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curb appeal for our split level photos!

14 years ago

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melah
Original Author
14 years ago
thanks everyone for helping me figure this out!
so i accidently posted one pic twice oops! :)
the pic of the small building is in our back yard, it's my studio, which i love, love the colors the trim everthing!
i really love the whole back yard.. tropical landscaping, i love the stone gray colored patio and light gray deck... we spend all summer outside entertaining so i want the house to reflect that too...
so i want to keep the house similar in feel, only two neighbors have dark brown houses...

we need to keep the trim white b/c of the gutters.
and i would like to add some architectural details that will reflect the dutch colonial aspect without breaking the bank!
thanks so much!!!
justgotabme
14 years ago
melah, you have a wonderful home and how lucky to have a studio separate from the house!
As for the garage I'd stain it in a brownish-red to match the brick on the lower part of the house as best as you can adding shutters to the garage and two windows on the front of the house that don't have them currently.
The porch furniture would show up better if it were painted white, light gray or possibly black.
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awm03
14 years ago
Apologies for the crude rendering, but here's your house with the studio colors and a darker brown for shutters & garage door. It's not very polished, but it might give you some ideas to adopt or reject. I love painted brick, but thought yours worked well with the browns and grays.
dilly_dally
14 years ago
I do not see a sidewalk to the porch steps. How do your guests enter? Where do they park? Even if NOBODY ever uses the porch steps it would be better for curb appeal to at least have a flagstone or Lannon stone curved walkway going from it. Fill in the area in front of the brick with more planting coming further out and extend them all the way to the driveway instead of stopping at the garage window.
lyfia
14 years ago
You don't appear to have very much gutter. Is it aluminum? If so I would just paint it the same color as the trim. I've painted that several times and not had an issue.

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