Need help updating old stone porch
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Comments (27)Thank you Jane. You have a lovely porch too. I love your willow furniture. You are lucky to have trees to shade it. Ours gets morning sun and can get quite warm very early one. One of these days we want to close in our sleeping porch off the master bedroom with storm type windows all around to make it more of a three season porch. We've not used it in years. Used to go out there in the evenings. I used Windows Paint to the above virtuals. I have an original version of PhotoShop that came with one of those pens (by Bamboo) that a friend gave to me since they already had PhotoShop. I think they run around a hundred dollars or so. I've not looked at them for a couple years now. Both Adobe and Corel have free online trials of their photo editors. I've tried them both and liked different things about each one so I never made up my mind which to buy. Now that I have the Adobe from my friend I should ask for the Corel for Christmas from my hubby....See MoreOld wood porch needs a comfortable lining/cover/mat. help?
Comments (1)well I ended up finding some vinyl or wicker type outdoor fabric which would be fantastic, it's just a lot more expensive than I would expect raw furniture fabric to be :/ so I just ended up nabbing a medium outdoor hardy area rug for a cheap price...See MoreHelp! Need to replace 17 porch windows in 100 year old home.
Comments (15)Your house is very cute and I wdon't I'll avoid anything that would change the look of that from porch to not-quite-house. NO PLASTIC. Storm windows, just to respond to other comments are an energy efficient way of not t throwing out beautiful long-lasting original windows and replacing with crap that will be in a landfill in a few years. Look for windows that are meant for 3 season porches not insulated interiors. -lots of people have them near our cabin in Maine, turn It in to a screened porch in the summer....See MoreNeed help with Old Farmhouse update.
Comments (9)Replace the brick with "some kind of brick or stone facade"?! WHOA - problem is NOT the original brick structure, its all the mishmash of the additions that dont relate to original structure thats the problem. What you propose will only just add on another layer to the mishmash. Not to mention an unnecessarily monumental and expensive task. i dont know if you have to go as far as N suggested - but certainly rethink windows (size, proportion, style), siding, etc. of the add ons so they relate better to the original. Yes architect or professional would be worth talking to - theres an art to fitting new additions to mesh well with old. You want it to relate and repeat some design elements of the original, but without attempting an exact match (not really possible.) Get colors for siding/trim that relate to ea other better, and fewer colors. The riot of colors youve got going there there - greens, yellow-beige, reds, white, brown, is too much. Simplify your palette - pull out some beiges/ buffs/grieges from the brick and stick to those. As much as I love green, that has got to go. If you use white it should be a creamier white, not a stark white. You could de-emphasize the red in your color scheme by choosing another color to paint around your windows (looks painted) and change he red trim.... but do leave the red brick... its very charming and unique and since it reads more like a brown red than the painted red trim... it relates well to your reddish brown roof (which I assume is not changing, or is it?)...See More- 11 days ago
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