Colonial House Door Colors

Hang a wreath with touches of blue for a pulled together look.

Colonial house door colors.

Royal blue is a timeless color choice that will wear well and look great with accents from many seasons. In the 17th and 18th centuries that made it easy for german and swiss immigrants settling in pennsylvania for example to transfer their folk painting traditions to the new world resulting in pennsylvania deutsch furniture. Crimson strawberry door and shutters. White or sometimes the same color as the body.

Window and door trim looks great painted a crisp white or painted the same color as the body of the house to put the focus on the door. Anthony applies his fresh take on americana in both furnishings and décor using a broad range of rich paint colors from the williamsburg paint color collection palette. The deep blue color is calming and goes with most house colors but it accents the pale gray of this house very nicely. The eight essential colonial colors are the most stable natural colorants.

This shade sherwin williams indigo harmonizes with the copper trim above and the brass hardware and. Vivid royal blue is one of the standout front door colors. They re also available almost everywhere. But if classic green red and black have long been the defaults that s beginning to change.

Drizzle by sherwin williams front door. A single accent color on the door and shutters emphasizes the symmetrical facade a hallmark of the colonial revival style. Rural houses were often unpainted until the middle of the 19th century. Traditional paint colors come to brilliant life at the palmer house circa 1750 under the deft skills of celebrated interior designer anthony baratta in colonial williamsburg.

Shutters and doors were dark green or black. This soft white home shines with sea blue board and batten shutters and a rustic arched front door. View our gallery of colonial house exterior colors. House fronts were sometimes painted in fashionable lighter and more expensive colors while the back and or the sides were in the more traditional and cheaper reds.

This style of architecture has so much detail that it takes a dark or bold color to draw your attention to the front door as a focal point says jackie jordan director of color marketing for sherwin williams. A stormy gray hue on the clapboards makes the house recede into the landscape rather than compete with it. A victorian home is a license to indulge in brilliant paint and trim choices. The color of the front door.

It s the first thing people see and the last one on many homeowners to choose list. Color your home welcoming. Behr has paint colors to help you create your dream colonial exteriors.