I painted the exterior of my home last summer. Good advice on the gutters. Did not think of that. I like my color because it’s easy to keep clean and the house doesn’t stand out. It just fits in. Yes I did think about my roof color before choosing the siding paint for the 8 inch cedar siding. I went with a custom mixed color from BM. One thing you should also talk about is arborstain v paint and gloss v flat. Gloss on trim? Flat on siding? BM moorglo is a great choice for trim. But I used a flat for the siding. Also door color please a little advice on that. Stained v painted door? color match shutters? Or not necessary. What color iron work white or black ? What color fence ? So many decisions. Need a part 2 please. See you Friday ! 🤗👍🏻
Could you do a series on different home structure styles and how to properly dress them inside and out? For example: Queen Ann, Victorian, New builds, modern
I’d like to add also homes from different countries as well, I live in Australia 🇦🇺 and our homes are much different to yours in the USA 🇺🇸, most are one story homes, I’d love to see a video on how you would style some of them. ❤️❤️❤️
Great ideas. I was recently thinking about painting my house. But I’m not sure. We might move, so there’s that. But if we stay awhile longer, maybe. It’s white with some black shutters, it’s slightly Victorian, older like 1900’s maybe a tad colonial. It looks good, does really need painting, blends with the area. The thing that bothers me is the blinding cast of sunlight in the summer. I’m in Iowa and for some reason it’s very bright! I was toying with the idea of just painting the lower area or trim or garage myself. And yes I’m trying to create shade with a pergola & sun sails, stuff like that.
Hoping to get a response here: I'm struggling as to what combination I should use for my 70s Tudor style home. I have 2 flat dormers (doesn't stick out but the roof line does create 2 triangles to feature the 2 windows) 2:20 says to consider the style of your interior. Well, we're planning on a Japandi style so at the very least the the beams on the exterior will go, but where does this leave us for colour choices for siding? Roof is Black and the lower half of the exterior is a concrete-brick (Grey concrete color) Something tells me to go with a Sand colour so it remains neutral and not too country-style, but my alter ego says pick Sage to match it with the neighbourhood (my soffit and door will be wood grain, haven't decided on the hue whether light or espresso-caramel) What would you recommend?
When considering exterior colors, be sure to check with your HOA where applicable. Most have strict rules and requirements on colors and also will need to approve. 😒
and what would you do for a house that has horrible white vinyl siding with plastic gray shutters that aren’t quite the right size for the windows? we bought the house this way and my husband is of the mind that if it ain’t broke we don’t fix it. i can’t remove the shutters because they would leave large holes in the vinyl that can’t truly be patched. ugh, ugh, ugh!
I love your blazer Valentina, stunning as always 😍 I agree with your statement about not being matchy matchy but STILL cohesive. I loled at you talking about the one random turquoise home “what happened hereeee” 😂😂 I’m glad you SAID IT about listening to the wrong people, you’re just honest. These tips are so, so helpful thankyou!
Thanks V great advice for picking out exterior paint colors, i don't see alot of ideas for one level homes ranchers ect I'd love it if you could throw in tips for this style home when possible 😀 thanks so much
I'm an interior designer, and a serious Type A personality so when we were ready to paint our 50s home, I drove around our neighborhood to make sure we weren't the 6th house on the block that would be grey. Then I took a picture of the house, loaded that into CAD, then did a basic line drawing of the home, pasted that into Photoshop and then played with a hundred and one color options for the base, door, shutters and window boxes, until I found a combination that was unique, without being weird or duplicating in our neighborhood. A lot of time and effort for sure, but we are so happy with how it turned out in the end. We also knew we would be putting on a new roof, so I used the color we knew we wanted to do for the roof too. It was worth every second spent on it for sure.
@@betwil3 I totally get it. Not everyone has the same skillset or access to some of the more specialized software, but there are some much easier ways to do what I did. I'd probably start with a picture of my house and then trace the basic outlines onto a sheet of paper, scan it into a computer then you can use a simple program like Paint or Powerpoint to fill in with paint options. As always, the colors that you get on your computer, no matter what computer, will always be a bit off depending on monitors, but it will really help give you a better idea of what will work before you paint. :-D
Girl! This video gives me all the feels!! Painting the exterior of our home is a project we are in the early stages of planning and I am so thankful for these tips!!! Ohh I love the photos, wow the before and afters are stellar!
Great timing on this video.♡ Tis the season for paint projects. I'm currently consulting with clients mostly right now for exteriors and garden design. One more subcategory to add to your "consider the location" tip is to really, really pay attention to the houses on either side of your house. Whatever you do will greatly affect them the most. Can't tell you how many times I see three "gray" houses in a row that look green, blue, and purple, because of neighboring undertones, or the beige family, where the houses look yellow, peach, and greenish gray all lined up. Great video. The world will be a more beautiful place because you are helping to teach others. ♡ Found your channel a few months ago, and just love hearing from a brave ("this one will get me in trouble, but, I'm just going to say it"♡) like-minded soul. Also, love the videos with you and your husband together. The way he looks at you, you can see how much he loves you. My hubby and I are still having fun after thirty years of marriage also. Sending much love from Washington state ♡♡♡
I have a black roof and wanted to paint my house white. Is it recommended to avoid painting the trim white also even if we paint the shutters and front door like an iron ore or peppercorn? (I’m trying to be simple.
My dad was a contractor in New Orleans in the 70's, 80's 90's and he did a lot of upscale properties throughout the city and greater New Orleans area. He had such a great eye, attention to detail and could make everything beautiful. But every once in a while he would have a client that wanted to do things 100% their way because they saw it in a magazine and not trust his expertise and experience. He would politely tell them it wouldn't look right on the house or in the n'hood but he would paint it. And then.... they always HATED it, lol. They would call and say he was right and ask if he would come back and repaint the WHOLE house. He would go back and paint the house/shutters/trim the better colors and sometimes the homeowner would literally cry because they couldn't believe how beautiful it turned out. So it is important to find someone who will help make your home amazing and understands color undertones, LRV and most of all what NOT to do on your homes exterior. If a person wants to be eccentric, do it with garden art or jewelry not paint color. :)
Love the information! Can you please go into further detail about your favorite color schemes based on house type? I know with it being spring many people, me included, are getting theirs homes painted.
