Innovative Exterior Paint Ideas for a Standout Home

A fresh coat of paint can completely transform the look and feel of your home's exterior. The right colours and painting techniques allow you to highlight your home's best architectural features, keep up with the latest trends, and add an extra dose of curb appeal. Read on for expert tips and ideas to give your home exterior a standout new look.

The Importance of Exterior Paint

The exterior of your home makes the all-important first impression on visitors and passers by. While a beautiful home design provides the foundation, exterior paint colours and finishes act as the final touch that brings the whole look together. Well-executed painting projects enhance curb appeal while poor paint jobs can detract from it.

The 2024 colour trends from paint companies like Benjamin Moore offer gorgeous new shades that will keep your home looking on-trend. At the same time, innovative application techniques like two-tone combinations, textured finishes, and accent walls open up lots of creativity in your exterior paint projects. Complementary colours and skillful techniques make architectural details pop while still ensuring different sections of your home exterior coordinate beautifully.

Key Color Trends for 2024 Exterior Painting

Benjamin Moore has chosen a rich mid-tone blue called Blue Nova 825 as their 2024 Colour of the Year. Described as combining intrigue and depth with reassurance, Blue Nova 825 works beautifully as an exterior colour. 

Its grey undertone coordinates well with grey siding while the saturated blue hue packs plenty of curb appeal.

In addition to the 2024 Colour of the Year, the Color Trends 2024 palette from Benjamin Moore features a range of gorgeous hues for exterior painting projects. These include:

• Pure White: Crisp, clean, and elegant on trim, railings, and front doors.
• Fawn Brindle: A warm beige shade that complements brown roofing.
• Olympic Range: A pale green that stands out subtly against grey siding.
  
  

The Benjamin Moore 2024 colours reflect a movement toward muted nature-inspired hues rather than stark whites and blacks. These colours blend seamlessly into the home's natural surroundings for a peaceful, cohesive look.

Painting with Timeless Neutral Shades

For a classic exterior with staying power, you can't go wrong with timeless neutral paint colours. A pale neutral hue on the siding or render walls makes the perfect backdrop for accent colours. Pairing the pale wall colour with crisp white trim keeps the scheme fresh and appealing.

Some examples of pale neutrals to consider include:

• Accessible Beige: A warm, earthy neutral from Benjamin Moore
• No67 Farrow’s Cream: A versatile beige paint colour from Farrow & Ball
  
  

No matter what neutral you choose for the body colour, bright white trim and accents always give a clean contrast. Black accents also add sophistication without dominating the colour scheme. Ideas for black accents include:

• Entry or garage doors
• Shutters
• Railings and gates
• Window frames
  
  

Black painted finishes have a polished, high-contrast look you can't achieve with dark brown or charcoal grey.

Innovative Paint Ideas for Your Porch Area

The porch, patio, or other outdoor living areas also benefit from an exterior paint refresh. For the walls in these semi-enclosed areas, muted beige and ivory tones keep the scheme light and casual. If your porch has stucco or masonry walls, consider a finish coat of stone paint for a stylish texture.

When it comes to outdoor furniture and decking, favour subtle wood stains over painted finishes to allow the natural grain to show through. For metal furniture, consider all-weather powder-coated paints in deeper shades of brown, grey, and tan tailored to coordinate with your home’s exterior colour scheme.

As a bold pop of contrasting colour, paint your front door an exciting, saturated shade like ruby red, cobalt blue, or golden yellow. This small dose of intense colour energises the whole exterior colour palette.

Getting Creative with Paint Techniques


Colour choice plays a huge role in exterior painting, but application technique also offers room for creativity. Two-tone painted exteriors remain a hugely popular trend in 2024, often pairing a neutral wall or siding colour with painted trim and accents in a deeper, complementary tone.

For example, you might choose a light grey siding colour and paint the shutters, window trim, railings, and front door in a rich navy blue. The contrast between light and dark along with cooler and warmer undertones makes the different sections pop beautifully.

Beyond two-tone combinations, consider using accent walls to call out special architectural features in your home’s exterior:

• Paint a covered front porch ceiling sky blue for a feeling of openness and space
• Use terra-cotta orange on an exterior chimney to make it a focal point
• Try forest green on rear patio walls to tie into lush landscaping
• Choose peach or coral to make a statement with the garage door
  
  

Textured paints also introduce appealing visual and tactile interest to exterior walls, trim, railings, and ornamental detailing:

• Spanish lace textures for old-world charm
• A sand float finish for Tuscan flair
• Metallic paint on railings and trim for contemporary dazzle
• High-gloss paints lend a lacquered, nautical look
  
  

And don’t be afraid to mix up textures and finishes! Pairing a sand float stucco finish on exterior walls with glossy black window frames makes a striking combination.

Inspiring Colour Combination Ideas

If you’re feeling stuck on colour choices for your home exterior, look to these tried-and-true combinations for inspiration:

Pale Blue-Gray and White

A cool, misty blue-grey hue on siding or stucco walls makes the perfect backdrop for crisp, bright white accents. This scheme has an elegant, beachy vibe.

Chocolate Brown and Turquoise

Deep chocolate or coffee brown exterior walls pop against vibrant turquoise on the front door, window frames, and trim. The dynamic colour contrast evokes Southwestern desert architecture.

Neutral Gray and Sage Green

Earthy sage green energises cool grey walls, creating an organic yet refined colour scheme. Use colourful landscaping to continue the nature-inspired look.

Beige and Terra Cotta

Warm beige exterior walls coordinate seamlessly with terracotta orange accents in a harmonious Tuscan-inspired colour palette.

Hiring Professional Painters for Best Results

While a simple repainting project can potentially be a DIY job for a homeowner, complicated exterior painting is often best left to skilled professionals. Professional painters and contractors have the expertise to:

• Recommend the most suitable exterior paints and finishes
• Have scaffolding and staging equipment to paint safely at heights
• Prepare surfaces correctly through pressure washing, scraping, sanding etc
• Master complicated application techniques like faux finishes
• Achieve clean, consistent coverage across large areas
• Finish jobs efficiently while protecting landscaping and property
  
  

Investing in high quality professional painting services always pays dividends through enhancing your home value and setting your property apart through beautiful curb appeal.

Finding a Professional Painting Contractor

When hiring professional painters for exterior home painting projects, look for licensed and insured contractors with specialised skills and great reviews. Reputable professional painters and contractors will:

• Offer multiple references from past clients
• Have a professional online presence with photos of past projects
• Employ expert painters that have years of on-the-job training
• Use high quality brand name exterior paints and finishes
• Prepare accurate quotes for materials and total project costs
• Have availability to start your project on your scheduled timeline
  
  

Here at Borthwick Decorators, our exterior painting crews have transformed hundreds of homes with meticulous attention to detail and impeccable service. Contact us today for a complementary, no-obligation quote on your next exterior painting project.

Conclusion and Final Thoughts

A fresh coat of paint goes beyond just protecting and preserving your home’s exterior surfaces from the elements. Innovative colours and painting techniques allow you to refresh, personalise, coordinate, highlight, and modernise the curb appeal of your home.

To stay on top of the latest 2024 exterior paint colour trends, consider beautiful, versatile shades like Benjamin Moore’s Color of the Year, Blue Nova 825. For extra creativity, explore two-tone palettes, textured finishes, accent walls, and other unique application techniques professional painters can execute.

By combining colours and painting methods strategically chosen to flatter your home’s architecture, you can create a truly one-of-a-kind exterior that wows and delights. The transformed curb appeal will become a point of pride and joy for years to come. Contact Borthwick Decorators to get started designing your dream exterior paint scheme!