How To Select The Right Colors For Your Window Frames And Roof
Your trim and roof colors are important to the overall appearance of your home. While your trim can be repainted yearly or more often for a fresh new look, your roof will probably stay just as it is for twenty years or more. That is why the criteria for choosing colors for these two aspects of your home differ greatly. Read on to find out how you can select just the right window frame and roof colors to help your home look its very best.
These days lots of homes have white vinyl or resin window frames. If your home has this type of window frame, you must be careful when choosing and applying paint. If you decide you want dark colored window frames, you must be very careful to apply a good primer as a base coat. Otherwise, your paint job is very likely to chip and peel leaving spots of white showing through.
Keep in mind that you will probably repaint your window frames several times as years pass. If you commit to a dark color early on, it will be hard to go back without having a lot of paint buildup. Instead, try beginning with a shade that is just slightly darker than the color of your house. If you wish, you can go darker as time passes without having too much trouble attaining good coverage.
If your house is a dark color, you can go with a lighter color on the trim. Just make sure it is not too much of a glaring contrast. For example, if your home is brown, try using an almond shade or a beige. If your home is dark gray, you could coordinate with a slightly lighter shade of cadet blue or even a powder rose. Make sure the color you choose is not a jarring contrast to the base color of the home.
Choosing a color for your roof is a very big decision. Your roof covers a lot of surface area, and the color you choose will be on display for all the world to see for a very long time. In addition to choosing a roof color that will coordinate with and accent the color of your home, you will also want to choose a color that will provide good protection from they climate in your area. If you live in a very cold area, you will want a darker roof to attract the rays of the sun and help keep your home warm. If you live in a very hot area, a cool, light color will deflect the rays of the sun and lower your cooling bill.
The type of material your roof is made of will determine the colors you can choose from to some extent. Shingle roofs typically come in tan, brown, gray and green. Metal roofs can come in a vast array of colors, and you can often choose a color that is either exactly the same color as the paint you choose for your home, or of a shade that perfectly complements it and will blend nicely with a wide variety of trim and accent colors.
If you can get samples of the roofing materials you are considering and place them outside your home so that you can view them at different times of day and in different levels of light, it will help you make a good decision. Compare the samples of roofing with your paint chips at a variety of times during the day to come up with an excellent match.
If you take the time to choose a color for your roof that has the potential to coordinate with a wide variety of accent and trim colors, you will be able to give your home a new look every year or so. Follow the tips presented here to choose the most versatile combination of colors for the exterior of your home.