Great tips! I, thankfully, don't live in a neighborhood with an HOA--never will. But I do realize how important picking your house colors are. Taking into consideration the roof color, and do the trim and house paint colors work together... How the color looks in different lights. Don't pick crazy colors for sure! Unless your neighborhood has that vibe. The colors I picked(over much debate and tons of paint samples)for my house are a little different for my neighborhood, but I did notice others have copied it. And no they are not crazy, but they are cheery colors that go well with our dark gray roof(frost white trim and garage door with a soft medium cool blue for the house). So no HOA to worry about. I do call it the Easter house though. If we were ever to sell it I would re-paint it(which it is due in like 5-8 years)a nice neutral... Not that I would sell as I have no where to go. That is what happens when you live in one of the hottest housing markets in America(we are next after Boise). So for now I am enjoying my beautiful cheery Easter house with splashes of colorful flowers all over the yard from Spring through Fall! I have the same alarm system that I installed not long ago... Love it! Love you Valentina! 😊
Any input on painting exterior brick? Was reading that latex is a no go for brick, but a mineral based brick stain is the way to go(whether opaque or a wash...I am looking for an opaque finish on my fed colonial brick front, probably in a white or light ivory, and doing the siding the same color)? Any experience with that?
Very good video…. I have seen your home before on here some place. I like your color choices. Would you share your exterior colors….thank you!!!…….Carlene
Completely agree with what you have said. It's fun to get those creative, inspired ideas but the question I always myself is, "if I had to sell my house tomorrow, is what I would like to do going to help or hinder the sale?" If it's an easy fix, like a crazy color for an interior room, then have fun with that because it is easy to change back. But as this video points out, careful decisions need to be made with expensive issues, like exterior paint. And fortunately of unfortunately, keeping with the neighborhood style is very important, imo.
Our house is a Victorian. When we were ready to paint it we drove around various neighborhoods that had Victorian houses to check out colors, and I took pictures! I also looked in Victorian magazines. That’s where I found the color palette we used! The house itself is a muted blue, and trim colors are green, yellow, white, and dark blue. It might be too many colors on some house, but it is perfect on a Victorian!
And when are you guys coming out with your own show!?? On Magnolia pls :) ( because food network hgtv turned into the dumbing down of America ) they think we all want game shows :( you guys have great style and are soo funny
Thank you so much for this video I am actually getting ready in a month to paint the outside of my home Inside my home is very monocromantic existing colors black-and-white on the outside very traditional I wanna create more of a contemporary look flow with the inside
I'm so glad you hit on the hard topics bc people need to hear them. Im a designer and remodeler as well and its so frustrating when your clients don't take our advice or even ask for it and then end up having spent a ton of money and their house looks AWFUL!! btw, I loved your comment on not using bunnies and chicks in spring decor!! I died laughing and its such a great opinion!! You really do an amazing job helping people elevate their style. Love watching you! Keep it coming!!
I watch every one of your videos, but this is the most important one to my situation so far. I don't want to make a costly mistake, but not sure what to do. I have a stucco house with some browny, beige stone work, medium beige paint, a small amount of aged/greenish metal over the front entrance, and green shutters and roof. I've had many tell me that my house is their all-time fav house ever, so I'm scared to change it but think those colors might be dated and it needs fresh paint and new roof. I don't know where to turn for some real help with this.
Great advice. People do crazy things out there! I'm wanted to paint our exterior black. You showed some photos of homes I've seen as well. Have a great day, Kathleen
This was such a great video!! I would also love for you to continue this topic by telling us how to increase the value of a home by updating the exterior, and which pitfalls to avoid. Obviously there are many ways to modernize a dated exterior, but I’m sure not all of them will add value to the home. :) As always, love love LOVE your content!! I love watching your videos while I have my morning coffee!
Can you help me pick a front door color? I am doin my house in a “Deep Granite” grey. Windows gutters facia sofit is all white. Black roof. (Ranch). I was thinking a deep red or an Oliver green. I would love your input
Such a great timing, what do you think about having white shutters on a White House? 🏡 I’m about to do that, save me before is too late. I have new blue roof and just got a royal blue door with gold hardware. Gutters are white too.
What about Sherwin William color Urban Jungle for an exerior house color? Is it too yellow? Too dark? I like Tony Taupe, Accessible Beige and Mega Greige for my clients, but this color gets noticed quite a bit. Do you like Urban Jungle? What do you think of the other colors I mentioned. My clients often choose colorful front door to accent.
How much does it cost to paint the exterior of the house 5k plus labor maybe? I know many people that pay that much a month on their credit cards. Why do we worry so much about our neighbor's opinion? I am painting the exterior of my house this summer again. No need to check with the neighbors or HOA. I respect your opinion and love your videos very much but sometimes we need to think outside the box. The world is not black and white. Take a risk and go for it. Life is too short.
I agree! I have a small pale yellow ranch home in a neighborhood with no HOA and painted the shutters from burgundy to turquoise a couple years ago with no regrets. Since they’re more of a detail, the whole house doesn’t stick out too much, but it adds an unexpected bit of color. I live in the Midwest, so people’s tastes are a bit more conservative, but that’s not my taste and I believe in staying true to my style. I also use this color and a lot of color in general in my home. I’m a web designer with a formal art education and don’t understand why so many people are afraid of color. If it’s a color you’ve loved for a long time, you probably won’t tire of it anytime soon. Be bold and go for it!
When changing your exterior, please be considerate of your neighbors/neighborhood. No one is going to look at your home more than your neighbors. It's not fair to make personal selections that will make for an eyesore in the neighborhood and/or impact property values.
Eh, the sore is in the eye of the beholder that doesn’t have the owners taste. There are certain colors I hate that others love. I’m not going to choose what my home should look like based off of someone else’s taste. My wife and I didn’t save up for years and work our butts off to worry about what someone else thinks about OUR home. Personal taste is personal taste and my ownership of my home gives me the right to make choices for it based off my personal taste.
Thank you for mentioning the roof color! Three years ago we had a massive hail storm and so most of my neighbors got new roofing. One of my neighbors picked the most beautiful gray roof the only problem was his house is a bright red brick. Indivually both are beautiful, separately not so much. I on the other hand, and much to my husband's frustration chose a roof color that blended the existing trim (color picked by the previous owners) and the brick and the new gutters. It took me forever and came from the most expensive category but it was well worth it.
