If you’re thinking of breathing new life into your home by giving it a new paint job, there are a lot of different colors out there to choose from. Whether investing in interior painting services or exterior painting services, having the right color for your home is essential. That’s why the Westchester painters from C.E.T. Painting wanted to provide you with a bit of inspiration here.
Below, you’ll find some of today’s most popular paint colors and trends for 2021 in this first part of our in-depth guide.
Why Upgrade Your Interior or Exterior Paint Job?
Before diving into the details of this year’s most attractive paint colors, we wanted to touch on a few of the benefits of repainting your home. Firstly, doing so can help protect its exterior and interior, especially if you have old paint that’s worn or cracking in places; this can lead to costly repairs. That’s why repainting your home every few years inside and out is recommended. Additionally, it will help you increase your home’s curb appeal and can lead to an increase in your property value, both of which are benefits if you plan on selling your home down the road.
What Are Some of Today’s Most Popular Exterior Paint Colors?
Let’s start with the outside first. These days, although there are a wide variety of exterior paint colors available, some popular house colors never go out of style. So, if you haven’t repainted your home before, brushing up on some of the classics won’t hurt, as well as some of the newer trends homeowners are following today. These colors have broad appeal, meaning if you want your home’s exterior to appeal to the largest possible crowd, all of the colors below are a safe bet.
- Gray
In recent years, gray has often become the color of the year – especially when it comes to exterior house painting. As more homeowners move toward minimalist and more modernized decorating schemes and designs, it has gained in popularity. In addition to using gray as the base color for your home’s exterior, it also works great for trim and other fixtures, like shutters. This is especially true if your exterior paint scheme incorporates white.
One of the biggest and most attractive benefits of gray is that it comes in so many different shades, giving homeowners a vast choice between different tones (light and dark) and warm or cool shades. For those with color accents like orange, green, or blue, a darker gray will offer a moodier look. For homes with lighter colors, a lighter shade of gray can create a great balance.
- White
White ties with gray in being the most popular exterior paint color choice among homeowners in 2021 for many of the same reasons. Firstly, because it’s the number one paint color recommended to those trying to sell their homes due to its neutrality. Again, like gray, the push for more simplistic and minimalistic home designs has also led to an increase in its popularity this year.
Throughout the northeast, Westchester County included, white homes are extremely popular, especially in more historic neighborhoods that boast colonial homes. This is because it works well on almost any architectural style, offering a clean look and creating a tranquil mood. Often, many pair bright white with darker colors, especially on the trim or shutters, to create an eye-catching contrast that can make your home unique.
Just like gray, white also makes the ideal color for your home’s exterior trim because it works with nearly any color scheme you can think of.
- Cream or Beige
Lastly, but certainly not least, cream and beige colors are extremely popular these days and offer many of the same benefits as the two colors mentioned above. This is because any color that’s an offshoot of white will often also boast those attributes that make it flexible with a wide range of other colors and designs.
Cream and beige in particular are also popular because they offer homeowners earthier hues, giving the exterior of their home a look that can blend perfectly with its surroundings. Cream and beige are also relatively flexible, making them a good fit for everything from Mediterranean homes to southwester bungalows.
As accent colors, cream and beige hues combine best with darker colors like sage green, brown, or barn red. They’re also great for beach homes, offering a sandy color that can be combined with a light blue to reflect the natural surroundings.
Be sure to look out for Part 2 of this blog, which will dive more into the details of this year’s trendiest paint colors for your exterior!
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For those in need of a reliable painting contractor, our team of Westchester painters can have your home looking amazing inside and out in no time. In addition to our exterior and interior painting services, we also specialize in carpentry services,drywall solutions, epoxy floor coating installations, and wallpaper removal. C.E.T. Painting also offers pressure washing services, siding and window installation, and gutter cleaning services.
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