Help!!! Need Suggestions for Home Exterior Project!
Sheri
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6 years agoSheri
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Need suggestions to improve exterior of house
Comments (4)Your house, a mid-century ranch, has once again become a very desireable and fashionable style. It wouldn't take much to spruce yours up and make it look fresh. The first thing I'd think about is paint. The all-white look makes your house appear boring and a bit dead. Some colour would definitely give your house a lift. Why not think about a warm grey shade, or perhaps an adobe colour for the main body of the house with a very dark brown on the roof trim. Those colours would work well with the brick and add some definition. The dark paint along the roof would play up the roof angles and add some linear definition. The brick veneer is in keeping with the style of the house, and also appropriate to its period. I'd think carefully before deciding to remove it. The metal framed windows, while lacking much character or depth, are also appropriate to the house. If you need to replace them, I'd look for similar metal-framed windows in either a horizontal sliding configuration or casements. Vinyl windows aren't really appropriate to the style or period of the house. The next thing I'd do is work on the landscaping. Get rid of the tall jungle at the front. You really want to accentuate the horizontal. Low-growing swaths of shrubs and ground cover with a strategically placed multi-trunked tree or small grouping of trees (think palms, perhaps -- or something else with interesting branching) to provide a pleasant asymetrical balance might be good. While the circular drive was probably fashionable at the time your house was built, they are no longer in vogue. I'd think about jack-hammering it up and replacing it with a simple drive (perhaps exposed aggregate concrete) to the garage and some sort of landscaping. Play up the mid-century styling of your house. Don't try to change it to something it's not. Simple clean lines are the key. You might want to look for a few books specializing in this genre of house. There are a number out there. Your house has a strong resemblance to the Eichler style. There quite a few books on Eichler homes. You might also want to look at the link below for book available from Amazon on Ranch houses. You may find inspiration amongst its pages. Here is a link that might be useful: Ranch House Style...See MoreNeed suggestions for exterior colour palette of country house
Comments (13)No, stay away from those mauve-dusty pinks! Rather than focussing on specific shades right now, look at lots of pictures of houses with red roofs. Save all the ones you are attracted to to an ideabook. Then go through your ideabook and look for common themes. You need inspiration and a vision vmbefore you start trying to narrow down a bazillion colours. Also, body = the main walls, trim = the wood around windows and doors (and possibly fascia, porch posts, and the board between first and second story whose name I can't remember at the moment) accent = possibly window frames, planters, window boxes A very broad rule of thumb is 60% of the house will be main colour 30% will be trim colour and 10% will be accent colour but that of course depends on the style of the architecture....See More1985 house HELP I need suggestions on exterior paint colors
Comments (2)It's a great house. These 'shed' houses look best to me monochromatic- I would paint everything (except the stone) Sherwin Williams Black Fox or Urbane Bronze. When you can afford it the deck handrails could use updating ( I would replace some sections with stadium stairs and others with glass). Otherwise punch up the landscaping a bit and you are good to go. The pine next to the house is so pretty, I don't love the cedar between the garage and the entrance, it looks like it is in the way?...See MoreDesperately need suggestions for exterior house color
Comments (7)the rendering came from our builder Ask them for some color renderings to help with your decision. It's just a few mouse clicks in the software they are using. And if it's an option, have them double the size of those columns....See MoreDenita
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