We line in rural Ohio and just purchased a ranch home on some acres and the exterior of our home was definitely NOT the selling point and does not give my hubby and I warm fuzzies when we see it. They put a green metal roof on it before we purchased it. What color scheme goes with green roofs???? There is white trim around the windows, tan siding and black front door Just wondering if we could paint vinyl siding too??? Thanks for your input.
Thank you so much for sharing you wisdom , I really I need help thank you thank you so much. I’m very confused and I’m cleaning my thoughts with you and made my small white house Mediterranean style in Texas is very confusing. Thank you thank you thank
How to I find someone like you for my area Bradenton, Florida? What do I google? We have been doing work at the house but right now everything feels disjointed. We want to paint the house, resurface the driveway, and whatever else we need to do to bring it back together. One of the hardest part is we have a shakewood roof on a ranch style farmhouse.
My house is grey light light pink with black grey roof and color and heber valley river Rock in plums and biege, black pewter hardware but you never mentioned pink?
Thank you for the video! Having a hard time finding exterior opinions from designers about windows. We have a stone entrance, siding and brick home. we want to paint the brick white and front siding swapped for white stucco while leaving the natural beige stone. We need to redo our roof and windows and I am struggling weather we should get black or white windows. I LOVE the look of black and white contrast, but the inside of my home is an all white, gold, white oak, rust brown and green (plants) with no black in sight. So I am hesitant on the black windows. For roof I'm thinking on a black or rust brown/orange metal roof (European feeling). We are in Canada and would be doing triple pane with tinted windows, we are also in suburbs, right next to a bunch of farms!... Any help would be appreciated!! This could be a good video idea too as I'm having a hard time finding designers talking about window exteriors and what matches!
Love your channel, love your content, but can you please stop sneaking Ads into your videos, we already have to watch Ads from youtube. It's cheap and annoying.
Love your blazer! Love your videos! Thank you for all the great content! 💖😻 Our exterior is grey, cool undertones... My mom ones told me: "Some guy asked me about the grey paint. He liked it very much and wanted the same color" Me: "OK, but what is the color of his windows? Our windows are white, but many people here have warm-brown windows. So our cool-grey wall and warm-brown windows would be a wrong color combination" Mom: "Oh come on... give me a break!" 😂😘
Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! All your suggestions make so much sense, especially the point about roof color. We are having to repaint our window sills which matched our roof, fascia, and garage door color. Since we're not repainting the garage or rooftop, guess we'll have to find a sill color that pairs well with them. I'm excited to start on that experiment!
Hey, what do you think of Sherwin Williams natural choice for the exterior, iron ore garage doors & front door and finally caviar for window trims, gutters, downpipes and eavestrough?
The trim around the windows are really thick and I don't like it all at especially with bold/dark colors. Can I paint the top part of the trim a bold color and the rest matching the house? Or just paint the trim the same color of the house and paint the inside of the boarder?
Bahaha DISASTER!! I feel like you are speaking about my house 😂 we have a very neutral, scandi style house inside and it's bright yellow and red outside 😭 I can't!!! Like whyyy did the previous home owners do that???
HELP!!!! We are building a two story brick modern farmhouse style home in north Dallas TX. We are painting the brick SW light french gray and garage door black. The roof is noir black, the windows are also black. What color trim and gutters would you use? Look forward to hear from you. Thank you
We disliked the color of the house we recently moved into. Repainting wasn’t in the budget, so we thought maybe just do the trim a different color. While driving around the neighborhood we noticed half the houses had corner trim painted siding color instead of trim color like ours. We decided to give it a go. What a difference! Once those trim pieces were painted, our “yellow” house turned out to be more of a warm white. We can live with that. Funny how your eyes can be tricked.
I keep thinking about this video, I live on a cul de sac… my neighbors have chosen muted easter colors. 1 is green and yellow, 2 dark brown and black, 3 green and orange!, 4 front is dirty yellow back is blue and the other is light grey. Mine is currently a muted mauve and we’re going white. I’m excited because I know the drama it’s going to cause but we need to get them out of the not so cool 70’s. And they are all ranch style houses.
I bought a brand new build house in the Seattle area in 1990. Around 1992 or 1993, I decided to paint my house exterior the exact same color. The got the paint colors/brand from my builder & painted it with a roller by myself. That way, using the same exact color, the HOA didn't have to know! Plus, our builder probably didn't put it on real thick, so it was very subtle, but I think it made my house look better. My house siding was horizontal wood slats, so it was easy to start & stop over a few weekends. It rains 6 days per week for about 9 months of the year so probably not a bad idea to have an extra coat of paint put on. It only cost me a few hundred dollars.
Trying to decide the color to paint my modern ranch. The lower part of my house is beautiful San Jose brick not sure what to match it with. Do you have a website? The one I found is in London. Pretty sure that"s not you. Love your videos!!
Hello, Valentina! I always enjoy your presentations. This is my all-time favorite! Keep your enthusiasm going strong! You are lovely. Jack must be enamored by your companionship.
Loved today’s video. Thank you for not including a bunch of memes. Last video content was wonderful but I did not enjoy the memes. Sorry, I hate to be negative but you are so full of great ideas, I don’t think you need that fluff. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
your the only one that showed multi homes old, new all styles. not all mega homes. thanks for that. so much variety.. What would you do if no in your neighborhood has urbane bronze which i wanted to do white lime wash brick bottoms. some have dark siding with the red brick. most of the colonials which is all in this neighborhood are white, grey, yellow tan. which ours is currently tan. I seen a bricks and baton make over with this combo so kinda want to do it. but will do samples
I have to have the tall brownish pottery on your mantel, link???🙏I can't express how much I love your channel, literally everything about it and you and Jack are just hilarious!! Your home is incredible, I love your ability to describe what a home is and how it should be lived in. Anyway I need the vase on the mantel asap lol😍❤
Yes!!!! We cannot paint every house white, THANK YOU!!!! I was just saying this to my mom yesterday. It doesn’t work on every house and every house on the street shouldn’t look the same.
