Sources of Exterior Paint Ideas and Inspiration

posted on 27 May 2011 | posted in Home and Garden

Finding the right color or house painting style is difficult if you do not have exterior paint ideas in mind. But acquiring the inspiration to actually have several ideas are even more difficult. If you are experiencing this kind of difficulty, here are sources of inspiration that may spark the best house paint idea:

• History – this is particularly true if you are repainting an old house or want to have an antique-vibe try to look for historically accurate color scheme that you might like by referring to historic color charts or analyzing old paint chips.
• Neighborhood – by looking at the different houses in your neighborhood, you might suddenly get inspiration on what color scheme you are going to use and how you choice will not clash to the other houses near you.
• Nature – look around you, the landscape near you is brimming with color ideas, utilize them to the fullest.
• Roof – check the color of your roof so that you can limit your choices, since the color should match or complement your roof’s color.

Other Sources: nationalgeographic.com | cnn.com