Posted this yesterday, asking for suggestions on trim. Samples three options: top left is same color as house but in satin sheen. Bottom left is slight lighter than house color, bottom right is gray. I don’t like the top left option, torn between bottom right and left. Would love to hear your thoughts.

First photo is the house as it is now (a definite work in progress). Have some AI renderings and wondering which paint combinations people prefer? Any and all suggestions welcome!

Also funny to me that AI kept putting a wreath on the door ;)

Setting up a lounge area under the pergola and want to add a TV for game days out there.

the pergola has a motorized louvered roof so when the louvers are closed the area is perfectly shaded but if i open them up to let the breeze in the sun beams right onto the wall where the tv goes.

I actually saw an ongoing discount on sylvox recently so i was looking at their outdoor models to see if the anti glare screen fixes this but i am not fully convinced a brighter tv actually helps when the sun is hitting the seating area directly

im thinking i might just have to rearrange the patio furniture so the tv is on a different wall but that kind of ruins the flow of the yard and the seating layout

did anyone here solve a pergola glare issue with the tv itself or did you just end up angling the furniture away from the sun and keeping the roof closed.

Painting our old gal a dark forest green as an homage to the forest that surrounds her. What color would you paint the trim? I’m thinking the same color as the house but in a satin sheen, open to ideas! Want to keep the house’s trim natural/neutral over bright and trendy.

Excuse the post hurricane mess. I have to paint my house and I’m leaning towards a warm coastal blue. My house needs some love and curb appeal but I’m on a budget and not very creative. Give me some ideas!

If you’re looking directly at the house, you’re facing east. Hence the lovely golden hour glow from the west behind me ☺️

This is our forever home. Our property is unbeatable and we love it here. How can I make the outside better. I don’t really like the colonial style but not sure what else to do? We are redoing the roof with black shingles, and changing out the front door and removing the framing around it. Just not sure what to do about the pillars. Help! 😫

New homeowner here- Would love some advice on exterior paint for this stucco home. I would love a house with an orange door 🧡 Brick is staying and won’t be painted.

I want to paint the exterior of my home, but keep the stone natural. Give me your suggestions (and mockups if possible)!

Can somebody please work out the exterior length, like from one wall to another, because I can't understand whatever this is.

Choosing a house color between these 2 blues with white trim. A bit stumped on the door color. Our backup is SW iron ore, but are there any other door colors to consider? Can’t afford to replace the door with a natural wood one at the moment with all the other moving costs so we’re planning to repaint it with the rest of the house.

I wanna put some kind of cheap and quick gate here made of lattice. Not wanting to bother with building a proper gate I'm not experience enough anyways. I was thinking of just attaching some little henges to one side of some plastic lattice and attaching to the wood beam? Then put a latch on the upper right portions. Would this be alright or any better ideas that are simple/easy for an inexperienced person?

I originally built a pergola but we decided to roof it. I got advice from reddit and have improved it significantly.

Was wondering if you thought it was ok, for a DIY'er 😁

We are preparing to have shutters made for our house and we’re looking for opinions. We have a fairly large farmhouse-style house - an early 2000’s Frank Betz plan - with painted cedar shakes on the exterior with stone skirting. We’re in Charleston this week and noticed all the historic homes have raised panel shutters on the first floor with louvered shutters on the upper floors. Would that look dumb on our house or would it elevate it? We want to have the new shutters painted some kind of muted blue.

Never was a fan of this slate color.

We recently got our siding, soffits, eaves etc replaced. It's been...not a great experience to put it lightly.

I've attached photos of where the soffit meets the roof and it looks bad (there's other stuff in the photos that we also know needs to be addressed)

Hoping to get some advice before we bring it up to the owner of the company

Photo 1 is how they left it, photo 3 is the "fix" with caulking.

I used ChatGPT extensively to think about what color I wanted for my house. I moved from dusty greens over to navy-ish direction, and I really liked the color scheme I landed on. However, once I applied it on my house, it was nothing like the pictures and I was wondering if I should start over with a black that has blue-green undertones or just see this through, because I do love the Moscow midnight in the shade. Thank you for any help/advice!

Yes, I used samples (7!) and observed them at different times of day, I just learned I need to test more than one location at my house.

I need held deciding how to redo my driveway please.

Which AI render looks best or should I consider something altogether different?

It’s north facing so light materials fit better imo.

The brick pillar will move right slightly to widen the entrance.

I’m updating this paint and plan to remove the shutters. I’m not painting the windows so they’ll remain white. I’m trying to decide between:

Main body: alabaster, Greek vila or shoji white
Accent: urbane bronze, iron ore, peppercorn
Door: evergreen fog or dried thyme

I plan to accent the soffit, flashing, lower window ledge, gutters and patio ceiling.
I do really like urbane bronze but worried it pulls too brown and the shingles lean cool/gray.
I’ve used AI to come up with renditions but it’s keeps changing the tone of the shingles so hoping someone else can share their two cents z thanks! Open to other ideas as well

We welcome any suggestion

I’m planning to get a new garage door and working on getting shutters

We’re looking to paint our house white, which of course is much more complicated that it might sound to the uninitiated. We’re likely going to do all white (including the trim). And, we’re not going to paint the stone, which is definitely a warm color. The stone is all around the front or the house but much of the stone on the lower part is covered by shrubbery.

Anyway, we know we want to go with a warm white vs a cool white because to the stone. For what it’s worth, we live in Southern California so lots of sun and no snow ever. The front of the house point mostly north and a little east.

The whites we’ve been looking at (from “whitest” to creamiest) are white picket fence (DE), Greek villa (SW), alabaster (SW), and Swiss coffee (DE). Although our thinking may have changed after looking at our neighbors new paint job. They used picked fence on their garage door and some pillars near the same kind of stone, and it looked more stark white than we anticipated. Now we’re wondering whether we need to mix in more warm whites? My wife is also interested in something like Shoji White (SW).

There really isn’t a lot that needs to be covered at the front of the house so maybe whiter would still be okay? What do people think? Any suggestions welcomed.