This is the blog presentation of Monk's Home Improvements about what to consider when choosing a color for the exterior of your home. There are so many tips to acknowledge in terms of color, texture, combinations, trends, location and much more. Monk's Home Improvements is incredibly skilled at painting the exteriors of homes everywhere. Along with their skills to execute, they will always recommend the best color combos and brands.

1. EXTERIOR PAINT
CONSIDERATIONS
BY MONK’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS

2. We have all driven through a lovely
neighborhood, our eyes thanking the
residents of the homes providing such visual
serenity.

3. More often than not, there is one house that
stands out, not for the best, but rather rudely
interrupting the symphony of the surrounding
landscape.

4. Don’t be responsible for that eye-sore. Our
homes should act as a safe haven and a
representation of ourselves. The liberty to turn
the key and enter a space that reflects who we
truly are is one of the things that gives
meaning to the word ‘home.’

5. However, in regards to the exterior of the
house, perhaps it should be a more subtle
approach at expressing ourselves. An article
recently published by NOLA.com provides
some “dos” and “donts” for when it comes to
painting the exterior of your home.

6. Choosing a paint color for the exterior of a
house can be daunting, not only by the sheer
size of the area that needs to be thought
about, but also because one must factor in
multiple aspects.

7. As tempting as it may be, your favorite
football team’s colors may not be the best bet
for the exterior of your house. If you
absolutely adore pink, must everyone need to
know through the color of your house?

8. Most companies have tried to make it easy by
keeping a separate selection of colors for
exterior and interior uses. Many times the
exterior collection is more subtle than the
diverse array of the colors intended for the
interiors.

9. Even then, if you find yourself indecisive
about the direction to go in, here are six
questions to ask yourself while flipping
through the pages of those perplexing books
of colors.

10. WHAT KIND OF HOUSE DO I HAVE?
More often than not, the safest bet is to go
with a color that is historically verified to have
worked for the kind of house you have. Most
houses have designs that reflect a specific
type of architecture, be it Victorian or mid-century
modern.

11. WHAT KIND OF HOUSE DO I HAVE?
Not only does sticking to the historically-accurate
shades of color enhance the resale
value of the house, but after
tried and tested, those colors usually tend to
be the most appealing choice for the
structure.

12. WHERE DO I LIVE?
A good thorough look around the
surroundings of the house usually provides
clues to how the house should be painted.
The backdrop of the house plays a crucial role
in how architecture develops in most places.
Often the houses blend in to capture the
essence of the location.

13. WHERE DO I LIVE?
The blue-doored white houses in beautiful
sunny San Torini will look out of place and
perhaps even shabby in the futuristic streets
of Dubai; the mismatched apartments of
cramped New York a monstrosity in vast
Dallas.

14. WHAT COLOR ARE MY NEIGHBORS’
HOUSES?
It helps to look around the neighborhood and
see what tone the other houses set and
adhere to it. It is better to keep the exterior of
the house neutral and compatible to
environment and community and not make a
loud statement.

15. WHAT IS MY HOUSE MADE OF?
Often factors like texture of the house, the
color of the stones used, the type of roof and
all other such minute, but essential details are
overlooked while selecting a color for the
exterior of the house. It is important to stick to
similar undertones to avoid any sort of
unappealing mismatch.

16. HOW MANY COLORS DO I NEED TO
CHOOSE?
While picking out a color for the exterior of
the house, one color is almost never enough.
People often need to pick two, three and
sometimes even four to five colors,
depending on the requirements.

17. HOW MANY COLORS DO I NEED TO
CHOOSE?
The trim colors for windows and doors and
the architectural accent colors are all
necessary to give the house a wholesome
look.

18. HOW MANY COLORS DO I NEED TO
CHOOSE?
Fortunately, these are not too difficult to select
as the customers can can usually go a few
shades lighter or darker as provided in most
paint companies’ booklets, to create the
desired effect.

19. HOW MANY COLORS DO I NEED TO
CHOOSE?
Many companies have created color themes
specifically intended for the purpose of accent
and themes.

20. WHAT’S TRENDING?
Conveniently, for exterior colors the trends do
not fluctuate much, as it does with the
coloring and texturing of interior walls,
perhaps because no one is keen on changing
color schemes for the entire exterior often.
Interior paintwork can be focused on specific
rooms, unlike painting the outside of a house.

21. WHAT’S TRENDING?
However, current trend does affect choices to
a certain extent, especially because they filter
down to the paint companies who stock
colors and styles and themes that are popular,
thus making them even more likely to
continue trending as more and more people
select their themes.

22. After the painstaking task of choosing the
right colors for the exterior of your house,
these nerve-wracking days wondering which
shade looks best will soon be forgotten as
you drive through your lovely neighborhood
and pull into the driveway of the equally-lovely
looking house.

23. And then step inside and relax in your all-purple
living room, if you like.