Old House Painting Ideas

Choosing great colors for your old home can make your house look extremely charming and beautiful. Here are some house painting ideas to consider for your old home:

• Conservative Or Unorthodox

Consider what you want your old house to look like. Do you want to paint it with more conservative colors? Would you like your house to stand out in the neighborhood or blend in? This will help guide you on choosing the right color schemes for your old house.

• Monochromatic Color Scheme

Choose a monochromatic color scheme for a sophisticated look. Use the standard color wheel as a reference. Monochromatic color schemes use two or three of the same color in different shades. Earth tones (green, blue, or brown) will give your home a more conservative/subtle appearance. Shades of red, violet, and yellow will make your home stand out more. Pick one shade for the base color and the others shades for accents.

• Complementary Color Scheme

A complementary color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other in the color wheel (red, green e.g.). This type of color scheme will make your old house look very vibrant (depending on the color choice) because of the contrast in colors. Use a neutral color (beige, light gray) as the base color to keep the house from looking too vibrant.

• Triadic Color Scheme

Triadic color schemes involve three different colors that are an equal distance from each other on the color wheel. It is more challenging to pick the right colors for your home with a triadic color scheme because of the amount of contrast they provide. A good combination for a triadic color scheme would be deep red, yellow, and blue green. Play around with color samples to see what might work for your home. You can have a lot of fun with triadic color schemes for Victorian homes because of their detail in woodwork (railings, porches, spires etc.)

• Online Sampling

There are websites that allow you to sample different color combinations. Good websites for this are: sherwin-williams.com, behr.com, and bhg.com (Better Home and Garden). Note: Sherwin Williams provides 19^th century replica paint colors for Victorian Homes.