Showing the Exterior Some Love…
Dark Blue Gray Exterior House Siding
It’s been a couple of months now since painting commenced but in our house it’s still dubbed “the green house”. The cute little name must’ve stuck but the color absolutely did not! Although the interior was far from complete at the time, Mark and I could not handle the exterior any longer so in August, we painted it blue. Kind of blue and kind of grey. To see the full “before” tour read, “Our Historic Home Tour“. A color that took me no less than 15 sample quarts to create. To read more about the final paint choice, read “We. Painted. The. House.” So let’s take ONE more look at the “before” and I will give you some sneak peeks at it today! Well, last night. At Twilight to be exact 😉
I know some of you loved the green but even if we loved it, which we most definitely did not, it was so faded and peeling and BLAH that it needed a fresh coat regardless. I mean I wasn’t THAT mad about it ;-). There are some projects that we slay. And there are others that seem to drag and drag and drag. Well restoring the exterior has been the project that never ever ends. Then add on porch railing, back porch additions, a covered grill area and revamping the back porch and yea well, it literally may never end. So that my friends is why I haven’t done a full reveal quite yet. But I will share some extremely huge sneak peeks at where everything is today. AND I will share the exterior color since everyone keeps asking. Without further ado, take a little tour around OHW at dusk!
Dark Gray Blue Exterior House Siding- 1/2 Witching Hour & 1/2 Soot by Benjamin Moore
Trim- Dove Wing by Sherwin Williams
Door Stain- Clear Polyurethane
P.S. The exterior doors and garage doors were installed by the previous owner so I am not sure where they are from. I think they may have even been custom made. Sorry!
XOXO, Brittany Hayes
kai says
Absolutely gorgeous and the blue is awesome
Brittany Hayes says
Thank you sweetest friend! You are always SUCH a doll! XOXO
Janet Bergeson says
Those porches!!! Its all just gorgeous.
Brittany Hayes says
Thank you! Definitely something we love about the home! Just wish we could enjoy them this Fall! XOXO
Lisa says
Soooooooo great!
Brittany Hayes says
Thank yooooooouuuuuu!!!
Janet Cole says
You definitely “slayed” it with that exterior color – absolutely gorgeous!!
Brittany Hayes says
Yay thank you!!!! A million colors later… LOL. XOXO
Katherine B says
So beautiful!!!
Brittany Hayes says
Awe thanks!!!
Stephanie says
I absolutely LOVE how the colors turned out!! Very lovely!
Brittany Hayes says
Thank yooooouuuuu!! XOXO
Tolejala says
This is absolutly beautiful! Your neighbors must be proud, everything is on point!!!
Brittany Hayes says
Awe wow that means so much Tolejala! As do ALL of your sweet comments! XOXO
Tracy Bonny says
Just absolutely love it all! That blue is fab!!! I know you won’t get to do it this year but how great will that porch look next year with all the pumpkins and Halloween decoration????
Brittany Hayes says
Gosh I was so thinking the same thing!!! Wish I could get it together enough to do that! Definitely next year and hope you will still be following along in time for that! XOXO
Angela says
Have you seen pics of what the house looked like inside before it was gutted? If I remember correctly- when you bought it it was already gutted. Also that color “slays!”
Brittany Hayes says
We haven’t actually! I SOOO wish we could find some! We purchased it completely gutted. Basically a shell of a home. Thanks for following along! XOXO
Jennifer says
It’s just SO beautiful! I find myself checking compulsively for updates! LOL
Do you have anything fun planned with the landscape or will that come later after you’ve moved in? Anything special for the backyard?
Kristi Tanner says
It is gorgeous!! At the risk of sounding like a complete creep, I may or may not have drove by last weekend when I was in town…and loved it!! Also, isn’t soot and witching hour an Ben Moore color, not SW?
Denica says
I had this same question. We are trying to figure out a paint color for our house- and would love to copy this its gorgeous. However, Sherwin Williams doesn’t carry these colors, Benjamin Moore does. Also neither of those colors look like they have blue tints to them.
Brittany Hayes says
Sorry for the confusion! They are Benjamin Moore colors, I just accidentally wrote Sherwin Williams. We did have them mixed at our local Sherwin Williams though because they do color match. The blue undertone is ever so slight but on an exterior and on such a large scale, it does read very blue. Thanks so much!
Debbie says
The exterior paint color you created is just gorgeous! It’s so perfect the style of your house and the trim colors on the windows really pop! Will you be painting the railing and deck at all? It’s all going to look amazing when you’re all done.
Angela says
I am looking for inspirations on color and love this. Am I understanding you mixed two blues for the exterior?
Brittany Hayes says
Yes, that’s correct! Made my own custom color 🙂 XOXO
shannon hall says
Can you tell me the color and make of the stone you used on the back piers and also do you have any idea the color of the brick and if its acme?
Leslie says
Beautiful! What color grey did you use for the foundation brick?
Melanie says
I am painting my house right now and I stumbled upon this because we are using soot by BM to paint part of our siding. We have some block to paint on the bottom of the house and I would love to know what gray you used on the foundation. I don’t know how likely you are to look at this since the post isn’t new so I am going to cross post it on your Instagram. Thanks in advance!
Anastasia says
Hi, I know this is a long shot but what colour is the grey you painted the foundation bricks?
HD says
Hello! How are you? I was wondering if you can confirm the siding color… You asked the paint store to mix a can with 1/2 BM Soot and 1/2 BM Witching Hour? Thanks for clarifying!
Donna says
Thank you! I have been looking for a color for my home and I saw this beautiful home that you have done and the color you chose. I ran right to the Ace hardware purchased two of the sample of soot and witching hour mixed them together painted a small corner of the house. I love love love it. Everyone that has by the house since it’s been painted loves the color. I tell them that you created this color. Thank you again for your beautiful style. Love what you have done to your house. Stunning!!
Joanna says
Can you please tell me more about the trim color? I searched Dove Wing but only shows Benjamin Moore Dove wing, not Sherwin Williams. Looking to recreate this look as best we can.
Thank you!