Top 5 Exterior House Painting Ideas

1 Exterior House Paint Colors

When spring and summer roll around--and often fall and winter, too--many homeowners' thoughts turn toward exterior house paint color. If you're lucky enough to have a house that can be painted your house is your canvas. The following color combinations come from major paint manufacturers who, not surprisingly, have a real knack for color coordination. Most of them also issue color trend reports for the upcoming year, available on their websites. Follow the trends or buck the trends? It's your choice. 

One example house color palette from Benjamin Moore:

• Siding: Horizon Gray
• Trim: Antique White
• Porch roof gable panels and window sashes: Sea Pine
• Porch roof beams and house eave brackets: Autumn Brown

2 Got a Suburban Ranch? Here's a Great Exterior Paint Scheme

Here's a trio of relaxing exterior paint colors for the style of house that is most commonly found in the U.S.- the "ranch" or "rambler" home.

House colors from Benjamin Moore:

• Siding: Interlude
• Trim: White Dove
• Shutters and front door: Townsend Harbor Brown

• 3 Stucco Exterior Paint Colors

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  Call it whatever you like- Tuscan, perhaps? This exterior paint idea combines the richness of earthen field colors with the crisp definition of the white trim.

  House colors from Dutch Boy:

  • Stucco: Nectar
  • Roof trim: Gridiron
  • Window trim: Insight

  • 4 The Fresh Cape Cod White Exterior

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    It's hard to go wrong with a Cape Cod style exterior whether you are 100 feet or 100 miles from the ocean. This brisk Sawyer White from Valspar works in any geographic locale.

    House colors from Valspar:

    • Siding and trim: Sawyer White
    • Shutters: Vivid Blue

    5 Victorian Exterior Colors- Clearly Striking but Not for Every House
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  Most often this exterior paint color scheme works best on Victorian-style homes. When paired with the right architecture, the punch delivered by this palette is distinctive.

  House colors from Benjamin Moore:

  • Siding (main): High Park
  • Siding (accent): Garden Path
  • Trim: Bordeaux Red
  • Porch columns and balusters: Brilliant White

  
  

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