Narrowboat External Paint Scheme

NB Sea Glass moored at Alderwasly

Where do you start when choosing an external paint scheme for your narrowboat?  We knew we didn't want traditional, but neither did we want garish

For us the starting point, and what made it easy, was that we'd already chosen the boat's name right at the start. She was going to be called "Sea Glass" - and that set the colour scheme from the beginning - both internal and external

Raw steel

Primed and ready for fitout

First undercoat

Fiat 500 Mint Green - the main colour chosen for the boat. Swatches from Valspar at B&Q

First coat of Mint Green paint

With a red and white bum

Salmon pink contrast for coachlines

Cream panel starts to to on

Cream anti-slip roof

Pink coachlines really set the paintwork off

Awaiting the signwriter

Sea Glass was never going to be a traditional boat, inside or out. We want her to feel tranquil and calm, but stand out from the more usual poster paint colours typically found on narrowboats 

We certainly think she will do that