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Entry Exterior Suggestions.... Anyone have brick/shingle siding?

14 years ago

We are looking at our entry and are just playing with the idea of changing it to shingle/siding on the gable and maybe beams below? I am also including our original inspiration pics which were all brick homes. We have shingle/siding on the dormers and on a large single dormer in the back...

Anyone have pics of a shingle siding and brick home? Thoughts?

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eventhecatisaboy
14 years ago
Your house looks like it is going to be beautiful! It reminds me of a house near me that has stucco and stone. Have you thought about that look? Or brick with stucco on the dormers? Just a suggestion. Also do a search for some of the homes on this site that have examples of the Nichia(?)siding. You might get some ideas from those posts too.

I did find one picture of a stone and shingle sided home. Different style of home, but at least you can see the shingle siding and brick mix. Once you click on the link, click on the pic then scroll through the other photos and you will see a close up example of the front exterior.

Here is a link that might be useful: Shingle/Brick example
jeniferrlynne
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for the kind words. My heart is typically drawn to one allover exterior, but am now fearing a brick entry would be overkill. Curious as to what a shingle/siding entry might look like as we are doing shingle siding on the dormers.

I tried to repost with a different title but it may have gotten deleted. I have always love the cottage cedar shake look but was fearful of using in oklahoma. No one does it here unless you are in a historical district(like soonermagic) I wasn't crazy about doing a brick home with rock entry which everyone does here. I just couldn't fit the rock in with what I had in my mind. I guess I am still trying to find a cottage/beach house/hampton vibe in there somewhere....
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