Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Could someone please help me choose a color to paint front doors and steps of a red brick house w/white trim??

The house is red brick, trim is white and has white shutters, and has two front doors with concrete steps. I'm painting the steps and front doors and plan to leave the house trimmed in white.Could someone please help me choose a color to paint front doors and steps of a red brick house w/white trim??
I'd try to match the brick color for the steps, then paint the door the same color or stick with the white.Could someone please help me choose a color to paint front doors and steps of a red brick house w/white trim??
we also have a red brick with white trim...when we did the doors i actually matched the door color to my inside wood trim (we have the very wide original trim in our 100 plus y/o home) so the new door is a wood look and it looks like it's always been there...my worry was that a new door would look new on our very old house.
I'd do the stairs the brick red color, you want the door to be a contrasting color, perhaps a heritage color green or shibui color (almost black, drk brown) Mink for door and storm for cement... add a couple of potted evergreen trees by each side of the door.





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http://www.benjaminmoore.com/bmpsweb/por鈥?/a>
A nice subtle yellow might look nice
I would paint the door a hunt green or british racing green semigloss or black. Only problem with green door is a Christmas wreath will vanish on it. Also a copper-patina green--ask at the paint store--would be classic and is excellent with a brick color. Steps should look like stone, so try a grey or cream cement paint. Match the paint to your brick mortar so it matches something. You may ask about adding sand to the paint for texture, but it may wear off the heavily used center of the step if it is a used entrance so maybe texture on the side areas and plain on the step part..
Black or navy blue would look good.
you should play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family %26amp; color name, the ';painted'; rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:


http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_鈥?/a>





I think a green, like ';gecko'; (# 6719) would contrast the red brick beautifully.

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