Summerhouse colour?

A good evening to you all! :-)

Last Thursday I built a summerhouse, and today I gave it 2 coats of paint. It needs another 2 or 3 and the window frames painted.

Do you think that the doors look ok painted cream? I don't want it all black, but I am considering changing the cream to a grey? What do you rek?

 

Sorry, do not like that brightness al n. Grey or a lichen green for my money,
Jenny

 

The cream is going to distract the eye from your plants during the summer as it distracts the eye now. Another colour would be better in my opinion.

 

Sorry, I'm not a fan of the white door frames. I don't think it works with the rest of the colour scheme.

I think I'd be tempted to go for black gloss, or a pale blue, grey or green.

 

Sorry Al n, the cream makes the doors look like an afterthought. The colour needs to be more subtle. I think a mid to dark green which will help it blend into the garden.

 

I'd go for a blue personally a dark on. I think whatever colour you pick it will stand out because of the black is a receding colour. Considering it's a summerhouse that you want people to see and be a feature, why paint it a receding colour like the fencing? So many people do this and I've never understood why.

I would suggest planting around the front or on the summerhouse itself too to break down the black.

 

thanks for all you input, its very well recieved. its great to have others opinions too! :-)

its not finished yet, re the planting. lots to do. have the plants on standby in the order of sambucus, fatsia, bamboo, trachycarpus, washingtonia etc.... so some of the structure will be hidden. i think i'm erring on a sage green or similar for the doors, as i think the cream is a bit too stark.

 

thanks for that

yep, its not finished yet, still need to paint the window surrounds, door shuts, thresholds etc.....

it also needs insulating, boarding, flooring, so a nice couple of weekends to do it.

 

I agree with Loofah and like the contrasting doors. Isn't this the same colour scheme as your fences?

Val

 

it is val, yes, crewam and black. the house, garage and shed are all cream and black.