Creating a visually appealing and cohesive house involves more than just selecting some nice colours and materials. To make your home’s exterior ‘pop’, it is crucial to consider the composition of these elements and how they work together. Here are 4 key considerations:
How much is too much? Use a ratio of different colours and materials that complement each other to achieve a harmonious design. Carefully consider the proportion of each colour and material used to avoid an unbalanced look. Too much or too little of a particular colour, cladding or product will kill the look.
Consider the texture, finish, and scale of materials. Large-scale materials like a stone feature wall can make a house appear grand, while smaller-scale elements like cladding or lighting can add interest and create a layered look. Use this knowledge to layer small features or make your home’s exterior ‘pop’ with a grand gesture at the entrance.
Select colours with a careful balance of different hues, ensuring that none over-power the others. Using a primary colour and other colours as accents can create a focal point and add interest. Weave the colours together by ‘sprinkling’ them around your exterior – or do what fashion designers do and ‘colour block’ (very trendy right now in exterior design!).
Incorporate five to six different materials and colours for enough variation to create interest and depth while maintaining a cohesive look. Adding more than six can make the design look busy and cluttered, while using fewer than five can result in a flat and uninteresting design.
Click here to see some examples of how using these concepts will give a ‘designer’ look to your home!
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Jane