happyscooter
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 16, 2013 19:40:27 GMT -5
So most of you know that we are doing a lot of home improvements. We have resided our house in a different color along with a different color roof. The windows are trimmed in a cream color along with the outside corners of the house. We are looking at black shutters and a black door to go with the black roof. Do you think we should only have black on one area of the house (door) or will it look OK to put black shutters on?
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Post by Shooby on Jul 16, 2013 19:42:29 GMT -5
Put on what you like.
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 16, 2013 19:44:04 GMT -5
This is it for us. We haven't done anything in over 20 years and we won't be doing anything else. I just don't want to have too much black.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 16, 2013 19:46:59 GMT -5
Black shutters and doors. You want the house to 'pop'.
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 16, 2013 19:48:36 GMT -5
shutters-plastic and door I don't know. not wood. looks like wood.
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Post by naturallyfrugal on Jul 16, 2013 20:19:08 GMT -5
We have a black door and shutters and it looks nice against the brick. No warping issues, but it's only been 2 years - they were a dark blue/green before black.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2013 20:26:24 GMT -5
We have a black (actually a dark green that looks black) with cream trim, a light "green" house color, and a black roof.
The "green" is actually called "techno gray" so I guess it really isn't green.
We went with the color card we chose. The lightest was the trim, the middle was the house, and the last one was the door (and would have been the shutters if we had them).
So, yes, we would have done the door and shutters "black."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2013 20:26:47 GMT -5
We have a black roof, black door and black roof. I like it!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 0:20:32 GMT -5
What color is the main house? If it is a darker cream or tan, I would lean towards espresso brown colored shutters and door.
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 17, 2013 6:40:36 GMT -5
southern, that sounds like our house! actually it is 'Scottish thistle'. a greenish-gray.
lonewolf, years ago we had a dark brown door. metal, painted. we kept being told that it would warp, especially when we had a glass door with it to trap the heat. it never happened.
rock it, the house used to be almond (cream) color siding. with a brown roof. we needed a new roof so we decided to change all of the colors.
and today marks the 3 month date from the time we had people come out and give us estimates. I can't believe people make appointments and don't call/show up, people advertise-but don't really want to work, people don't get back to you with an estimate.
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 25, 2013 6:43:52 GMT -5
So we have finished everything we can and are waiting on the gutter/vinyl trim guy. We went with the beige trim with black shutters and black door. It looks VERY good.
And for anyone thinking about a remodeling job, start getting estimates in January. By the first of March you should have them all. Then you can schedule for the first of April and with delays you will be finished the middle of May.
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