Design magazines and websites are chock full of articles that claim to tell you which trends are “in” right now for exterior design. Unfortunately, reading these articles almost never leaves you more informed than you were before. In order to help our customers better understand siding trends in Edmonton, we counted up all of our siding projects in 2020 and broke them all down by primary colour.
These are all full siding renovation projects local to the Edmonton area completed within the last 12 months. The designs were selected by the actual homeowner, not a builder or designer that wouldn’t be living in the home. What could be a better indicator of what colours are on trend for siding in Edmonton?
The stats
This chart shows the colours of siding that we installed in 2020. Each section of the pie-chart is colour coded to the colour family of the project. For example, the blue section of the chart represents all the blue projects we worked on.
The top 5 siding colours in edmonton
Light to Medium gray - 23%
The most popular colours for us in 2020 were light to medium grays. Whether you choose to accent your gray siding with white or black accents, you will definitely be on trend! (Whether you are someone that wants to be on trend or not, this is good to know.)
Part of the reason that the lighter grays are more popular right now might have something to do with the fact that James Hardie finally added 4 of them to their colour palette for Alberta. Before then, anyone that chose a James Hardie siding package didn’t even have the option of a lighter gray!
Blue - 21%
Blues have been extremely popular in Edmonton going back decades, and they’re still well loved today! If you want to make sure that your design is trendy but timeless, a medium blue might be your best bet.
White - 17%
One of the trendiest design styles in home improvement today is Modern Farmhouse. This style is meant to be minimalist, and relies primarily on white materials. To some degree, black and natural wood colours can be incorporated as well.
The vast majority of the white siding projects that we installed in 2020 were Modern Farmhouse exteriors.
Dark Gray - 11%
Gray siding is so popular right now that even if we break out the dark grays on their own, they still end up in the top 5!
Dark grays have been very trendy in Edmonton over the past 10 years or so. The fact that some manufacturers have recently introduced more medium grays to their colour offerings might have something to do with the relative decline of darker grays.
Green - 11%
Green is solidly in the middle class of siding colours in Edmonton. It’s not popular enough that it’s over used, but still one of the more common colour families out there.
The downside to green siding is that it’s a less versatile colour choice. Green tends to clash with most other colour families, so thoughtful design is crucial when selecting a green siding colour.