A UNIQUE COLOUR SCHEME FOR A BLUE MOUNTAINS WEATHERBOARD
This north facing Wentworth Falls weatherboard was yearning for a new exterior colour scheme. Previously a pale lime green, the clients brief was to transform the house using a deeper colour scheme to ground the building in its natural surroundings and offer a warm palette that was a pleasure to come ‘home’ to. Thornton & Blake colour consultant Ellisha was both willing and inspired to share her 20-something years’ experience in colour with our client.
The client had some initial ideas that they brought to the table. Additionally, the distribution of colours and sheen levels reflective of the heritage of the home was an important element to consider. Believing its origins to be early 1900’s, options were offered that included a warm primary base, paired with a strong sharp complimentary colour and a highlighter with a subtle hint of pink to play off the original red glass that graces the front door.
When the clients’ original ideas didn’t quite translate to their vision of ‘home’, Ellisha took them back to the drawing board with an idea to visit much cherished memories as a vehicle for inspiration. The client recalled a fond memory of her Great Aunt’s bluestone brick home in Oatley NSW. Suddenly the colour scheme had a new source of inspired direction. Using a combination of blues and browns drawn from bluestone brick, Dulux ‘Chocolate Soufflé’ was applied to the weatherboards and fibre cement as the rich brown base. Dulux ‘Oolong’ offered a strong complimentary navy along with Dulux ‘Buff’ for highlights. The addition of Dulux Mocha Magic was added to the weathered deck to connect the concrete path and entry.
The balance of colour across architectural features was carefully considered. The new colours were used to unite the renovations of decades past and the newly replaced roof in Colorbond Surfmist. Carefully considered details ensured character elements took focus, including the bay window, veranda posts, railings and original timber decorative brackets. Oolong was used on the windowsills to elongate the window details and show off the angles of the buildings profile.
The dark chocolate brown also helped hide the side profile where the windows are aluminium from a veranda enclosure in the 70’s.
The result, a classic combination, sophisticated but approachable, that simultaneously translates to the contemporary world of exterior colour schemes.