Interesting im about to paint my house and my house is Victorian has grey roof about 7 yrs old so still has alot of life, but was in the process of painting the exterior and gutters! I was going to pick a gray with warm undertones like a griege, but my gutters will be white now im worried it will be a soar thumb having them white its going to accent them which will distract from the exterior walls what should I do? Just pick a white light color so the gutters dont stand out? Thanks in advance its a old cream color with oxidation on aluminum siding definitely needs painting 😕 😔 🤔
Hi Valentina! Did you say that because your house is stucco you are not planning to paint it white? We are planning to paint our currently white stucco home (stucco in Alaska, woohoo!) and are trying to land on a paint color. I love the crisp white color, but not how quickly it looks dirty!
HI Valentina, I know there are many variables involved in choosing an exterior color but in general do you have any white color recommendations for a hacienda style home? thanks!
Oh wow I was going to paint my house. Good video. I have a 1910 home. I want a soft black with cedar or Redwood trim. I have a wood home and it's all Redwood build.
We have an HOA, and they finally allowed some color options other than what was original. All around my neighborhood people are starting to paint with these new paint options and so many do not match the roof color. Living in Arizona the sun eats paint for breakfast. I wish you could consult in Az.
Excellent and really timely suggestions but.. What about choosing a grey palette that always, always seems too blueish when on the wall? Even after the actual test on the wall😭Desperate to find a light grey that doesn't look light blue in direct sunlight
It’s me! I’m that turquoise house! 😅 we didn’t notice until we finished… but now that it’s faded a bit, it’s not to bad 😳 if we could redo we would have toned it down a bit.
I’d love to paint over our brick home or have it rendered and painted, but once you start painting the outside then it’s more work to keep it maintained although it looks beautiful 😍, we’re just getting to old for those big jobs around our home now unless you have an endless supply of money 💰 to keep forking out for the maintenance. We have other things we want to do now and our home is basically maintenance free. 💖💖🇦🇺
Don’t paint over brick. It’s porous and more likely to peel and look awful over time. Enjoy the natural patina of an excellent home facade. Real brick lasts a long time; it’s the mortar you need to watch for.
@@youbetcha108 many homes in Australia 🇦🇺 they’ve painted over the bricks when renovating the older homes, and I know there’s a process and special paint you have to use, but, it’s just a Dream of mine to have it done because anything painted requires maintenance in years to come and we’re too old to be worrying about that, plus we’d get professional painters in to do it and that costs a fortune here in Australia 🇦🇺 to have your home painted. Thanks for your response. 😊
@@-nellie-m3711 yes. Different weather may allow a paint job to last. In the humid, hot, dry, wet, cold, freezing weather in New York the expansion contraction and porous surface causes the heavy flaking paint which eventually looks awful on brick. And then requires removal which can be polluting to the soil underneath. Try not to paint brick. Look into your climate before you do it. Drive around see how long it lasts on other homes. Don’t base your decision on newly painted surfaces.
@@youbetcha108 if you read my comment correctly, we have No intentions of painting our bricks, it’s just something that I’d like done, But we’re too old now to be maintaining our home in the future, we renovated it back in 2020 and it’s a beautiful home as is, it will see us out that’s for sure, What our boys do with it once we’re gone, well that’s up to them Lol 😂, I won’t be around to see it. Thank you for responding, just for reference, we live near the Beach only about a 40 minute drive, close enough without having all the elements that living on the Coast brings. Cheers
Very helpful! I bought a house six months ago and the exterior colors are dreadful. I haven’t gone forward with new paint because it’s so expensive and I have no idea what will look best. I want it to look cohesive and enhance the style of my home. After watching your video, I’m going to get good photos of the roof and stone, then build the palette around them. Thank you!❤️
I made the mistake of changing my roof a year before I did the siding and then realized I should have done a grey or black roof in stead of the brown roof and slate siding 😭
Thank you for sharing so many good points to consider when changing your siding/paint of the outside of you home! You said you would have photos below, not seeing anything. We are having a hard time picking the color of our siding, wish we could get some help!
We have had our house with a colour render titled KRend, colour we chose was “ Polar White” with little sparkles in it when the sunshines ☺️ we have white window frames & a willow green front door. We love it. 🇬🇧xx
I'm always amazed that I have a new home project, and Valentina comes out with the exact video. We are purchasing a new front door. The door I love is black and my house has brown brick, taupe siding and a taupe roof. I'm still considering other doors, but I'm drawn to the black one. Thanks for the video; they're always so helpful.
I painted the exterior of my home last summer. Good advice on the gutters. Did not think of that. I like my color because it’s easy to keep clean and the house doesn’t stand out. It just fits in. Yes I did think about my roof color before choosing the siding paint for the 8 inch cedar siding. I went with a custom mixed color from BM. One thing you should also talk about is arborstain v paint and gloss v flat. Gloss on trim? Flat on siding? BM moorglo is a great choice for trim. But I used a flat for the siding. Also door color please a little advice on that. Stained v painted door? color match shutters? Or not necessary. What color iron work white or black ? What color fence ? So many decisions. Need a part 2 please. See you Friday ! 🤗👍🏻
Could you do a series on different home structure styles and how to properly dress them inside and out? For example: Queen Ann, Victorian, New builds, modern
That’s a really interesting idea.
I’d like to add also homes from different countries as well, I live in Australia 🇦🇺 and our homes are much different to yours in the USA 🇺🇸, most are one story homes, I’d love to see a video on how you would style some of them. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes! I have a small Georgian home in Chicago and can never find info about this type of home.
I'd love to see thoughts on how to update the interior and exterior of a smaller 1970s home on a modest budget.
Ooh yes! That would be so interesting
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YES! I needed this one thank you! 🙏
Great ideas. I was recently thinking about painting my house. But I’m not sure. We might move, so there’s that. But if we stay awhile longer, maybe. It’s white with some black shutters, it’s slightly Victorian, older like 1900’s maybe a tad colonial. It looks good, does really need painting, blends with the area. The thing that bothers me is the blinding cast of sunlight in the summer. I’m in Iowa and for some reason it’s very bright!
I was toying with the idea of just painting the lower area or trim or garage myself. And yes I’m trying to create shade with a pergola & sun sails, stuff like that.
