The outside of the house is the first impression you give the world.  The color scheme, the landscaping, the light fixtures…all help to mold this impression.  So it’s no surprise that we are having trouble deciding on a color scheme for the exterior.   The house is currently painted yellow (well, what’s left of it) and has black shutters.  I’m not crazy about this color scheme, mainly because I’ve never been a huge fan of yellow.  I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m a very fair-skinned redhead and I have never been able to wear yellow.  It’s just not a favorite color.

So the question is, where do we go from here?  I found this awesome picture from Old House Colors (fitting name, right?) that lays out all of the classic paint colors.  Forgive the dated quality of the picture.  I suppose that’s appropriate.

Although not exciting at all, gray is easily my favorite color.  But I’m hesitant to do too much gray on the inside for fear of it beginning to look drab.  However, I think it could really pop on the outside if we keep all of the trim white and all of the shutters black.  I really like the “light blue gray” on the top row, and the “yellow gray” in the middle.  Here’s an example I found of the blue-gray with black and white accents.  I think this would totally work on our house (sans the tacky chain link fence).

I’d also really like to paint the front door.  There’s just something about a painted door that adds so much character.  If we did the color scheme above, maybe a black door?  White would definitely get too dirty and be way too much upkeep.

Any comments, thoughts, suggestions?