Simons Island home.Choosing paint color for your home seems to be easy and uncomplicated and it can be. It also made our hearts happy to know we brought a bit of Charleston to our St. In addition, the hint of green in the shutters really brings out the greenery in the landscaping. It blends perfectly with the blue doors, copper accents and gray brick and we are so happy with the color combination. Colorful Charleston residents couldn’t bear the thought of their Holy City being painted government-issued black, so they tinted the paint with yellow and green, creating Charleston’s signature greenish-black accent color. Local legend says that Charleston Green, a green so deep it looks black, came about after the Civil War when Union troops sent buckets of black paint to help rebuild the town.

Having lived in Charleston, we were very familiar with Charleston Green and its history. We opted for a custom Charleston Green color.

To accent the front doors and gray brick we needed to find the right color for the window shutters. It actually has turned out to be a trademark of our house, whenever giving directions to the home, we always mention the blue doors! I immediately fell in love with the brightness of the Blue Danube. Remembering having read this, we tested Blue Danube, Hale Navy and a lighter slate blue called Van Deusen for the doors. Recently, while reading an article in Garden & Gun, they listed Blue Danube as a classic southern paint color. We kept the original doors which are actually two sets, one being the solid wood doors and, in front of those are glass doors with a wood frame. One of my favorite parts of the house is the arched entry with a copper roof, so I really wanted to pick a paint color that highlighted it. We’re fortunate that the brick is a light grey which gave us a neutral base color. When we first purchased the house the front doors were a classic white with light green window shutters. We loved the classic style, however we wanted to go a tad more bold with the exterior of the home to give it a more youthful and modern look. Our ranch style home was built in the 1960’s. Naturally, when it was time to select the paint colors for the exterior, we headed back to our local Benjamin Moore store. We are so happy with our choices, they really are just the right paint for our style home. We opted for bright and classic colors, choosing Simply White, Revere Pewter, and Hale Navy for our living and kitchen spaces. As you know, we recently partnered with Benjamin Moore for the interior paints choices when we were renovating the house.

Benjamin moore exterior paint palettes