Exterior renovation
ideas & advice.
Practical guides and design perspectives for seeing your exterior more clearly.
Exterior Colors for a Gray Roof: Best Siding, Brick & Trim Combinations
Choose exterior colors for a gray roof with practical siding, brick, trim and door combinations, Sherwin-Williams examples, and advice for testing your palette.
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Brick and Siding Color Combinations
How to pair brick and siding by reading masonry undertones, choosing a wall color and deciding where each material should lead.
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Stone and Siding Exterior Combinations
Choose stone and siding finishes that share undertones and meet at believable architectural transitions.
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How to Choose a Front Door Color for Your House
A practical way to select a front door color from your roof, masonry, siding, architecture and the view from the street.
Read storyBest Garage Door Colors for Brick and Siding
Learn when to blend a garage door with the house, when to coordinate it with trim, and how brick undertones affect the choice.
Read storyShould Shutters Match the Front Door?
When matching shutters and a front door helps, when it feels too rigid, and how to choose finishes that suit the windows.
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