ᐅ Exterior House Color Design / Color Coordination – Experiences?

ypg schrieb:

... and our wooden front door. It still shines in its original anthracite color... but I'm already looking forward to repainting it sometime 🙂

Ours is still solid oak – but once the rest of the facade is finished and no more construction equipment needs to pass through the door, it will first be painted iron oxide red again, just like it originally was.

K1300S schrieb:

So, you have the choice between four or six options, and everything else costs more, even if he still has some leftover parts from Commerzbank in maize yellow.

Well, then he just won’t have maize yellow or Lidl blue, but hardly all four or six options will be pure white or anthracite gray (?) — or is his favorite movie "Fifty Shades of Grey"? *LOL*

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In fact, there were four shades of gray, to avoid calling it anthracite, and two shades of brown (one smooth, one textured). Unfortunately, the surcharge for different colors is not just "a few euros" per window but a flat rate of about 4000 euros per order. This makes you think twice about whether it really needs to be something outside the mainstream. Fortunately, there are still other options to achieve the desired individuality.

Forget the category "Mainstream" for a moment. Going with or against the flow isn’t a value in itself. Personal taste matters – and if something happens to be popular right now, then that’s just the way it is. Choosing the mainstream can also be a very confident decision – it’s just that others may not recognize it from the outside.

hampshire schrieb:

Forget about the category "mainstream."

Oh @hampshire,
this is only partly about mainstream, since it’s about costs. You choose what you can tolerate and afford – the general contractor’s offer only includes what people actually buy... it’s a chicken-and-egg situation.

hampshire schrieb:

Personal taste matters

... which either can’t be afforded or doesn’t really exist. For the latter, there is no mainstream at all; they just confuse it with personal taste.

Anyone who looks carefully can also find very affordable solutions. It’s not automatically more expensive just because it deviates from the usual approach. Often, the problem is simply a lack of creativity and courage. For the exterior design of the house, for example, standard windows can be used, but the appearance can be greatly and cost-effectively enhanced by adding contrasting trim. Adding color to the plaster doesn’t significantly affect the cost, and a very inexpensive front door immediately looks different when the surrounding area is also designed thoughtfully. In the end, it’s all about the overall impression. We enhanced a simple steel door with a full-surface adhesive film at a company, which only cost a few euros for a stock photo, and even with the UV-resistant film, the total expenses stayed below 100€ (about 110 USD). The door is very recognizable, welcoming, and brings joy to employees and visitors. It doesn’t have to be expensive to achieve a great result if you focus on your own possibilities and taste. Those who follow others’ “standards” and always look toward the more expensive option, as marketing suggests, will discover a recipe for lasting dissatisfaction.