help! need curb appeal for my 1950s split level
Jennifer
6 years ago
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Split Level Needs Curb Appeal
Comments (2)Speaking as a landscaper ... remove the dying hedge between the driveway and the house. The shrubs to the left of the door look OK. The white, tan and brick color scheme is anemic. For fastest improvement, paint the shutters, any other trim, porch columns and the garage door a rust you select from the bricks. That will make the garage door less prominent and tie the parts together. Railings would make the porch area more emphatic, but they also restrict traffic to a skinny strip. I would make a larger entry area/path (of brick laid on sand?) that is outside that skinny concrete strip. Make it big enough to sit on, put plants on, and handle a group of carolers at Christmas. Post this in the Design section of the garden forum and you will get some advice on improving the landscaping. For starters, like a house starts decorating at the entry hall, landscapes start at the curb....See MoreHelp!! Split level home needs serious exterior updating & curb appeal
Comments (15)Budget and building codes permitting, you could recreate your entry. You might ... Remove the first floor roof from above the front stoop -- everything from the brick to the garage. Create a new forward facing gable roof over that area beginning at the ridge of the upstairs -- at least at that height or even above it -- and extending the roof of that forward facing gable to a point at least twelve feet in front of the downstairs exterior wall. About six feet of this will be your new front entry foyer with your front door moved to the new exterior wall facing the road. The rest will be your new front porch. Alternately, you could extend the forward facing gable roof only six or eight feet beyond the front exterior of your home to create your new entry foyer and then add a shed roof with two hip corners for your new front porch. You'll be enlarging the upstairs room on the left by extending the floor of that upstairs room into the vaulted ceiling space above your new porch; then you can move the original window to that new upstairs exterior wall of your forward facing gable. What front door and front porch post style you use will help define/redefine you home. You could also add an arbor across your garage that coordinates with the posts you use for your new porch....See MoreCurb Appeal help for 1950's brick ranch
Comments (33)Wow thank you all for the awesome feedback! So far I think my favorite ideas are darker roof, darker shutters on just the two smaller windows (removing them on the picture window), stained garage door, staining our original door a bit darker, and maybe a portico style that has the open rafter look with a shallower peak (larger than a 90 degree angle). We definitely need a path to the driveway and not the street, as our subdivision has no sidewalks. I would love to see some landscaping ideas with more grasses and smaller shrubs, as I think anything too big swallows up the house. Thank you all again, these visuals and ideas are so helpful! Oh, and I would love to see the trim color a bit darker, maybe pulling a grey color from the stone-work. What do you all think?...See MorePlease help with split level curb appeal
Comments (9)Great house but the foundation is really ugly and the one supporting the brick columns between the scalloped fencing seems silly. So, there's a big demo project right off the bat, along with the mushroom shrubs that are failing to adequately hide the foundation. Looks like you have some vestigial elements on the side that need to go as well: the skinny walk to the gate and the shutters on the window you're concerned about and the large window. Since there is no garage, I would be tempted to remove the front parking pad and develop a garage or carport in the same MCM vibe on the side if you can gain permission to put a drive there. That might be a way you can recycle the brick columns. You already have a door on the side, so it makes more sense to come in on a daily basis through that door. It will also allow for totally new landscaping and better curb appeal in front of the home....See MoreJennifer
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