Hoping to get a response here:
I'm struggling as to what combination I should use for my 70s Tudor style home. I have 2 flat dormers (doesn't stick out but the roof line does create 2 triangles to feature the 2 windows)
2:20 says to consider the style of your interior. Well, we're planning on a Japandi style so at the very least the the beams on the exterior will go, but where does this leave us for colour choices for siding?
Roof is Black and the lower half of the exterior is a concrete-brick (Grey concrete color)
Something tells me to go with a Sand colour so it remains neutral and not too country-style, but my alter ego says pick Sage to match it with the neighbourhood (my soffit and door will be wood grain, haven't decided on the hue whether light or espresso-caramel)
What would you recommend?
When considering exterior colors, be sure to check with your HOA where applicable. Most have strict rules and requirements on colors and also will need to approve. 😒
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Loving your show… learning so much! Idk as I’m new here but what color is your exterior ?? I’m loving the black house looks in my area ( MA ) ? Thx
terrific advice
Oh i need help on this! 👍🏾
It's not paint related, but people who are looking for new windows or doors should look into Dako products, which have nice designs.
and what would you do for a house that has horrible white vinyl siding with plastic gray shutters that aren’t quite the right size for the windows? we bought the house this way and my husband is of the mind that if it ain’t broke we don’t fix it. i can’t remove the shutters because they would leave large holes in the vinyl that can’t truly be patched. ugh, ugh, ugh!
How can you tell your house style if it’s pretty much a tract home?
You confused me more than I was before.
I love your blazer Valentina, stunning as always 😍 I agree with your statement about not being matchy matchy but STILL cohesive. I loled at you talking about the one random turquoise home “what happened hereeee” 😂😂 I’m glad you SAID IT about listening to the wrong people, you’re just honest. These tips are so, so helpful thankyou!
Oh thank you!
Yeah i would love a mens peacoat in that pattern - very nice!👍🏾
Thanks V great advice for picking out exterior paint colors, i don't see alot of ideas for one level homes ranchers ect I'd love it if you could throw in tips for this style home when possible 😀 thanks so much
I'm an interior designer, and a serious Type A personality so when we were ready to paint our 50s home, I drove around our neighborhood to make sure we weren't the 6th house on the block that would be grey. Then I took a picture of the house, loaded that into CAD, then did a basic line drawing of the home, pasted that into Photoshop and then played with a hundred and one color options for the base, door, shutters and window boxes, until I found a combination that was unique, without being weird or duplicating in our neighborhood. A lot of time and effort for sure, but we are so happy with how it turned out in the end. We also knew we would be putting on a new roof, so I used the color we knew we wanted to do for the roof too. It was worth every second spent on it for sure.
Wow, what a great idea but I don't know how to do all of that.
@@betwil3 I totally get it. Not everyone has the same skillset or access to some of the more specialized software, but there are some much easier ways to do what I did. I'd probably start with a picture of my house and then trace the basic outlines onto a sheet of paper, scan it into a computer then you can use a simple program like Paint or Powerpoint to fill in with paint options. As always, the colors that you get on your computer, no matter what computer, will always be a bit off depending on monitors, but it will really help give you a better idea of what will work before you paint. :-D
Girl! This video gives me all the feels!! Painting the exterior of our home is a project we are in the early stages of planning and I am so thankful for these tips!!! Ohh I love the photos, wow the before and afters are stellar!
Great timing on this video.♡ Tis the season for paint projects. I'm currently consulting with clients mostly right now for exteriors and garden design. One more subcategory to add to your "consider the location" tip is to really, really pay attention to the houses on either side of your house. Whatever you do will greatly affect them the most. Can't tell you how many times I see three "gray" houses in a row that look green, blue, and purple, because of neighboring undertones, or the beige family, where the houses look yellow, peach, and greenish gray all lined up. Great video. The world will be a more beautiful place because you are helping to teach others. ♡
Found your channel a few months ago, and just love hearing from a brave ("this one will get me in trouble, but, I'm just going to say it"♡) like-minded soul. Also, love the videos with you and your husband together. The way he looks at you, you can see how much he loves you. My hubby and I are still having fun after thirty years of marriage also. Sending much love from Washington state ♡♡♡
I have a black roof and wanted to paint my house white. Is it recommended to avoid painting the trim white also even if we paint the shutters and front door like an iron ore or peppercorn? (I’m trying to be simple.
My dad was a contractor in New Orleans in the 70's, 80's 90's and he did a lot of upscale properties throughout the city and greater New Orleans area. He had such a great eye, attention to detail and could make everything beautiful. But every once in a while he would have a client that wanted to do things 100% their way because they saw it in a magazine and not trust his expertise and experience. He would politely tell them it wouldn't look right on the house or in the n'hood but he would paint it. And then.... they always HATED it, lol. They would call and say he was right and ask if he would come back and repaint the WHOLE house. He would go back and paint the house/shutters/trim the better colors and sometimes the homeowner would literally cry because they couldn't believe how beautiful it turned out. So it is important to find someone who will help make your home amazing and understands color undertones, LRV and most of all what NOT to do on your homes exterior. If a person wants to be eccentric, do it with garden art or jewelry not paint color. :)
Lol 6:54 reminds me of a neighborhood in Tampa where all of a sudden there's a purple house with green trimming. Lol. Not even kidding🤦🏻♀️
Love the information! Can you please go into further detail about your favorite color schemes based on house type? I know with it being spring many people, me included, are getting theirs homes painted.
Great tips! I, thankfully, don't live in a neighborhood with an HOA--never will. But I do realize how important picking your house colors are. Taking into consideration the roof color, and do the trim and house paint colors work together... How the color looks in different lights. Don't pick crazy colors for sure! Unless your neighborhood has that vibe. The colors I picked(over much debate and tons of paint samples)for my house are a little different for my neighborhood, but I did notice others have copied it. And no they are not crazy, but they are cheery colors that go well with our dark gray roof(frost white trim and garage door with a soft medium cool blue for the house). So no HOA to worry about. I do call it the Easter house though. If we were ever to sell it I would re-paint it(which it is due in like 5-8 years)a nice neutral... Not that I would sell as I have no where to go. That is what happens when you live in one of the hottest housing markets in America(we are next after Boise). So for now I am enjoying my beautiful cheery Easter house with splashes of colorful flowers all over the yard from Spring through Fall! I have the same alarm system that I installed not long ago... Love it! Love you Valentina! 😊
Any input on painting exterior brick? Was reading that latex is a no go for brick, but a mineral based brick stain is the way to go(whether opaque or a wash...I am looking for an opaque finish on my fed colonial brick front, probably in a white or light ivory, and doing the siding the same color)? Any experience with that?
