Exterior help - advice on siding for bow with curve wall
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Siding for a curved exterior wall (true bow window with walkout)
Comments (38)cpartist Thanks for your input. Everything is already framed and I like the layout. I bought this house knowing I would renovate and had several goals - all met with this design. 1. I saw at least 50 plans drawn with the kitchen in different locations including suggested by architects and designers on here. (not exaggerating about the number of plans - there were 3 different architects at different points and you can see all the suggestions offered on Houzz). The current location is the best compromise of location and cost without extending the house. It's 7 feet to the DR from the kitchen - I can live with that. 2. I am a bather so I want a tub in the master. There will be a linen closet in the master as well as several recessed cabinets not shown on the plan. I prefer pedestal sink to vanities as I don't like the sprawl of stuff on top of the vanity. There is not enough room in the guest bath for a bathtub - it can only be 5 feet deep without affecting the entrance to the DR. We can't change the location of the guest bath either as all the windows are already here. It could have been a little bigger if I was willing to put the laundry inside of it but I didn't want to do that. I went around and around on the guest bath with tub. In the end I decided against it for several reasons - 1. Many of my frequent guests have mobility issues that make climbing over a tub to take a shower difficult. 2. I don't have any guests who would take a bath when visiting so it seemed like another compromise I would pay for to make future buyers happy. I have a second home with a bathtub/shower combo and nobody has ever used the tub. Who knows what future buyers will want when I go to sell - if I were looking again, I would want a tub in master not guest. Maybe a family would want something different. Conventional wisdom would say people want at least 2 baths; however, I live in a city neighborhood with all old homes and most of the homes in my neighborhood, including the 4+ bedrooms, have 1.5 baths and they sell quickly. My master bath was and is on the larger side for the neighborhood. My house now has 2 baths on the main floor plus a 3/4 bath in the basement that we updated to use during the renovation. My house also has a full height second floor walk up attic so there is room to grow without adding on. I didn't expand up as I didn't want a two story home. 3. One of the goals of the project was to eliminate the narrow hall that couldn't accommodate moving furniture, a person with a walker, and the outswing doors to the basement and attic. I don't think the hallway can be narrower without looking weird or blocking doors. The new closet in the master is the second master closet - the other one is large. This is looking at the master from the new guest bath - if we were to extend the wall with the closet, I think it would crowd the bedroom doors....See MoreHelp! Need your advice on home exterior!
Comments (31)Yes, I’d do it with landscaping. If you look at that inspiration photo you just pointed, I had to look hard to even notice the change of materials on the garage, but I immediately noticed the lovely landscaping. We’re building a large house with a siding-only exterior. I sometimes second guess myself because just about every photo I see has more types of siding. Our architect assures me, though, (as does reading others comments on here) that this is a time to resist the trend, as simplicity is often better....See MoreOpinion/help/advice - exterior color
Comments (8)Here is your house with samples of tony taupe and accessible beige on it. Adding these colors seems to give your brick a cooler look. Hard to say with internet images and computer monitors. Can you take a good photo closeup of your brick to compare colors? The best thing to do is buy a couple of samples of the colors and paint up big samples on poster boards and look at them with your brick and garage doors to see how they look in natural light. In bright sunlight outdoors they could look completely different....See MoreHelp with exterior color scheme of new build and any other advice
Comments (24)Thanks for the feedback all, MB Custom especially. I’m going to try to sketch up those changes over the next couple days and get them to the builder. The only suggestion that I’m back and forth on is the doorway in the living room to the deck. I have it positioned there so that you go out under the covered portion of the deck. I know it will limit furniture position. To be honest, we aren’t really living room people. We spend our time between, kitchen, bedrooms and deck. Same with dining room. That table is more for collecting mail. It will be a small 4 person table. Regarding not making changes. I’m know I can still make changes but at the end of the day, I have 100’s of hours into this and looking at other layouts and this is the best I could do to meet our wants. My main goal with this design was to keep as much on the back of the house as I could. I’m sure I should have hired an architect but the builder seemed confident that the engineer could draw it up. I am going to try to incorporate suggestions and I’ll see what you guys think. Cheers....See Moremocxr
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