Garage Exterior Color Scheme

[sbosecker]

Plans are being drawn up for my 46' x 60' build. This building will be about 100 feet away from my house so I'd like it to blend as much as it can.

The house is a red brick with buff mortar, a slate gray roof and white trim.

I have a couple of pictures to show the colors:

1. Picture of me painting trim earlier this year.

2. My well house.

The last picture is an elevation of the building I'm planning - not exact but close enough for this discussion. (The siding will be horizontal HardiPlank)

I'm planning on matching the brick, mortar and roof as closely as possible to the house brick, mortar & roof.

I'm trying to figure out what to do with the siding, trim & doors.

I'm assuming that the easiest thing to do would be to go with white doors (garage particularly). I had originally thought white siding but now I'm beginning to wonder on this elevation how all that white would look. Something that brings out the color of the mortar might work but that might start to get tough with the gray roof.

I've been searching the internet and this website but, so far, I haven't found examples that have been useful.

I'm going to keep looking but maybe I'll get lucky by asking. Anybody got any color scheme examples of red brick wainscoting with a gray roof and some sort of siding?

Thanks!

Scott

 

[kbs2244]

I agree that it looks like it would be too much white.

But it may depend on what else in in your neighbored.
Barns, or other farm outbuildings, are often white when the house is brick.
If that is your case, then making it match may not be that big a deal.

If you do need to get a matching look, I would get professional help.
Decorators are trained in matching and mixing colors.
A expert opinion may be worth the cost.

 

[Fyrme]

Well I wish I had my shop complete so I could post a pic. But I have gone with a three tone theme, which you rarely see around here. My house I just bought was/is painted a rustic red color, which could change at any time, however I like the "rustic red" and will likely trim the house with it at some point when I do a color change. But I chose for my shop, ash gray walls, rustic red roof and wainscot, and then trimmed it all in charcoal gray.
I think it will give it a very warm look and can adapt to the possible future colors of my house.
I'll see if I can find the color scheme pic I made from a website later.

 

[yeldogt]

Unless the building matches the house design I think best to maximize the potential of the new building. A properly designed outbuilding should be in harmony with the site and should not compete with the main structure.

Typically outbuilding were more utilitarian -- and the design reflected the building use and maintenance needs. Think red barn next to a farm house .. they share nothing.

When building high end homes with detached garages -- the garage matches exactly. IMO this too can be a problem if the garage is too big and of masonry construction -- too much of a good thing.

I have built many outbuilding/ barns -- and I never try to match the main house. I'm in PA -- so my default is always board and batten.

Why are you designing it with three different door heights?

 

[sbosecker]

Why are you designing it with three different door heights?

Yeldogt,

Didn't see this question until today. The original idea was to have one 14 foot tall door and two 8 foot tall doors. Then I decided on a Bendpak XPR10A-168 for the center bay.

From right to left.

14 foot tall door to accommodate an RV. It is now planned to be 12 feet wide vice the 10 shown in that sketch.

10 foot tall door to utilize Bendpak XPR10A-168 lift's "tall vehicle" capability.

8 foot door - 7 foot seemed a little short so I went to 8 feet tall... however, I may change it to a 10 foot tall door.

Best regards,

Scott