Very good video…. I have seen your home before on here some place. I like your color choices. Would you share your exterior colors….thank you!!!…….Carlene
Completely agree with what you have said. It's fun to get those creative, inspired ideas but the question I always myself is, "if I had to sell my house tomorrow, is what I would like to do going to help or hinder the sale?" If it's an easy fix, like a crazy color for an interior room, then have fun with that because it is easy to change back. But as this video points out, careful decisions need to be made with expensive issues, like exterior paint. And fortunately of unfortunately, keeping with the neighborhood style is very important, imo.
Do I have my own house?No.. Do I plan to get a house soon?No..Will I watch carefully all of Valentina's advice on house exteriors?Hell yeah..!!!
Our house is a Victorian. When we were ready to paint it we drove around various neighborhoods that had Victorian houses to check out colors, and I took pictures! I also looked in Victorian magazines. That’s where I found the color palette we used! The house itself is a muted blue, and trim colors are green, yellow, white, and dark blue. It might be too many colors on some house, but it is perfect on a Victorian!
I love colorful Victorian homes! That sounds like a beautiful analogous color palette, as well.
@@MeganAfterMidnight thank you!
And when are you guys coming out with your own show!?? On Magnolia pls :) ( because food network hgtv turned into the dumbing down of America ) they think we all want game shows :( you guys have great style and are soo funny
What to do with a burnt red roof stucco house. Just bought the house but will not replace the roof, as it's new. But the exterior is so retro.
I loved the Before and After brick houses. Such a big effect with such a little change!
Thank you so much for this video I am actually getting ready in a month to paint the outside of my home Inside my home is very monocromantic existing colors black-and-white on the outside very traditional I wanna create more of a contemporary look flow with the inside
I'm so glad you hit on the hard topics bc people need to hear them. Im a designer and remodeler as well and its so frustrating when your clients don't take our advice or even ask for it and then end up having spent a ton of money and their house looks AWFUL!! btw, I loved your comment on not using bunnies and chicks in spring decor!! I died laughing and its such a great opinion!! You really do an amazing job helping people elevate their style. Love watching you! Keep it coming!!
Love that you are a professional that watches what is current on YT!
I'm so glad that you're here and find it helpful!
Andrea Lagow Hi! What are some good color options for a front door of a reddish/brownish brick home?
I watch every one of your videos, but this is the most important one to my situation so far. I don't want to make a costly mistake, but not sure what to do. I have a stucco house with some browny, beige stone work, medium beige paint, a small amount of aged/greenish metal over the front entrance, and green shutters and roof. I've had many tell me that my house is their all-time fav house ever, so I'm scared to change it but think those colors might be dated and it needs fresh paint and new roof. I don't know where to turn for some real help with this.
Great advice. People do crazy things out there! I'm wanted to paint our exterior black. You showed some photos of homes I've seen as well. Have a great day, Kathleen
Very dramatic
Great video! What are your current house and shutter paint colours?
This was such a great video!! I would also love for you to continue this topic by telling us how to increase the value of a home by updating the exterior, and which pitfalls to avoid. Obviously there are many ways to modernize a dated exterior, but I’m sure not all of them will add value to the home. :) As always, love love LOVE your content!! I love watching your videos while I have my morning coffee!
I'm the queen of un cohesiveness. Lol!
How can I book your services?
Can you help me pick a front door color? I am doin my house in a “Deep Granite” grey. Windows gutters facia sofit is all white. Black roof. (Ranch). I was thinking a deep red or an Oliver green. I would love your input
Such a great timing, what do you think about having white shutters on a White House? 🏡 I’m about to do that, save me before is too late. I have new blue roof and just got a royal blue door with gold hardware. Gutters are white too.
What about Sherwin William color Urban Jungle for an exerior house color? Is it too yellow? Too dark? I like Tony Taupe, Accessible Beige and Mega Greige for my clients, but this color gets noticed quite a bit. Do you like Urban Jungle? What do you think of the other colors I mentioned. My clients often choose colorful front door to accent.
How much does it cost to paint the exterior of the house 5k plus labor maybe? I know many people that pay that much a month on their credit cards. Why do we worry so much about our neighbor's opinion? I am painting the exterior of my house this summer again. No need to check with the neighbors or HOA. I respect your opinion and love your videos very much but sometimes we need to think outside the box. The world is not black and white. Take a risk and go for it. Life is too short.
I agree! I have a small pale yellow ranch home in a neighborhood with no HOA and painted the shutters from burgundy to turquoise a couple years ago with no regrets. Since they’re more of a detail, the whole house doesn’t stick out too much, but it adds an unexpected bit of color. I live in the Midwest, so people’s tastes are a bit more conservative, but that’s not my taste and I believe in staying true to my style. I also use this color and a lot of color in general in my home. I’m a web designer with a formal art education and don’t understand why so many people are afraid of color. If it’s a color you’ve loved for a long time, you probably won’t tire of it anytime soon. Be bold and go for it!
Amen to that!
When changing your exterior, please be considerate of your neighbors/neighborhood. No one is going to look at your home more than your neighbors. It's not fair to make personal selections that will make for an eyesore in the neighborhood and/or impact property values.
That's a really good point, context matters!
Or do what YOU LIKE because it’s YOUR home.
A neighbor down the street painted their home a bright orange. It’s an absolute eye sore!
@@zillatheleopardgecko784if you want to do what you want with your home then don’t live in an area with an hoa or neighbors simple
Eh, the sore is in the eye of the beholder that doesn’t have the owners taste. There are certain colors I hate that others love. I’m not going to choose what my home should look like based off of someone else’s taste. My wife and I didn’t save up for years and work our butts off to worry about what someone else thinks about OUR home. Personal taste is personal taste and my ownership of my home gives me the right to make choices for it based off my personal taste.
