ᐅ Show us your exterior wall colors!

Created on: 29 Jun 2023 15:03
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kati1337
Hello everyone!

We are about to make the final decision on our exterior paint color and I would appreciate your inspiration. Ideally with the exact color code in your color system.

We have experimented with various online color visualizers. We like shades in the range of sand / greige / taupe, leaning towards the lighter side.
The front door will be dark gray (iron mica), and the windows are, as usual, white.
I don’t want a completely white facade because then the windows would have too little contrast.

Feel free to share other ideas or suggestions as well; they don’t necessarily have to be along the lines I mentioned. =)
Tolentino6 Jul 2023 16:22
So, I mentioned I would take some photos.
I didn’t climb any ladders, and I skipped the yellow and red houses standing next to each other, which I really wanted to photograph, because there was a garden party happening there, and it felt a bit too intrusive to ask them to move the tables so I could get a clear shot of the facade... 😀

Not all pictures are from the immediate neighborhood, but all are from the region...
One of them has a rather plain color, but I found the plaster so impressive and literally strange that it had to be included as well.

Two-story house with steep gray roof, white facade, garden fence, and dense hedge.

Modern white house with gray horizontal strip, dark windows, and garden fence

Two-story house with orange facade, dark roof, and two skylights, garden.


Red house with brown tiled roof, two skylights, garden with hydrangeas.

Modern red detached house with blue roof, white facade, and bicycle in front.

Small house with brown gable roof, light plastered facade, two windows, garden with birdhouse.
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Bertram100
6 Jul 2023 16:29
Oops, a woodchip wallpaper for the exterior wall. 😀

I prefer colored houses over the white-gray ones. But yes, it’s a matter of taste.
I just looked at colored facades online and I can’t get enough of them. There are so many beautiful colors and facades. I would love to come home and be greeted by a nice blue or green. 🙂
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Pitiglianio
6 Jul 2023 17:30
Getting tired of it should not be underestimated.
If you only see a colorful facade every few weeks and are impressed by it, I argue that with your own house, the novelty can wear off quickly.
In my current neighborhood, there has been a bright yellow house for about 5 years now.
I pass by it every day and also see it daily from my kitchen window.
While it was an eye-catcher at first, it has now just become glaring and no longer fits with the other houses at all.
If it were mine, I would have already drawn the line and repainted it long ago.
kati13376 Jul 2023 17:54
What does it usually cost to have a facade repainted?
schubert796 Jul 2023 18:30
kati1337 schrieb:

How much does it usually cost to have a facade repainted?

We paid 8,900 euros last year.
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Bertram100
6 Jul 2023 20:33
Pitiglianio schrieb:

I see it every day from the kitchen window.

That’s the nice thing—you can see the houses. I overlook grey-on-grey. I really need a pleasant front garden to actually take a proper look.

In our area, there is a house painted pink. It’s called the "pink underwear house" because the color really looks like girls’ lingerie. Hardly anyone thinks it’s truly beautiful. Still, I wouldn’t want it any other way among the grey façades.