Garage Painting
Having a garage that is attached to your home - side or front, can be a really beneficial addition to any home. But, when it comes time to choosing a color for the door, which colors should you choose? Should you choose a color that is the same as your house, trim or accents? Or should you choose a whole other color altogether? Should you keep the wood door in its natural state? These are all color questions that people wonder about when it comes to their garage doors. If you take a look at the section below, we will go over a few guidelines on choosing garage colors and what not to do. Hopefully this will give you a better handle on colors for your garage door, so when an exterior house painter in Suffolk County comes to paint the garage, you won’t be racked with that nervous feeling you feel every time you choose a new paint color!
Things to Remember
It’s important to remember that details, even the small ones, are what make a home, a house. If you are going to paint your garage door or you are replacing it for a new pre-painted door, make sure you really sit down and think about the color you want. If you have, for instance, a neutral exterior color on your home, consider a white door. White doors add a really crisp and clean look to any home, especially if your front door is also white, people will definitely take notice! On the other hand, if your home, trim, and accents are all the same neutral plain colors, you could consider adding some color to the mix by painting your garage door a bold or bright color. White is essentially like a blank canvas, and anything goes well with white, so a black, blue, red or even an orange garage door is going to look awesome! One last tip to remember: If you have a large garage, maybe a 2-3 door garage, remember that painting it the same color as your home, can essentially draw less attention to the garage because it’s sort of hidden in the color palette. If you have a brown house, paint the garage door brown. If you have a red house, paint the garage door red.
Sandstone Exterior
More and more these days, people are adding sandstone to their homes, either to the house, or to certain features of the house. When it comes to sandstone, one of the more common colors is gray. You can either do one of two things here; you can blend with the color of the sandstone and use a similar color on your garage OR you can contrast. If you want to make the garage not seem so big, try to blend colors with the house. If you love the color of your home, but don’t necessarily want it on your garage, thin about doing a few shades darker or lighter. If you decide to contrast, you can do so with various primary colors such as green, blue, red or even yellow. This helps draw people’s eyes TO the garage and away from the house. It really depends on what you want; to showcase the garage or hide it!
Sampling Matters
Paint chips and samples are a very important (and free) part of choosing a paint color, but these chips tend to be really small and it’s hard to know if you can live with the color of your garage for the next few years. Instead of taking a sample chip or paint chip from your local home improvement store, buy a small quart of the paint. Then, get 2 square pieces of wood, paint each piece of wood the color you picked out and think you like. When you get home, live with the color for a week. Hang one thing of wood on something like the kitchen or bathroom wall and see if you get sick of it after a week. If not, great, you might have just chosen your garage color. If you do get sick of it, figure out a different color. The second painted piece of wood can be cleaned up against your garage door, walk to the end of your driveway and then to the street, if you like the way it looks, cool. If not, or if you think it clashes with your other paint options, maybe it’s time to consider a new color option!
Things to Remember
It’s important to remember that details, even the small ones, are what make a home, a house. If you are going to paint your garage door or you are replacing it for a new pre-painted door, make sure you really sit down and think about the color you want. If you have, for instance, a neutral exterior color on your home, consider a white door. White doors add a really crisp and clean look to any home, especially if your front door is also white, people will definitely take notice! On the other hand, if your home, trim, and accents are all the same neutral plain colors, you could consider adding some color to the mix by painting your garage door a bold or bright color. White is essentially like a blank canvas, and anything goes well with white, so a black, blue, red or even an orange garage door is going to look awesome! One last tip to remember: If you have a large garage, maybe a 2-3 door garage, remember that painting it the same color as your home, can essentially draw less attention to the garage because it’s sort of hidden in the color palette. If you have a brown house, paint the garage door brown. If you have a red house, paint the garage door red.
Sandstone Exterior
More and more these days, people are adding sandstone to their homes, either to the house, or to certain features of the house. When it comes to sandstone, one of the more common colors is gray. You can either do one of two things here; you can blend with the color of the sandstone and use a similar color on your garage OR you can contrast. If you want to make the garage not seem so big, try to blend colors with the house. If you love the color of your home, but don’t necessarily want it on your garage, thin about doing a few shades darker or lighter. If you decide to contrast, you can do so with various primary colors such as green, blue, red or even yellow. This helps draw people’s eyes TO the garage and away from the house. It really depends on what you want; to showcase the garage or hide it!
Sampling Matters
Paint chips and samples are a very important (and free) part of choosing a paint color, but these chips tend to be really small and it’s hard to know if you can live with the color of your garage for the next few years. Instead of taking a sample chip or paint chip from your local home improvement store, buy a small quart of the paint. Then, get 2 square pieces of wood, paint each piece of wood the color you picked out and think you like. When you get home, live with the color for a week. Hang one thing of wood on something like the kitchen or bathroom wall and see if you get sick of it after a week. If not, great, you might have just chosen your garage color. If you do get sick of it, figure out a different color. The second painted piece of wood can be cleaned up against your garage door, walk to the end of your driveway and then to the street, if you like the way it looks, cool. If not, or if you think it clashes with your other paint options, maybe it’s time to consider a new color option!