Light grey outdoor house paint

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Before you begin painting your exterior, read this roundup of my best colour advice and choose the right colour for your home improvements this season!

Exterior house colors literally define your place in the eyes of the world. How you paint and decorate your house facade will excite people to think of what’s inside. Therefore, you should paint to impress and become the talk of the town! Plus, a stunning exterior design can level up your property value. So, when it comes to house design, it’s important not to neglect the outside—an enticing cover makes people want to see what’s inside!

It’s coming up for house painting season so to help you settle on a colour scheme, here are some ideas from our Habitat Plus booklet ‘1 look, 4 ways: exterior colour schemes’.

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Hello again, friends — I have a lot to fill you in on since my last update two months ago! Although if you choose to just skim through and look at pictures rather than read my long post, I won't blame you. If you'll recall, I was internally tortured with deciding on the perfect gray for our home exterior. Well, we finally did settle on Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal at 75%. (The 75% is an important detail, as you'll find out later...) Label from my sample container. We had it matched at…

For the longest time now, I’ve had my heart set on a non-neutral color for the exterior of my house. I’ve had my eye on either light yellow (which I tested out on my house in this post), and then I thought about a really light bluish aqua color (like the house at the end...