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Keeping Up with Color Trends with Variform Vinyl Siding and Ply Gem Accents and Accessories
The Variform brand of vinyl siding offers tried and true solutions for pros, with a comprehensive offering of vinyl siding and accessory solutions that work seamlessly together to transform the home exterior. Variform offers a curated range of vinyl siding options, including trending styles, profiles and an array of colors, specifically tailored to meet the needs and preferences of today’s homeowners. What’s even better, all Variform collections seamlessly integrate with Ply Gem shutters, accessories and accents, offering a streamlined option for completely coordinated exteriors.
Even with all of these options, it can be hard for homeowners to know what colors go well together or to visualize the final product on different architectural styles. Below is a resource to share with homeowners struggling to step out of the box with their design and to help them meet current color trends.
The Palettes
The Sherwin-Williams 2024 color trend report – Anthology: Volume One – broke down trending colors in four categories. Blues and greens, reds and purples, deeps and darks, and delicate tints. As a leader in color, these trends extend far beyond interior paint choices and can be used to inform exterior color palettes, as well.
Blues and greens
The garage door on this 70s-style house demands attention; while the combination of inconsistent detail elements prevent it from claiming a true style. Adjusting siding profiles, incorporating cool blue siding and adding a brick entrance column offsets the large garage door and brings balance to the look of this house.
(Variform Vortex Extreme Siding in Savannah Blue, Variform Board + Batten Siding in Silver Mist, Variform Fascia and Soffit in Sandy Tan)
The overall look of this home is unified through its use of complementing stone and siding colors. The natural green hues offset each other enough to provide visual interest while maintaining a cohesive and subtle look that compliments the surroundings.
(Variform Vortex Extreme and Board + Batten Siding in Irish Thistle, Variform Heritage Cedar in Spanish Olive, Variform Fascia and Soffit in Dover White, Ply Gem Stone Shadow Ledgestone)
While it lacks discernible style and detail, the primary challenge with this home is the scale and balance of its components — such as the disproportionately large half-round window. Simply adding accessory details to the gables and mixing siding styles assigns character and helps this newly created Victorian exterior to extend a warm welcome to guests. Keeping the siding tones muted with these grey-green tones allows the trim details to stand out.
(Variform Board + Batten and Heritage Cedar Siding in Flint, Variform Fascia and Soffit in Dover White, Ply Gem Stone Brick)
By adding two gables to the roofline and a front porch, this house is thoroughly transformed. Incorporating a cool neutral color palette in various textures and tapered column bases completes the Craftsman style.
(Variform Heritage Cedar in Spanish Olive, Variform Board + Batten in Irish Thistle, Variform Fascia and Soffit in Dover White, Ply Gem Stone Shadow Ledgestone)
Reds and Purples
A mix of colors and siding profiles completely transform this once forgettable-looking home into an enviable Craftsman. The addition of stone columns, along with a railing application, creates a stylish front porch. The red accent siding and front door paired with neutral primary siding and trim creates an inviting and warm exterior.
(Variform Vortex Extreme in Stone Mountain Clay, Variform Heritage Cedar in Sedona Red, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Briarwood, Ply Gem Railing in Khaki, Ply Gem Stone Ridgestone)
Simple structural enhancements and a pop of maroon in the shutters can have a dramatic effect. A front porch extends a welcome entry, while a second-story gable breaks up the roofline on this boxy 70s Colonial. Siding materials, windows, shutters and colors work together to create an eye-catching result.
(Variform Heritage Cedar Twilight Shadow, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Dover White, Ply Gem Raised Panel Shutters in Winestone, Ply Gem Shadow Ledgestone)
Or, go bold. This red works perfectly to vividly change the personality of this Colonial home with red siding and elaborately-trimmed windows and front door. The finished look is perfect for making a statement while keeping the classic charm of the home style.
(Variform Vortex Extreme in Sedona Red, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Dover White, Ply Gem Trim and Mouldings Window, Door Surround and Garage Moulding)
Deeps and Darks
The addition of a gable over the entry incorporates the porch into the main body of the house, while the stone delivers a vintage façade. The dark, shingle-style siding helps enhance the architecture and blend with its natural surroundings.
(Variform Heritage Cedar in Teak, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Dover White, Ply Gem Stone in Shadow Ledgestone, Ply Gem Railing in White)
The newly added gables play a role in the transformation of this house. Then through color, as well as pairing stone with board and batten siding and shutters, this beautiful exterior has become a model for others in the neighborhood. Sometimes, adding deep and dark colors can be through simple additions like accent siding or shutters.
(Variform Board + Batten in Flint, Variform Vortex Extreme in Pewter, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Dover White, Ply Gem Board + Batten 3-Board Open Shutters in Black, Ply Gem Stone Cut Cobblestone)
Delicate Tints
By celebrating its geometric shapes with window and door patterns, new chimney stone and a combination of horizontal and vertical siding, this house achieves a more modernized style. The selection of light tones helps to soften the sharp angles of this home.
(Variform Vortex Extreme in Sage, Variform Board + Batten in Natural Almond, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Dover White, Ply Gem Shadow Ledgestone)
This monochromatic “challenge” with plain windows and no sense of entry, lacks balance and is overwhelmed by the garage and its gables. Two different, yet color-coordinated siding profiles give this house an architecturally interesting look, while the addition of black windows with prairie grids enhances its character.
(Variform Board + Batten in Sandy Tan, Variform Vortex Extreme in Stone Mountain Clay, Variform Soffit and Fascia in Island Pearl)
This once Modern house is severely outdated and its overall appearance is lacking in warmth. The lack of windows and odd proportions present a visual challenge. To help bring balance, louvered vents were added as accents to either side of the new upper-level windows. Then, by also adding brick to the base of the house, Prairie-style architecture is introduced.
(Variform Climaforce in Silver Mist, Variform Contractor's Choice in Natural Almond, Ply Gem Stone Thin Brick)
The Ply Gem portfolio of brands offers homeowners and their contractors the opportunity to update nearly any style of home – no matter how outdated – to follow current trends and be an outward expression of personal style. Visualize the endless options on your current project through our Home Design Visualizer today!
