers...dress your home in this way and you will get more bang for your buck than you will with the trim.

The trim inside can be different from the outside. Whenyou stand right up to the house and look in, yes you can see the difference. Get more than 8-10 feet away and no one can see. Your house is viewed from the curb, objects look quite different from the street, this should be your standard for judging as it is the way that the world will view your home.

Good Luck!

Rodd

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Answer 2

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