unusual 1969 modern home-- input please!
I'd love some input and ideas for this amazing home my husband and I are currently under contract on (inspection went better then expected-- yay newer plumbing, newer roof and a clean septic tank bill of health. now we're just waiting on the appraisal). I've been up nights dreaming of her so please humor me and dream along with me, even if it isn't officially official YET.
This is the back of the house from the courtyard. It's a stucco and cement block home but has it's original (damaged from time and termites!) paneling. I waver between wanting to replace it with more multi color paneling or maybe wood paneling with different stains or various grain designs?
I am at a loss to what color to paint and/or re-panel the front and sides of the house... it's pretty deceptive from the front! (We really need to clear out the landscaping, too)
The kitchen is the real focal point of this amazing house-- but as you can see the white cabinets have stained over time (it really bugs me that the shade doesn't match the dishwasher). Should I take the time and spend the money to repaint it (seems like too big of a project to do myself) or just freshen things up with gold hardware and a bigger light fixture?
We'd like to update things to a point but don't want to take away the heart and cozy feel of the home.
OH! There are also these french doors that lead from what will be my daughters room outside. No thank you. Should we just make it into a wall with a window? Or replace with another solid door?
Thanks in advance for any advice or opinions :)
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Jollie Kaye
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoIt is pink-- very Florida, though most of the exterior front is a dark green and tan. I am at such a loss as to how I want to paint the exterior, I'm sure once we've done some landscaping and lived with the house a bit we'll get some better ideas as to what we want to do. Right now I'm really liking the look of painted stucco with wood paneling accents and keeping the court yard multicolored and fun (especially since the courtyard is so visible from the kitchen and family room). Here's a picture of the family room (it's the room the stairs from the kitchen lead down to)-- the back of the house is very open and there's lots of views of the courtyard.
We actually have a library-- separate from her room's "study". Her room was three tiny rooms when the house was originally built so now it's a long sort of three section room with the entrance room leading into the area where the bed is that leads to her study (pictured in the main post). She's 2 so my main concern now is people getting in, later when she's 13 I think our main concern will be her using it as her escape route (I snuck out A TON when I was a teenager). The doors from the study don't lead out to the yard, but instead lead out to the side of the driveway-- would work great if she's still living with us in college and needs her own entrance/exit We were tempted to use her room as the master but man... there's a porch off the master bedroom that is just too sweet to pass up:
The office/library is a bit of a concern as well. Our goal is to have an office/guest room. I'm thinking of putting a murphy bed in place of some of the shelves on one side of the room but because this room was originally two rooms there's an awkward bit that sticks out between the two windows where I think the desk should go.
I'm thinking of removing the wall of shelves from the longer wall here for the murphy bed
since there are still tons of shelves on this side. This picture shows the division in the room that makes putting a desk under those windows awkward. It's such a special house, I can't wait to live in a bit and have it help me figure out what to do with it!
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