Think About Neighboring Homes and Personal Preferences When Choosing Exterior Colors

Last time we discussed how the style and period of your home should be considered when choosing exterior colors. Other considerations include the colors on neighboring homes and your own personal preferences regarding house siding options.

Neighboring Homes

A house is not an island - not if it exists in a neighborhood or on a street with other houses within sight. Although we may tend to see our home in isolation, it's important to view it as part of the larger whole on a given street or in a given neighborhood.

If you don't pay attention to the color schemes of surrounding homes, one of two things can occur: your house can end up looking like an exact replica of other similar houses, or it can stick out like a sore thumb - neither of which is ideal! This is even more of an issue to consider when homes are situated quite close together on small lots, or if you have attached or semi-attached housing.

The goal is to choose a coordinating color scheme that will blend well with neighboring homes. For example, if your neighbor's home features white trim and medium-tone blue siding, white trim with a medium-tone siding of another color (like green or yellow) would be an appropriate complement.

If the neighboring homes are painted out in warm, muted tones, dressing yours out like a painted lady will give it the wrong kind of attention. Instead, choose similarly muted tones but in different color families:

Muted but not identical color schemes

Personal Preferences

Here are some things to think about as you consider different colors and color palettes for your home's exterior and house siding options.

Do you prefer neutrals to colors?

Are there certain colors you truly love or hate? Do you prefer warm colors to cool colors?

Would you like your home to have a dark body + light trim, or vice versa? Formal or informal? Are there things you feel really strongly about wanting or not wanting for your exterior siding ideas?

These questions are important to consider, as there is not often a one-size-fits-all color solution for a particular house. There may be several different color schemes that may work really well for a given house, so personal preferences will play an important role in your decision-making when it comes to selecting design elements for the exterior. Figuring out what's important to you - as well as figuring out what doesn't really make much difference to you - is vital, particularly when options are limited or you have to make decisions with another person.

Light body color is clean and classic

Dark body color is strong and contemporary

Careful consideration of neighboring homes and your own personal preferences will help you choose colors for your home that will make you smile every time you turn into your driveway.

Next time we'll show you the beautiful new LP siding colors I've chosen to give you the freshest and best options for the exterior of your home!

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