Exterior help! Looking to improve the exterior of home (porch, etc)
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Comments (15)Thanks all! Ok, so no shutters. Got it! 1 less project ;) And we are actually fog coating with that beige color stucco. No paint. I do love the mock up of the darker color! But I wanted a lighter color for hopefully keeping the house cooler. I would have loved off-white but afraid of looking dirty. I’m happy with the color. Need to get the other 3 sides fog coated now. And I think I like the darker brown trim along the roofline too. Our windows are brown/bronze so I think that’s a nice compliment. But I’m still unsure about the trim around the garage and front doors. I like the idea of a lighter color (grey/green or a greige) there. Something that will compliment the house & the landscaping which will have all shades of green. And also my teal/turquoise pots (that I don’t have yet). I’m trying to get it to have a Mediterranean feel even though I know it’s not a Mediterranean style. ;) But I’m having a hard time envisioning the grey/green or greige trim. Can anyone mock that up? Any other thoughts on the trim? Here’s a pic of our front entry. It’s a work in progress! But you can see the trim. And clearly I need to tile the floor but we might extend it a bit. I’m thinking travertine. It was a very 70s dark brown time with flowers (?!?). We’re getting there! Thanks all! Keep the ideas coming please :) Love them!...See Morewhat can we do to improve the exterior of our house?
Comments (21)you'd have to do some samples, but you could do a darker charcoal that leans toward brown. I do like the lime wash look, but your home is more mcm so I'd do a solid color. I would totally go with the med century vibe of your home and run with it. Unless you think a neutral charcoal color (like in the pics) would work w/your roof. look at this one! it's similar to yours. (notice the porch post size) This is more of a deep charcoal brown like some of the following shades. I'm loving the stone pathway, the light, and the 3 colors they used here. and here is one w/lighter brown tones (with that natural cedar/redwood accents). I put your home in this picture so you can imagine how these colors would look w/your home. so these are darker charcoal tones that lean on the brown side. (And don't forget, in bright sunlight darker colors will look lighter. But don't be afraid to do some testing samples too!) Black Fox is another one, but any of these other 4 on this palette could work: very dark charcoal, almost black, with bluer undertones. If it's possible to do the slat wood around your front door, on the porch area, I think it would look great love your door, your pendant and your address plaque! I'd think about bringing in a larger, more modern post where your downspout is. just look at the painted brick (Romabio) and the porch post. this look is a farmhouse Ranch, not the mcm of your home. this one has a metal roof too. notice the porch post. maybe do something like this in either a darker wood or a white. you can DIY it w/a vinyl wrap Or, look at how they did these posts. Perfect for the look of your house. Get a cool door knob like they have on their door! and notice the charcoal color vertical slats. also an idea.(I like this porch post for your home) this is also Romabio, but I wanted you to see how they did the flower bed. you could easily do this under your windows. low maintenance and an easy/cheap DIY You could also use the brown or black mulch if you can't do the pebble rock but the black mulch or pebble rock looks really cool, especially against the slat wood! this is so cool looking With your large windows in front, this would look really cool...See MoreExterior help needed / shingles, house, door colours etc
Comments (14)Creative Visual Concepts, Kevin Strader Thank -you! I will check your site out tonight! Since we are looking at everything, I want to take the opportunity to make the decisions that will work together best, rather than pick a favourite shingle and when I finally decide on colour/garage door regret I didn't go browner/grayer etc. celerygirl Thank-you. Keeping the columns saves a few pennies for other fun projects! We are struggling with how light/dark to do the house and what colour - or even if it should be more than one. Do we paint the bands to match the stucco, or keep them as an accent. Garage door light/dark/wood. The prevailing colour of the all stucco houses here are various shades of beige, with some people now re-doing into various shades of gray. Is there a better look than all one colour of beige/gray? Right now the section where the front door is matches the columns. My inclination remains to maybe keep this section a different colour from the rest of the house (But keep the columns matching the body of the house?) Could this other colour carry onto the 2nd storey portion of the house as well? Or the front of the garage?...See MoreHow can we improve exterior of our house?
Comments (20)I'm fine with all of it—cute house. Love the roofline of the main house section. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the gabled section to the right. I don't think it matches the quality of the rest, perhaps because the window seems as though it's not the right proportion and the white siding on the gable seems like the "wrong" material. The whole front of that gabled section looks like it could use more "depth", but I'm not up to explaining how. Maybe a tad more roof protruding? If it were my $50k, I would focus on this gabled section. Start by doing something different with that window. @Beth has a photo using an arched window in that section. Something like that would enhance the Spanish-American feel. If you were stuck for $$$$ to enhance this gabled section (i.e. if you can't afford a bigger window, you could fill the space better by putting shutters on that window, as in some of the examples ^^^^. I like the green/blue color, but that's not to everyone's taste. The garage door doesn't match the rest of the quality IMO, but there are good suggestions ^^^ about how to address that....See MoreRelated Professionals
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