This enables the eye to draw better distinctions among different shades of green. In a garden, black will recede and focus attention on foliage. For more of the garden, see Garden Visit: Landscaping a Live-in Summer Camp.īlack is a good foil for green. Black and GreenĪbove: In Mill Valley, California a cedar-shingled house is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Black with China White trim. For a similar color, consider Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy.įor more of this facade, see Get Out of The Heat: Josephine House in Austin on Remodelista. Playing the BluesĪ custom shade of Oxford blue paint keeps a facade looking crisp, even in the heat of Texas. Spiky ContrastĪbove: A black Victorian facade in San Francisco needs nothing more to dress it up than a single spiky succulent, a multi-branched euphorbia next to the front stoop. Dark window sashes add emphasis. Photograph courtesy of Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory member Nick Noyes Architecture. The Natural LookĪbove: In northern California planned community Sea Ranch, architect Nick Noyes clad a facade in cedar shingles, encouraged by wind and sea salt to weather to a soft gray. For more, see Before & After: A Charred Wood Cottage on a $45K Budget. Mirror ImageĪbove: After architects Lucie Niney and Thibault Marca of Paris-based NeM Architectes discovered “a vacation home frozen in time” in Brittany, they complemented the existing white cottage with a dark addition. In Iceland, a house clad in black timber has cloud-white trim details to tie it visually to the expanse of sky and dramatic mountainous backdrop. For more of this garden, see Garden Visit: Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage at Dungeness. A Touch of SunshineĪbove:The facade of filmmaker Derek Jarman’s black seaside cottage in Dungeness, Kent looks welcoming even against dark skies-because of its yellow trim. See more in Restaurant Visit: Sir and Star in Olema on Remodelista. “The trim is subtly different, with more sheen and pop to show detail,” notes Alexa. In northern California, the formerly white facade of Sir and Star restaurant gets a modern, sleeker look with Benjamin Moore’s Black Panther paint. A dark green wash on the facade and stoop contrasts beautifully with the stacked-stone retaining wall.
Here are 10 design ideas to steal from houses with dark facades: Gothic GreenĪbove: When architects Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown remodeled a former farmer’s cottage in Rhinebeck, New York, they embraced its Gothic roots. Of course, this doesn’t mean we’ve abandoned black…. When it comes to exterior paint colors, we’re admiring deeply saturated shades including green and gray and blue because of the magic they work on a surrounding landscape. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons.ĭark is the new black. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons.
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