ᐅ Appearance question: Choosing the right window color to match roof tiles
Created on: 14 Apr 2025 08:51
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Salvator2025
Hello everyone,
We are planning to build a single-family house with two full floors and a gable roof (22°) without eaves.
The following considerations are on the table:
(1) Light gray smooth roof tiles and light gray wood-aluminum windows: This is a safe choice. However, it naturally looks like the usual standard design.
(2) Red smooth roof tiles and wooden windows (possibly oak?): This option appeals to us visually the most, but we are concerned that wooden windows might lose their color and turn gray after just a few years. Does anyone have experience with this?
(3) Red smooth roof tiles and wood-aluminum windows: In this case, we have the problem that we do not want gray windows with a red roof, as we don’t like that combination. Our question to you: Has anyone found a great RAL color that works well with red roof tiles?
We realize this is ultimately a matter of personal taste but are hoping for some input from you.
We are planning to build a single-family house with two full floors and a gable roof (22°) without eaves.
The following considerations are on the table:
(1) Light gray smooth roof tiles and light gray wood-aluminum windows: This is a safe choice. However, it naturally looks like the usual standard design.
(2) Red smooth roof tiles and wooden windows (possibly oak?): This option appeals to us visually the most, but we are concerned that wooden windows might lose their color and turn gray after just a few years. Does anyone have experience with this?
(3) Red smooth roof tiles and wood-aluminum windows: In this case, we have the problem that we do not want gray windows with a red roof, as we don’t like that combination. Our question to you: Has anyone found a great RAL color that works well with red roof tiles?
We realize this is ultimately a matter of personal taste but are hoping for some input from you.
We almost had to choose uPVC windows, but we found a special coating called "Spectral." I think it feels quite good, and the matte surface looks nice; plus, there are some attractive color options available. Originally, we wanted wooden windows or other materials, but we are now quite satisfied with these. At my first house, I had wooden windows that lasted many years without any problems. However, that house also had roof overhangs. Without those, I would seriously reconsider the choice of material, especially regarding wood.
We are currently visiting BY and have seen some nice houses along the way.
I really like the two extensions on your house, and I think they are well-suited to being visually set apart by color or another material (for example, wood). You could, for example, keep these two areas in a darker shade (I like burgundy or dark gray) and make the rest of the house lighter (perhaps with a bit of beige mixed in rather than a harsh white). I find the window color almost irrelevant in this case, as long as it’s not black.
Depending on how much you want to get involved yourself, my suggestion would be not to plaster these two nice extensions at all, which would save money, and then clad them in wood yourself (natural or gray). The advantage is that this would only cover a low area, making it easy to do yourself, gradually over time depending on your available time, mood, and creativity. I think this also visually lowers the height of the house, and the contrast makes the extensions look smart.
There are lots of options, including colored weather-protection membranes (I believe by the company Dörken) for open wooden facades, where the color shows through the gaps. Another benefit of a wooden facade, at least in this ground floor area, is that you can later install lighting elements or hide wiring without much effort.
But of course, these are just my personal ideas and taste; there are thousands of other possibilities. In this case, I would consider the window color less important, and I would choose the brick color primarily based on the cladding material you select.
If you prefer a simple and modern look, check out architect Thomas Fabrinsky—there are plenty of ideas for colors and materials.
We are currently visiting BY and have seen some nice houses along the way.
I really like the two extensions on your house, and I think they are well-suited to being visually set apart by color or another material (for example, wood). You could, for example, keep these two areas in a darker shade (I like burgundy or dark gray) and make the rest of the house lighter (perhaps with a bit of beige mixed in rather than a harsh white). I find the window color almost irrelevant in this case, as long as it’s not black.
Depending on how much you want to get involved yourself, my suggestion would be not to plaster these two nice extensions at all, which would save money, and then clad them in wood yourself (natural or gray). The advantage is that this would only cover a low area, making it easy to do yourself, gradually over time depending on your available time, mood, and creativity. I think this also visually lowers the height of the house, and the contrast makes the extensions look smart.
There are lots of options, including colored weather-protection membranes (I believe by the company Dörken) for open wooden facades, where the color shows through the gaps. Another benefit of a wooden facade, at least in this ground floor area, is that you can later install lighting elements or hide wiring without much effort.
