What Colors to Paint a Pole Barn
How to Pick the Right Colors for your Barn
When considering painting your pole barn, ask yourself these questions:
- Is it an agricultural barn?
- Should the colors match the colors of your home?
- Should I stick to the classic red and white?
- What is the purpose of your new barn?
- How will the elements effect the paint over the years?
If you can answer these questions, you should have a pretty good idea of which colors you’d like for the siding and roofing of your pole barn. Then you can have something beautiful to look at and admire for the next several decades on your property.
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Selecting your Colors
It is common for pole barns to have two different colors. One for the walls and one for the roof. If you’re using wainscot and trims with your pole barn, they should have the same color as the roof. Although, some people like to use three different colors if they have wainscot and trims, which is great.
Perhaps you only want to use one color for the trims, roof, and walls of your pole barn. If that’s the case, you could make everyone the same solid color or use different tones of the same color for the trims, roof, and walls.
Personal Preferences
Think about which colors you would like to see as your personal favorites. For example, do you enjoy looking at darker or brighter colors? How about contrasting light and dark colors?
There is really no right or wrong answer. Just consider your personal color tastes and incorporate them into the pole barn.
The Location and Purpose
The location and purpose of the pole barn should influence your color decisions. For example, you wouldn’t want red and white colors on a pole barn if it’s used as a residential garage. In that case, white and gray colors would be more appropriate. Red and white colors blend better with traditional barn usage.
In addition, it is better to have a pole barn that blends with its surroundings. So if you’re putting the barn near your house, it would be a good idea to use similar colors to those of your home. But if the barn is way out in a woodsy area away from the house, you could use red, brown, or green colors to blend it with the wilderness better.
Conclusion
Again, there are no right or wrong answers here. Perhaps you could look at photo galleries featuring other people’s pole barns to get some perspective on which colors might work best for your pole barn.
Please Note: Don’t listen to the myths about white paint colors being cheaper and dark paint colors causing roofs to get hotter. Most paint colors cost about the same per quantity. And if your roof gets hotter, it must mean you have a metal roof with no bubble vapor barrier installed underneath it. Install the bubble vapor barrier to reduce the heat because it has a foil backing that reflects heat away from the roof.
