As we've looked into repairing our garage siding, we've run into a dilemma. Here is our house (without the big white vent thing--this picture is from 2004).
The siding we have is "special order", and as I was waiting for the salesman at the building store, I saw a brochure with this picture:
It seems that the current trend is to add contrasting siding on the gables. It can look like wooden shakes, or can be a wider style of lapping (4" instead of 3", for example).
Yesterday, I drove around where new homes are being built and snapped some pictures.
Light gray shakes, with a border of white contrasting with the darker siding.
Tan shakes with green siding. I didn't care for this combo.
Wood-toned (or maybe they are really wood!) with tan siding.
Or, dark brown over dark beige.
Any ideas of what would look good on our gable? White shakes? White wider siding? Or go darker/contrast?
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Currently, our shutters are dark green, but if we came up with a cool contrast color for the gable and changed the shutters to coordinate, it would be a nice update for the house.
Any input appreciated!
Hmm. The garage is pretty exposed, so putting a dramatically different color will be really emphasized out there in front of the house. I think I would recommend something slightly lighter for the gable than the rest of the siding? It's kind of hard to picture.
ReplyDeleteThat is a tough decision. My favorite combo of the ones you posted was the wood-toned with tan siding. But on the last picture, I quite like that the two tones are similar - not too much of a contrast.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! Can't wait to see what you decide on.
And Catherine called to talk it over--and likes a slightly darker shade of the sage. Hopefully, it would make the gable look like a part of the house instead of just a big garage in front of the house.
ReplyDeletei don't know. i like the last picture, that's cool. maybe something slightly darker. but while we are updating the outside, lets do the inside as well. it is so a decade ago.
ReplyDeletei don't know. i like the last picture, that's cool. maybe something slightly darker. but while we are updating the outside, lets do the inside as well. it is so a decade ago.
ReplyDeleteSounds like A.J. has just volunteered her summer for painting and cleaning! Good for you, Alice. :)
ReplyDeleteyeah, way to go Alice! Can't wait to hear about all of your hard work redecorating :)
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