But of course, these are just my personal ideas and taste; there are thousands of other possibilities. In this case, I would consider the window color less important, and I would choose the brick color primarily based on the cladding material you select.
If you prefer a simple and modern look, check out architect Thomas Fabrinsky—there are plenty of ideas for colors and materials.
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Nice-Nofret21 Apr 2025 11:56@Arauki11: I don't mean to offend, but are you running a funeral home or do you need a high-security bunker? It's hard for me to describe your house as 'friendly' and 'inviting.'
Let me put it this way. The original poster is in the brainstorming phase, and those who respond in an almost condescending manner tend to limit the necessary free thinking and discourage people and their ideas. This is exactly why today’s residential areas look the way they do; congratulations!
These are rough ideas, which may be exaggerated at times—and that’s perfectly fine. This is how decision-making works well.
For those who know what taste is—namely only their own—this kind of idea generation phase is, of course, unnecessary.
Sorry for the inconvenience @Nice-Nofret. By the way, I also know a friendly undertaker, and you’re welcome to visit me at my home anytime. Why not show some pictures of your own house so we can see for ourselves what true taste looks like? If I find it appealing, I’ll let you know—you can count on that. I’m always happy to learn.
1. Please share pictures of your own home so we can be inspired by your taste.
2. Please provide specific suggestions for the original poster, since that’s what they asked for; just complaining is hardly constructive.
We’re waiting.
These are rough ideas, which may be exaggerated at times—and that’s perfectly fine. This is how decision-making works well.
For those who know what taste is—namely only their own—this kind of idea generation phase is, of course, unnecessary.
Sorry for the inconvenience @Nice-Nofret. By the way, I also know a friendly undertaker, and you’re welcome to visit me at my home anytime. Why not show some pictures of your own house so we can see for ourselves what true taste looks like? If I find it appealing, I’ll let you know—you can count on that. I’m always happy to learn.
1. Please share pictures of your own home so we can be inspired by your taste.
2. Please provide specific suggestions for the original poster, since that’s what they asked for; just complaining is hardly constructive.
We’re waiting.
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Nice-Nofret21 Apr 2025 12:47My house probably won’t appeal to you – definitely too colorful.
This is our entrance area – an older photo – the pots are now in bloom. The shadow on the left side of the picture is cast by the garage, which is also painted yellow.
This is our entrance area – an older photo – the pots are now in bloom. The shadow on the left side of the picture is cast by the garage, which is also painted yellow.
These were just examples of how a wooden facade can be designed. Auraki11 himself, if I have seen correctly, has a lighter, also gray but not so dark wooden facade, which has absolutely nothing to do with the darker examples shown.
I was recently quite surprised at how a nearly black wooden house blends into the surroundings better than all the other houses in lighter colors. I found that surprisingly beautiful!
We also use more color, but for brainstorming what is possible – colors that simply haven’t been considered yet – I find his ideas very valuable.
My neighbors in the new development area are all repainting their houses after just over 20 years. After the very nice and somewhat daring colors that were mostly used when the houses were built – light green, gray-blue, apricot, light blue, which matched the house styles – they are now all painting in white or light gray. Just to make the house look more modern. I find that unfortunate because the houses themselves haven’t actually become more modern; it just no longer fits the style.
I think it’s important to be open and to look at as many options as possible.
I was recently quite surprised at how a nearly black wooden house blends into the surroundings better than all the other houses in lighter colors. I found that surprisingly beautiful!
We also use more color, but for brainstorming what is possible – colors that simply haven’t been considered yet – I find his ideas very valuable.
My neighbors in the new development area are all repainting their houses after just over 20 years. After the very nice and somewhat daring colors that were mostly used when the houses were built – light green, gray-blue, apricot, light blue, which matched the house styles – they are now all painting in white or light gray. Just to make the house look more modern. I find that unfortunate because the houses themselves haven’t actually become more modern; it just no longer fits the style.
I think it’s important to be open and to look at as many options as possible.
Nice-Nofret schrieb:
@Arauki11: I don’t mean to offend, but are you running a funeral home or do you need a high-security bunker? It’s hard for me to describe your house as ‘friendly’ and ‘inviting.’Your comment probably refers to picture 2 in post #37 – but that is not his house (which you can, however, see several times on the previous pages here).https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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