We have been debating on what color to paint our house this spring. I thought it would be good to ask you all for your input, so I put together this collage to visualize all the colors. Please comment and let me know witch one is your favorite and why! ( By the way #1 is the original color.)
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They're all nice color combinations but you should think about whether you want your house to stand out a bit more (since it's on sort of a busy corner) or blend in so that all the landscaping you've done can be the star.
You'll also maybe want to consider how it'll look next to that horrible pink on your neighbor's house...
But it's really cool that you took the time to photoshop all those color combos onto your house -- probably save yourself a lot of trouble later. Good idea! Love you!! :)
Number 12 would be my next favorite. The mustard with white accents and a green door is really striking. It still seems just neutral enough that someone wouldn't skip your house because of the paint color.
However, I think your siding is a nice color-14, 17, 18 show great colors for updating the trim, which would be more affordable. It would also make it easier to sell your house with a neutral palate that appeals to more people. What fun options! Obviously I can't decide
Painting vinyl siding is challenging for several reasons. Vinyl siding has a very high expansion/contraction coefficient. This simply means that it expands and contracts significantly as it experiences periods of exposure to sunlight and then periods of shade or darkness. This movement of the siding caused traditional exterior paints to fail in short order as the bond between the paint and the siding was severed by this constant back and forth movement.
Vinyl siding also soaks up heat to a great degree. If it gets too hot, it can buckle and distort. This is why many vinyl products are offered in lighter colors. Because of this fact, you can actually damage your vinyl siding if you paint it a color that is too dark. The paint manufacturers highly recommend that you paint the vinyl siding a color that is no darker than the current shade of your vinyl siding! You must use the right paint to achieve victory. The ones that seem to work best with vinyl siding are ones that have a blend of urethane and acrylic resins. Water based urethanes mixed with high grade acrylic resins produce a user-friendly paint that has extraordinary adhesive qualities. This is exactly what one needs to combat the daily movement of the vinyl siding.
I wouldn't change the the color any how I love the colors already.
8 is really nice with the vegetation all around but 7 is so colorful!!!
I like both! ^_^