Choosing Colors When House Painting

Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder and that also holds true for what are or are not acceptable colors for the outside of your house.

It’s Your Decision

Broadly speaking, how you choose the colors for your property’s externals is pretty much up to you but there are two things to be taken into account:

• There might be local regulations which theoretically restrict just how excessively exuberant the colors used on the outside of your property can be. Whether these are just examples of archaic dumb laws or not doesn’t matter and they may rarely be exercised but It might be an issue in conservation areas so do a bit of research;
• If you live in close proximity to neighbors, painting your house in 1960’s style psychedelic designs just might cause friction and generate objections. Keep in mind that poorly-maintained external paintwork or color schemes that are massively eccentric just might have a knock-on effect on their property values.

Design Sense

Entire libraries are full of specialist works governing the science and ascetics of color combinations. Most people will have their own views about what is right or wrong in this area but when you are speaking about the external paintwork, there is one important factor to consider. Typically, it’s harder to change the colours of your external paintwork if you realise you’ve got them wrong than it would be in the case of your internal colour schemes.

Many people quite sensibly choose professional painting services, particularly for external work, and you’ll probably want to avoid the expense of calling them back in if you change your mind. So, perhaps going for an inherently conservative and reasonably neutral colour scheme for the outside of your house is likely to be the most sensible.



Look around at the other properties in the area and the environment you are in. Try to select colours that look balanced in those two contexts. Of course, there is no reason why you can’t inject some individuality and the thought of looking exactly the same as other properties in the vicinity might not be one that appeals to you.

Hire a Professional

Many professional painters have not only huge practical experience but also a lot of knowledge of color design. They might well be able to share some very useful ideas with you. So, even if you are naturally flamboyant, try to think practically when selecting your external colour schemes. Don’t forget that one day you may wish to sell your property and designs you believe to be individual might well be seen by a potential buyers as being eye-wateringly jarring!

If you live in the south west corner of BC you might consider hiring a house painting contractor.

Heritage Painting & Decorating

Phone: (604) 818-5485

5845 Culloden Street

Vancouver, BC V5W 3S1

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