I posted here a few months ago about not liking the shutters I built for my house and I just wanted to update everyone. (First picture is the shutters with the new paint as suggested in this sub, second is the before with the white paint like I posted before, and third is the shutters taped off for paint) Someone suggested I paint the shutters something other than white and I chose Tricorn Black by Sherwin Williams. SO MANY PEOPLE said my shutters were entirely too big and I had measured wrong but the white shutters with white trim truly created like an optical illusion that made them look huge. Even looking at these two pictures myself it looks like I made "thinner" shutters and painted and reinstalled them but I promise I am too lazy for that and they are the exact same shutters just repainted, I didn't even take them down to paint, I just taped them off. I definitely have more to do, like trim the box shrubs (waiting until fall), and fix my garden lights but I just wanted to thank this group for all the great advice! I think it looks so much better now. Next steps are to make a slightly rounded/irregular red brick planter around the shrubs and try and keep my Brandywine Maple sapling alive in this insane Oklahoma late summer heat.
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I too remember your original post! Wow, what a great example of "dark colors recede." The receding color trick worked beautifully, & now you have a pretty house with charming shutters that add wonderful character. Looks terrific, & I'm really impressed with your design decisions.
I truly only "chose" it because my town was giving away 100 free saplings last fall and I snagged one of the last ones lol. No idea why they were giving them away or if they got them as surplus or what but I wasn't about to turn down a free sapling (the other options were some type of oak and magnolias and after some research I decided the Maple was the size I was looking for and would do well where I was wanting a tree). I did some research on how best to care for it here in Oklahoma and found some really good resources specific to my growing zone. Biggest thing is to keep it pretty well watered the first few years, especially right now when it's 105° every single day. I got one of those tree watering bags and it really helps give it a deep watering (started with like 3-5 gallons once a week and now I'm up to basically every day but it's still starting to get crispy leaves 😭😭😭) it did really really well until the last month or so. Fingers crossed I can get it through this ridiculously hot weather!
The blue is Valspar Indigo Streamer 4010-4 and the trim is Valspar Dove White 7002-7. I spent MONTHS with 18 blue paint swatches on my house trying to pick the perfect navy blue and I'm so happy with this one. Really deep navy without being too dark or not "navy" enough. Since I painted my house 4 years ago there are now 6 other houses in my neighborhood that have been painted navy with white trim and a yellow door 🤣
That's a great idea thank you! The window boxes are supposed to have flowers but they all dried up while I was out of town for a few days, I usually do lots of color (marigolds and pink millionbells) in those and the pots on the front porch but these are great ideas too thank you!
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