Red roof

Starting the construction of a new dwelling, the masters must at first be well aware of what the façade , window and door apertures, decorative elements, roof will look like. The color palette of finish finishing your house against the backdrop of the landscape and neighboring buildings should look harmonious and original, without causing a smile and bewilderment of the passer-by. A pretty popular choice is a house with a red roof, let's look at how to emphasize the merits of such a construction structure, taking advantage of all the benefits of this design solution.

What facade should have a house with a red roof?

There are three classical schemes that are used in construction:

  1. The color solution of the roof and the facade is almost identical. In this case, the composition looks at times harmonious, but somewhat boring. Visually, all the elements of your building in the distance will seem to merge, even with the use of some design techniques to highlight the necessary detail in such a monolithic-looking design is extremely difficult.
  2. A dark red roof and a light facade. This option is not in vain is the most popular, because this home looks nice for the eyes in almost any landscape. For example, the red-brown color of the roof will be good to shade large bright walls, especially if the window openings or the plinth also produce a material of a similar contrasting color.
  3. Light roof and dark facade. Pale and unsaturated light red color of the roof is not a very frequent option in construction. It is more suitable for a fabulous and somewhat frivolous in real life Barbie home. If you imagine such a house with dark purple or dark brown walls, then in general there will be some kind of experimental and extremely unusual model that can be arranged only for very unordinary people. A more common option is the red roof and black, dark gray or dark brown color of the facade. Having made such a choice, try to support the coloring of the roof with the same color scheme of windows and entrance doors, this method will make your building a little more cheerful and original.

What are the best facades for a house with a red roof?

There are several rules about the compatibility of individual colors, but the most successful is the table developed by the Swedish specialist Max Luscher. According to his recommendations, the most unfortunate is the combination of red roof with turquoise, pink and light blue facade. The most advantageous is the red color of the roof against the background of white, beige, yellow, light green walls. Pearly gray facades next to the red roof are scored on this table four points out of five, which is also considered quite acceptable result.

Also, when planning a house, you can use a variety of programs that allow you to model the future ready appearance of any residential structure. You can even paint yourself or with the help of specialists to draw an interior around the future construction with adjacent neighboring houses, which will help not make mistakes during construction.

Do not forget about the details that greatly affect the appearance of the home. The color of the gutters or stair rails is quite capable of emphasizing the color decision of the roof chosen by you. For example, in many cases red drains on a red-roofed house look very interesting, spectacular and unusual. At the same time, white trenches also have a right to exist, they look like a beautiful frame for the bright top of the house.

You see that the options are so many that without a 3D visualization or a good sketch proceed directly to the construction or purchase of materials should not be. Better on the family council to consider all the appropriate ways how to formalize your future home with a red roof.