Need help with exterior of new home!
We built a garage with an apartment above it and are getting ready to build the main house. We have plans, but need help deciding how to finish the exterior. A photo of the garage and a rendering of the house plan are below. We are really happy with the garage and are going to use the same galvanized, standing seam roof and red stucco on the main body of the house. The question is what to do with the chimney, and the entry and deck area on the right. That side is set in 4' from the main house, and the deck extends another 4' out from there. One thought is to use the galvanized siding from the garage for the inset area and stone for the chimney. Another is to use the galvanized siding on the chimney and something else for the inset area; maybe horizontal wood siding, stone or something we haven't considered. We would really appreciate any suggestions to help us decide!
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6 years agoGo with Stone!
I like what they did here:
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But I prefer this type of stone for your project:
Barn Raising · More InfoYou want a stone with cool undertone and some of the stones could be slightly darker. Just to make sure: Is your garage a warmer gray? (roof and siding look like a cooler gray).
Once you find the stone, post it here.
For the inset area, I prefer the galvanized siding but for some reason, if you use stone, it will not bother me (Look at the first pic).
I also think that you should do something with the chimney top, but could not find the pic that I had in mind.
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Comments (13)Maybe the door would be good in red? But I always think that. Still.... Or how about a teal or soldier blue door? It's a cute, cute house. Maybe that horizontal rod going across the storm door is removable. I've had storms like that. If you could take the cross piece off, it would let the nice wood door show better. And the light that awmo3 posted would look great on your house. A variegated red-twig dogwood would be good, maybe on the left hand corner. They have nice bright red stems in the winter. (Oh-oh....there I go again with the red.) I'm in zone 4. My dogwoods are the nicest color I can have in the winter. Otherwise it's pretty blah in the middle of winter. You might also consider some Annabelle hydrangeas. They are so pretty in the summer and have a nice old-fashioned look. If you want to, you can leave the big pom-pom flowers on all winter and cut them back in the early spring. The blooms turn rusty brown color and it gives you something out there in the winter. And also one or two small evergreen shrubs would be nice out there so you have some dark green color during the winter. Then plant some daylillies and some asiatic lillies for summer color. If you expand those planting beds out a ways so they are deeper, and make them a curvy shape, that will add to the look too. If you leave the stained porch as it is, you could get some golden or medium brown cedar mulch for the garden and that will tie the porch color into the landscaping....See MoreHELP!!! New home: Need so much new stuff and area rug help!
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PRO6 years agoWell...here's an example of a single flue, but it could also encompass a double flue, it that's a preference you have. This is a Modern house, probably by Richard Meier if my guess is correct. The important thing, however, is simply to focus on the exterior form of the fireplace and exposed metal flue. If this was my house, I'd make the exterior fireplace material from cement plaster and consider painting it to be harmonious with the garage.
In this photo, do you see how unified and harmonious all of the exterior is by simply using one major material to envelope all of the various shapes and forms and uniting them? Less is truly more, especially when the forms are varied and dynamic!
Hope this helps!
For those who don't appreciate Modernism or the International Style, simple put your hands over your eyes...it will soon all pass from your memory!- 6 years ago
"I seldom disagree with Naf Naf"
Awe :)
Most of the times I agree with you, too.
I messed up, didn't I?
To defend the undefendable :) I just thought that all the finishes were too smooth: stucco, metal and more metal. Too much metal, and maybe, just maybe, adding a bit of texture could be of benefit in this case. I was not going by the book. I was not introducing more colors, just a bit of texture and there are no trims, the whole concept is clean. Even the roof and fascia are the same color of the siding, so, possible it could handle some stone, specially at the chimney.
Different style but I know a few architects in this forum considered this one, well done, and they used 4 colors and 5 materials
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