Exterior Makeover Help Needed
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Beach Cottage Needs Exterior Paint Makeover: Help!
Comments (0)At a loss here, folks! I'm terrible at visualizing and gave up on trying to sketch in colors myself on the Ben Moore or Sherm Williams websites. Would loooovveeee if someone out there could give it a whirl! Kindly seeking your suggestions for body and trim colors for this waterfront beach house in a New England fishing community. Neighboring home is brown cottage (see pic) and would love to somehow tie two homes together, but without making the main house brown. Most homes are weathered shingles..grey, dull. Would like to stay with light, warm colors...no yellows or blues. Thanks in advance....See MoreNEED HELP! Outdated exterior needs modern makeover!!
Comments (6)If your budget is limited to maybe paint and column wraps I would do the columns, but probably not with a Craftsman style which doesn't really work with the house. A beefier square column, painted the trim color would work. I would look at painting the shutters a color other than brown. Right now the entire house is monotone. A bright color on the front door to make it a focal point (I like the teal chair color for the front door)....See MoreHelp! Exterior makeover ideas. Redoing doors, windows & Hardie board!
Comments (2)Which door is the front door? I think it would be nice if one door stood out as the front and the walkway went directly to that door....See MoreExterior makeover help please!!
Comments (13)One thing I like about the planter is it gives a long, level baseline for plants, rather than your slope. I'd try to keep it, or reconstruct something similar. It doesn't look like you have enough width there to do shrubs, so plant it with soft/easy perennials like the decorative switchgrasses (the shorter ones, not the taller varieties), rudbeckia, shorter goldenrods, etc. Cut them all to the ground in spring just before growing season -- simple. The shrubs along the side of the drive look like they might be nice to keep, just need a little weeding. I don't know about adding a fence behind them. If you keep most of them a fence would not be visually necessary. I like a nice generous landing. Could yours be extended out along the house, maybe to just beyond the first set of windows? Looks like you can't go out into the drive much, or you'd interfere with cars using the garage. For paint colors, I like a nice bright front door. Just about any color would work for yours. I also like it when the garage doors and side doors are painted to blend in rather than stand out. So I'd choose a medium tan-ish color. Again, let the front door be the thing that draws the eye, not the garage doors or side door....See More- 20 days ago
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