Oh the joys of homeownership. Our home needs a new roof (which we knew when we bought it), but I had no idea how many colors a roof comes in. I guess I've never noticed and assumed most roofs were a standard brown, grey or black--I've never thought twice about roof colors. And, this is a rather big investment that will hopefully last another 20 years, so I want to pick a good color.
So, here is our house currently:
It's a very pale cream/tan with black shutters, white trim and a black/charcoal roof.
We are not going to go with black because it apparently attract and traps the heat in the summer (but it doesn't do so in winter, which I know seems weird). Grey roofs do not have this problem, so we are leaning towards a shade of grey. I initially was leaning towards charcoal/almost black, but I was driving by a cape cod in Fairway with our color scheme and noticed it had a light grey roof and loved it.
Our roof shingles come in these colors of grey:
1. Driftwood:
2. Estate Grey
3. Sierra Grey:
Here are a few samples of the general color scheme options (it doesn't help that I am in love with all these houses too).
Light greys:
Dark Grey/Black:
What's your favorite? Thoughts?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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6 comments:
I like the Estate Grey and by the way I love, love, love your house! Wow.
Estate grey!! :)
I think either the first or the last because they both blend well with your house color.
Sierra Grey
Estate Grey has my vote!
I'm going to have to go with the Estate Grey too!!!
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