Thank you for mentioning the roof color! Three years ago we had a massive hail storm and so most of my neighbors got new roofing. One of my neighbors picked the most beautiful gray roof the only problem was his house is a bright red brick. Indivually both are beautiful, separately not so much. I on the other hand, and much to my husband's frustration chose a roof color that blended the existing trim (color picked by the previous owners) and the brick and the new gutters. It took me forever and came from the most expensive category but it was well worth it.
Do you service the Milton area? Our home is brick and we are looking to change the exterior trim all around.
Look forward to hearing back from you.
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We line in rural Ohio and just purchased a ranch home on some acres and the exterior of our home was definitely NOT the selling point and does not give my hubby and I warm fuzzies when we see it. They put a green metal roof on it before we purchased it. What color scheme goes with green roofs???? There is white trim around the windows, tan siding and black front door Just wondering if we could paint vinyl siding too??? Thanks for your input.
Thank you so much for sharing you wisdom , I really I need help thank you thank you so much. I’m very confused and I’m cleaning my thoughts with you and made my small white house Mediterranean style in Texas is very confusing. Thank you thank you thank
How to I find someone like you for my area Bradenton, Florida? What do I google? We have been doing work at the house but right now everything feels disjointed. We want to paint the house, resurface the driveway, and whatever else we need to do to bring it back together. One of the hardest part is we have a shakewood roof on a ranch style farmhouse.
My house is grey light light pink with black grey roof and color and heber valley river Rock in plums and biege, black pewter hardware but you never mentioned pink?
Thank you for the video! Having a hard time finding exterior opinions from designers about windows. We have a stone entrance, siding and brick home. we want to paint the brick white and front siding swapped for white stucco while leaving the natural beige stone. We need to redo our roof and windows and I am struggling weather we should get black or white windows. I LOVE the look of black and white contrast, but the inside of my home is an all white, gold, white oak, rust brown and green (plants) with no black in sight. So I am hesitant on the black windows. For roof I'm thinking on a black or rust brown/orange metal roof (European feeling). We are in Canada and would be doing triple pane with tinted windows, we are also in suburbs, right next to a bunch of farms!... Any help would be appreciated!! This could be a good video idea too as I'm having a hard time finding designers talking about window exteriors and what matches!
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The acoustics in your house are not great due to the echo of your high ceilings. Id add some drapery. Window
Coverings help in that aspect.
Love your channel, love your content, but can you please stop sneaking Ads into your videos, we already have to watch Ads from youtube. It's cheap and annoying.
Love your blazer! Love your videos! Thank you for all the great content! 💖😻
Our exterior is grey, cool undertones...
My mom ones told me: "Some guy asked me about the grey paint. He liked it very much and wanted the same color"
Me: "OK, but what is the color of his windows? Our windows are white, but many people here have warm-brown windows. So our cool-grey wall and warm-brown windows would be a wrong color combination"
Mom: "Oh come on... give me a break!" 😂😘
Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! All your suggestions make so much sense, especially the point about roof color. We are having to repaint our window sills which matched our roof, fascia, and garage door color. Since we're not repainting the garage or rooftop, guess we'll have to find a sill color that pairs well with them. I'm excited to start on that experiment!
Hey, what do you think of Sherwin Williams natural choice for the exterior, iron ore garage doors & front door and finally caviar for window trims, gutters, downpipes and eavestrough?
The trim around the windows are really thick and I don't like it all at especially with bold/dark colors. Can I paint the top part of the trim a bold color and the rest matching the house? Or just paint the trim the same color of the house and paint the inside of the boarder?
Bahaha DISASTER!! I feel like you are speaking about my house 😂 we have a very neutral, scandi style house inside and it's bright yellow and red outside 😭 I can't!!! Like whyyy did the previous home owners do that???
HELP!!!! We are building a two story brick modern farmhouse style home in north Dallas TX. We are painting the brick SW light french gray and garage door black. The roof is noir black, the windows are also black. What color trim and gutters would you use? Look forward to hear from you. Thank you
We disliked the color of the house we recently moved into. Repainting wasn’t in the budget, so we thought maybe just do the trim a different color. While driving around the neighborhood we noticed half the houses had corner trim painted siding color instead of trim color like ours. We decided to give it a go. What a difference! Once those trim pieces were painted, our “yellow” house turned out to be more of a warm white. We can live with that. Funny how your eyes can be tricked.
I keep thinking about this video, I live on a cul de sac… my neighbors have chosen muted easter colors. 1 is green and yellow, 2 dark brown and black, 3 green and orange!, 4 front is dirty yellow back is blue and the other is light grey. Mine is currently a muted mauve and we’re going white. I’m excited because I
know the drama it’s going to cause but we need to get them out of the not so cool 70’s. And they are all ranch style houses.
I've been wanting to paint my brick house black but I've heard it wasn't good to paint brick. Any thoughts or info? I love your videos!
I bought a brand new build house in the Seattle area in 1990. Around 1992 or 1993, I decided to paint my house exterior the exact same color. The got the paint colors/brand from my builder & painted it with a roller by myself. That way, using the same exact color, the HOA didn't have to know! Plus, our builder probably didn't put it on real thick, so it was very subtle, but I think it made my house look better. My house siding was horizontal wood slats, so it was easy to start & stop over a few weekends. It rains 6 days per week for about 9 months of the year so probably not a bad idea to have an extra coat of paint put on. It only cost me a few hundred dollars.
Trying to decide the color to paint my modern ranch. The lower part of my house is beautiful San Jose brick not sure what to match it with. Do you have a website? The one I found is in London. Pretty sure that"s not you. Love your videos!!
Hello, Valentina! I always enjoy your presentations. This is my all-time favorite! Keep your enthusiasm going strong! You are lovely. Jack must be enamored by your companionship.
Valentina, can you please suggest an exterior paint color to coordinate with a stone named Country ledgestone in the color Chardonnay? Struggling!!!
