Painting the exterior of your home can dramatically enhance its street appeal as well as increase the total value of the property. While painting your home can seem like a mammoth task, choosing the colour of paint can prove to be the hardest part of the job.
Award-winning interior (and exterior) designer Shaynna Blazeshares her expert advice for choosing the right exterior paint colour for your home as well as her some of her favourite exterior hues.
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PAINT COLOURS
Look at all elements of your house before choosing your exterior colour. The colour of your roof tiles, window trims, brick or timber features, front door and fence colours will all depict what colour palette you should be considering.
Think about the kind of statement you want to make. For example, a colour like ‘Black Fox’ will make your house stand out, but a light grey colour will blend in well with the natural surroundings.
Make sure you consider all times of day when picking a colour. Purchase sample pots in your chosen colours and paint a patch on the exterior of your house that catches both sun and shade, so you can see how the colour appears in shade and varying sunlight levels.
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“We painted a house last year in ‘Black Fox’ and I instantly fell in love with it,” says Shaynna. “The black exterior against the white trims and timber features really popped and made the house look clean, fresh and modern.”
For something a bit more subtle Shaynna loves Taubmans ‘Pebble Bay’. “It’s a classic exterior colour that is always a best-seller,” says Shayna. “Grey Castle is also one of our most popular greys that we’re seeing specified for many exteriors.”
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COLOUR TRENDS TO WATCH THIS YEAR
Over the past year, exterior colours have continued to play more and more strongly in the grey space. Greys for exteriors create a modern and minimalist colour scheme that suits the majority of Australian house styles.
“Grey tones will continue throughout the year as that minimalist and modern look is still on trend”, says Shaynna. “However, people will continue to push the boundaries with the darker and lighter grey tones. For example, the darker tones we are seeing are not just greys, but also blacks and navy blues.”
“In terms of the lighter tones, we may see people venturing away from greys and experimenting with muted pastel colours.”
TAUBMANS 10 MOST POPULAR EXTERIOR PAINT COLOURS
Crisp White
Brilliant White
Pebble Bay
Taupe Stone
Salinger
Mink Scorpio
Private Jet
Gibraltar Grey
Stormy Shadow
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Painting the exterior of your home can dramatically enhance its street appeal as well as increase the total value of the property. While painting your home can seem like a mammoth task, choosing the colour of paint can prove to be the hardest part of the job.
Award-winning interior (and exterior) designer Shaynna Blazeshares her expert advice for choosing the right exterior paint colour for your home as well as her some of her favourite exterior hues.
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PAINT COLOURS
Look at all elements of your house before choosing your exterior colour. The colour of your roof tiles, window trims, brick or timber features, front door and fence colours will all depict what colour palette you should be considering.
Think about the kind of statement you want to make. For example, a colour like ‘Black Fox’ will make your house stand out, but a light grey colour will blend in well with the natural surroundings.
Make sure you consider all times of day when picking a colour. Purchase sample pots in your chosen colours and paint a patch on the exterior of your house that catches both sun and shade, so you can see how the colour appears in shade and varying sunlight levels.
black paint house, exterior house black
“We painted a house last year in ‘Black Fox’ and I instantly fell in love with it,” says Shaynna. “The black exterior against the white trims and timber features really popped and made the house look clean, fresh and modern.”
For something a bit more subtle Shaynna loves Taubmans ‘Pebble Bay’. “It’s a classic exterior colour that is always a best-seller,” says Shayna. “Grey Castle is also one of our most popular greys that we’re seeing specified for many exteriors.”
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COLOUR TRENDS TO WATCH THIS YEAR
Over the past year, exterior colours have continued to play more and more strongly in the grey space. Greys for exteriors create a modern and minimalist colour scheme that suits the majority of Australian house styles.
“Grey tones will continue throughout the year as that minimalist and modern look is still on trend”, says Shaynna. “However, people will continue to push the boundaries with the darker and lighter grey tones. For example, the darker tones we are seeing are not just greys, but also blacks and navy blues.”
“In terms of the lighter tones, we may see people venturing away from greys and experimenting with muted pastel colours.”
TAUBMANS 10 MOST POPULAR EXTERIOR PAINT COLOURS
Crisp White
Brilliant White
Pebble Bay
Taupe Stone
Salinger
Mink Scorpio
Private Jet
Gibraltar Grey
Stormy Shadow
Phoenix Fossil