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Black windows will (have) date(d) and unless you are going genuinely modern (thin aluminium glazing and no period features) won’t really gel.
There are some really nice details on your house and you could aim for something that as a foot in the current and the houses past by picking dark versions of period colours.
Assume you are making the correct choice and going for wood windows so I’d suggest a dark grey green for the woodwork and maybe a light version for the masonry.
You could build meter and bin storage and paint it a dark to match to make the front coherent.There was a nice Homerton house which had no original features so the owners rolled with it and had thin black aluminium windows and it was dead nice, but I can't find it atm (it was on TMH a couple of years back).
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I like black window frames and think they'd be nicely set off by a white finish.
Splashing out for arches on the second floor would take it to the next level (sorry). -
I reckon black , and more specifically anthracite uPVC will age and date a period house quickly. On trend atm, but likely to look dated fairly fast.
How long are you going to be in the house? If it's for a few years then I don't think it matters as much. If you plan to stay for decades, then it does.
If it is to be uPVC, the flush windows look way better than the more old fashioned frames. Simple square edge frames are also better looking than sculpted or bevelled profiles. If it has to be dark colours proper ral 9005 black will look way better than anthracite imo.
I think there are other ways of adding contrast colour wise too . For example the parts of your front that are currently white in the pic
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having the front of my house done in the next month or so with new double glazing to go in ,
and wondered if i could ask some design help
a house opposite has a really nice black and white theme going on and i'm hoping to copy it to a degree.
what are peoples thoughts on the black double glazing ?
here's the house opposite
and here's mine with no third storey obvs
is black double glazing a good idea or will it date / age more easily ? and where could i add the black areas to mine to make it look slightly nicer ? would it work with such a simple front, the other house has lots of features, the third storey, pipework, the bay window, which all help, will there be enough places to go black to make it look decent ?
i'm aiming for a modern look if that makes any difference
any ideas very welcome ... including alternative colours, anything really, front door has already had a few coats of black gloss applied but thought i might wait till the cement work is done before i finish it
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