Re-cladding ideas for our 1970s shed style
Jane H
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Comments (57)I read and understand that I've no idea about seventies. Probably because our seventies were your fifties and sixties.. So I associate seventies with mid century modern. That's why I like it actually-reminds me of childhood. eighties-yes, I already remember some shift..but probably toward eighties? I never saw colored fixtures until I came here..so to me this is like, wow, cool. Our current house was built either 68 or 70. It's a ranch. A Spanish ranch. I really love it. Even though I struggled with having standard ceilings in most of the house..that's because our standard ceilings were minimum a foot higher than standard ceilings here..and we lived with even higher ceilings, older houses, built pre-war etc. So that part was really new to me. Luckily previous homeowners put some skylights in. And we also put one in our addition. Totally changes your perception of height. And I also painted the ceilings the color of the walls, each room..or rather the proportion of the color that would look like it's the color of the wall. Makes it less ..white lid effect. Less oppressing. Also added layered lighting everywhere, including central lights-although many advise against it since it accentuates ceiling is low? Well I didn't find it being true, at all. You have focal point, instead of just staring at the ceiling..it breaks it..takes your attention off the height. Some things are strange or I dislike regardless the decade..say we were choosing bathroom fixtures etc and saw a stainless steel toilet, for 800 or so I think? in one of the stores It's an exact copy of what they used to have in prisons. I couldn't believe my eyes. I still laugh when I think of that toilet..really? But probably someone who doesn't have other cultural associations finds it cool? If it's being manufactured? And costs 800 bucks, at that? As for depressing colors..it's very personal, really. And cultural too I guess, to some degree. Every color has a potential to be happy or sad..some have bigger potential to alternate between both, like yellow. It's like, in some countries black is associated with mourning. And in others, white is. I heard a story somewhere about a cruise ship from here that went to Far East..maybe China, but I'm not sure? Most of the passengers happily wore white-very summer-y color..and then they boarded..and then locals looked at them in a very very strange way..they didn't understand why so many people are dressed like they're going to a funeral, but have such wide smiles..:)...See MoreNeed help with ideas of how to re-side our new house
Comments (34)I wouldn't call this a real Tudor, more a mish-mosh with some Tudor trim. That is why it doesn't look "right" to you (or me). Half-hearted gables, the door is wrong and lacks importance, it altogther seems not graceful. If you don't want to pull off the faux half-timbers, you could paint them out -- make them fade into the overall siding. You need to decide which direction you want to go -- I think there might be things you could do to "fix" the Tudor look to an extent -- changing the dark paint in the gables would be a start, maybe adding another texure (stone or brick) around the door area. As many have mentioned above, the right color scheme can make a huge difference. My inclination would to go in a direction that might suit the overall shape of the house a bit better though. Your roof's shade of brown is not a bad one and can work with several greens, blues, reds and, of course, neutrals including a few grays. You are lucky that you can paint which gives you infinite color choices. If you don't want the color to pop too much because you are close to the street, choose a muted tone. There are lots of gray- blues, blue-grays, green-grays that would lighten up the house but not be too strong....See MoreMatching Siding to 1970’s Orange Multi-colored Brick
Comments (24)Alot of people probably agree with Chloe, but I still think if you can have a green lawn next too a home, the color of the gold/green is a way to bring a bit more color to the home and it blends well, and gives you a way to bring at least a bit of another hue into the home structure. <James Hardie Lap Siding Mountain Sage, Tuscon Gold Straight Edge Shake, Kirkwood MO> This is not a link, but if you type this into a search bar on your computer, you will see a home that has 2 shades of siding. I think it closely resembles the shade of your brick, the white windows you have, and the Sage green color that is complimentery to your home. However, as this is a brick home, I think the way the light reflects off the brick allows you to use the Green gold color that was posted above, with nearly the same result, because the white bricks do not make your house as dark as if it was all the gold color in your bricks. Either way, you will see this home, which has the Tuscon gold color on the upper eave of it and the Mountain Sage on the first story and 2nd story, with white windows which you have. This home has black shutters. With the varied materials of brick, siding, windows, garage door, porch covered, I don't think your home needs shutters at all. But it does show, that if you wanted too, I think your existing porch iron work could be painted black...but your garage and your 2nd story should be the same color of green. Good luck. At least you have a home in excellent shape with a beautiful yard to enjoy, regardless. Just very important to make your home look just right. I think you have enough input to make a decision you will be happy with.http://www.stlsidingpros.com/hardie-siding-2/ If this link works, scroll down to the 2nd row which is like 4 thumbnails below the large picture at the top of the page. This would be the 3rd house from the left. Now I see you have the fabric color close too or near a sage green in your curtains, it appears on your lower level. That is one way to see how nice that hue, or the gold green hue(again, because of your lighter color bricks too)would look very nice on your home exterior....See Morekeep or change 1970s colonial color palette
Comments (12)I would keep the body color close to what you have now except less yellow because of the brick or stone (whatever it is) on the first floor. I can't get behind painting brick or stone unless it's really unattractive. However, if it's only on the front where we can see it, it wouldn't be as bad an idea to paint it (if it's brick) since there isn't that much of it. I don't know that I would remove the shutters. There is a lot of empty space in the middle of the second story that would look worse without the shutters. But your porch definitely needs help like Lyn said. If you have a neutral body color and a brown/gray roof almost any color would work for the shutters and door. I like very dark colors for shutters and doors (black, charcoal, dark green, navy) but some people are doing lighter colors like Lyn suggested. Be careful with blues. The brick is a warm color and blues can be cool which wouldn't work. The color Lyn suggested looks nice. What do you like?...See MoreBeverlyFLADeziner
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