exterior color choices

my husband was asking me to select the color scheme for our new house before we even had the footings in.   i struggled for weeks trying to figure out what i wanted...and sometimes, figuring out what you WANT is easier if you know what you DON'T WANT.

i know i don't want a tan or taupe house.

no offense, but the state of utah will be just fine with one less tan house! i tend to like homes with a more classic, east coast look versus homes that are more rustic and western. i guess that is because i am from the east, and that is what i am used to!

at first, i toyed around with the idea of a light grey house:

while i love this look, i kinda felt that wasn't me....that maybe i was responding more to the recent trend of grey houses i have seen all over the internet lately?  while they are beautiful, i felt i wanted something a little more simple.

i also entertained the idea of a dark, rich grey or brown house:

and then my husband reminded me that dark colors will absorb heat, and since our house in on the side of the mountain, with very few trees around it, it would be way more expensive to cool in the summer than a lighter house.

slowly,  i started to realize that i wanted my new house to be white...at first, i wanted something different....and looked into the possibilty of a white house with dark windows:

while i love this look, i felt like it might be a little more appropriate for a coastal area, or a historic neighborhood...and besides, i just couldn't shake images like this out of my head:

classic. timeless. simple. white.

so that's what i am going with! 

and now....to find the PERFECT white!

anyone have any colors that they have used for the exterior of a house that they recommend?
i will be testing colors in the next week or two!

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