Loved today’s video. Thank you for not including a bunch of memes. Last video content was wonderful but I did not enjoy the memes. Sorry, I hate to be negative but you are so full of great ideas, I don’t think you need that fluff. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
your the only one that showed multi homes old, new all styles. not all mega homes. thanks for that. so much variety.. What would you do if no in your neighborhood has urbane bronze which i wanted to do white lime wash brick bottoms. some have dark siding with the red brick. most of the colonials which is all in this neighborhood are white, grey, yellow tan. which ours is currently tan. I seen a bricks and baton make over with this combo so kinda want to do it. but will do samples
I have to have the tall brownish pottery on your mantel, link???🙏I can't express how much I love your channel, literally everything about it and you and Jack are just hilarious!! Your home is incredible, I love your ability to describe what a home is and how it should be lived in. Anyway I need the vase on the mantel asap lol😍❤
Yes!!!! We cannot paint every house white, THANK YOU!!!! I was just saying this to my mom yesterday. It doesn’t work on every house and every house on the street shouldn’t look the same.
Interesting im about to paint my house and my house is Victorian has grey roof about 7 yrs old so still has alot of life, but was in the process of painting the exterior and gutters! I was going to pick a gray with warm undertones like a griege, but my gutters will be white now im worried it will be a soar thumb having them white its going to accent them which will distract from the exterior walls what should I do? Just pick a white light color so the gutters dont stand out? Thanks in advance its a old cream color with oxidation on aluminum siding definitely needs painting 😕 😔 🤔
Hi Valentina! Did you say that because your house is stucco you are not planning to paint it white? We are planning to paint our currently white stucco home (stucco in Alaska, woohoo!) and are trying to land on a paint color. I love the crisp white color, but not how quickly it looks dirty!
HI Valentina, I know there are many variables involved in choosing an exterior color but in general do you have any white color recommendations for a hacienda style home?
thanks!
I wish you could see our apartment complex. A decent yellow, but, carnival red trim! Yeah, it's sad.
California Ranch style suburban home exterior paint ? In the process not sure at moment . Do you consult via zoom ?
Oh wow I was going to paint my house. Good video. I have a 1910 home. I want a soft black with cedar or Redwood trim. I have a wood home and it's all Redwood build.
We have an HOA, and they finally allowed some color options other than what was original. All around my neighborhood people are starting to paint with these new paint options and so many do not match the roof color. Living in Arizona the sun eats paint for breakfast. I wish you could consult in Az.
Excellent and really timely suggestions but.. What about choosing a grey palette that always, always seems too blueish when on the wall? Even after the actual test on the wall😭Desperate to find a light grey that doesn't look light blue in direct sunlight
What about forward facing garage doors? I see dark garage doors are in style, usually a dark brown. what are your thoughts. I live in central Florida.
It’s me! I’m that turquoise house! 😅 we didn’t notice until we finished… but now that it’s faded a bit, it’s not to bad 😳 if we could redo we would have toned it down a bit.
Omg, watching with my kids and for the top on rainbow houses my 8 year old was saying “take it away, take it away!” 😂
You haven’t completely showed or explained a disaster and how to avoid.
When you replace shutters with one top trim piece what is it called? My wife calls it an Eyebrow.
I’d love to paint over our brick home or have it rendered and painted, but once you start painting the outside then it’s more work to keep it maintained although it looks beautiful 😍, we’re just getting to old for those big jobs around our home now unless you have an endless supply of money 💰 to keep forking out for the maintenance. We have other things we want to do now and our home is basically maintenance free. 💖💖🇦🇺
Don’t paint over brick. It’s porous and more likely to peel and look awful over time. Enjoy the natural patina of an excellent home facade. Real brick lasts a long time; it’s the mortar you need to watch for.
@@youbetcha108 many homes in Australia 🇦🇺 they’ve painted over the bricks when renovating the older homes, and I know there’s a process and special paint you have to use, but, it’s just a Dream of mine to have it done because anything painted requires maintenance in years to come and we’re too old to be worrying about that, plus we’d get professional painters in to do it and that costs a fortune here in Australia 🇦🇺 to have your home painted. Thanks for your response. 😊
@@-nellie-m3711 yes. Different weather may allow a paint job to last. In the humid, hot, dry, wet, cold, freezing weather in New York the expansion contraction and porous surface causes the heavy flaking paint which eventually looks awful on brick. And then requires removal which can be polluting to the soil underneath. Try not to paint brick. Look into your climate before you do it. Drive around see how long it lasts on other homes. Don’t base your decision on newly painted surfaces.
@@youbetcha108 if you read my comment correctly, we have No intentions of painting our bricks, it’s just something that I’d like done, But we’re too old now to be maintaining our home in the future, we renovated it back in 2020 and it’s a beautiful home as is, it will see us out that’s for sure, What our boys do with it once we’re gone, well that’s up to them Lol 😂, I won’t be around to see it. Thank you for responding, just for reference, we live near the Beach only about a 40 minute drive, close enough without having all the elements that living on the Coast brings. Cheers
@@-nellie-m3711 so nice you are happy with what you have. Me too! Have a nice weekend🙂
'I don't think creating a rainbow on your house is the best idea' says the woman who exists only in greyscale
Very helpful! I bought a house six months ago and the exterior colors are dreadful. I haven’t gone forward with new paint because it’s so expensive and I have no idea what will look best. I want it to look cohesive and enhance the style of my home. After watching your video, I’m going to get good photos of the roof and stone, then build the palette around them. Thank you!❤️
Thank you for this! Painting my house and will not make the vent a second color. 🤣
Requesting an exterior windows video?🙏🙏
Hopefully I can still afford paint and decor because I won't be able to afford food or gas.
"What happened here?" .... 😁😀 Well said, expression was perfect.
I made the mistake of changing my roof a year before I did the siding and then realized I should have done a grey or black roof in stead of the brown roof and slate siding 😭
Thank you for sharing so many good points to consider when changing your siding/paint of the outside of you home! You said you would have photos below, not seeing anything. We are having a hard time picking the color of our siding, wish we could get some help!
Wow perfect timing!!! We just move into a beautiful house but we hate the yellow siding with green shutters so we are discussing painting it black :)
We have had our house with a colour render titled KRend, colour we chose was “ Polar White” with little sparkles in it when the sunshines ☺️ we have white window frames & a willow green front door. We love it. 🇬🇧xx
I'm always amazed that I have a new home project, and Valentina comes out with the exact video. We are purchasing a new front door. The door I love is black and my house has brown brick, taupe siding and a taupe roof. I'm still considering other doors, but I'm drawn to the black one. Thanks for the video; they're always so helpful.