Need Advice & Ideas Please! Variegated brown brick chalet / ranch
J C
5 years ago
We recently purchased this home and are looking to update the exterior. (we are remodeling the inside too - but I'll keep this about the exterior - lol) So I am not loving this brick, but my husband is not on board with painting it. We are looking to paint the windows, change the awful front porch / portico and replace the the back patio and front porch with new stamped concrete pads. Hubby and I can't seem to decide (or agree) on the colors of the windows. We also haven't completely decided on the style and color of stamped concrete. We are thinking a cobblestone. We would love any advice or ideas! I've been looking through some of the great advice this community has given to others and I'm blown away by how helpful this community is! This is my first time attempting to update a home to this degree. I feel like I'm in way over my head and I'm terrified I'll make a stupid decision that I'll regret. So again, any and all ideas will be greatly appreciated!
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
5 years agoYou can do a technique called German Mortar Smear. Lots of videos on how to do on YouTube
Or you can stain or white wash the brick to change the color but keep the different shades of brick.
J C
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Comments (24)Ok - I'm back, and hoping to pick your brains once again... While at a thrift store this week I stumbled across a sofa for $75 and am seriously thinking of getting it for our new home. I have it on hold now, but am wanting some opinions as to whether you think it is a style that would look well in our new living room (and what is this style of sofa actually called, BTW?), and if so, what type of chairs, rug and draperies would best go with it? My brother is inheriting almost all of my Mom's living room furniture, so, other than a vintage Indian brass coffee table of hers, I will pretty much have a blank palette to start with in that area. The sofa is in almost pristine condition - just a little piping trim on the lower part coming loose, which I'm sure can be re-glued, and a very, very slight fading on the upper rear part of the back cushions, where the sun reached. I am assuming the good condition of the sofa is due to the fact that it apparently had a slipcover on it at some point - which also is in awesome condition and was included in the price of the sofa. The sofa is a greenish-yellow pattern. Here are a couple of pics of the sofa (please excuse the photo quality and that lump of fabric piled on the sofa, which actually is the extra slipcover.) And although this isn't the actual coffee table I might pair with it, it is practically identical: This post was edited by dianelu on Sat, Jun 29, 13 at 23:33...See MorePlease Photoshop my 50s ranch!!
Comments (44)Holy smokes! I LOVE THIS FORUM! You all are so great. mjsee, seems like you know a lot about plants. You'd be an excellent person to ask what kind of plants I actually have in the yard as I haven't a clue on most. We do have a japanese maple, is that the acer palmatum you're talking about? The front yard get lots of sun, pretty much all day long, especially morning and afternoon. It faces north, north east-ish. What I REALLLY want in a lilac tree. I'm from NH and I'm discovered a few in town, in very shaded areas. Any thoughts on best place to plant one? I know it won't thrive here like in colder zones but it's my fav. Goldie50, WOW!!! I love all the pictures you did, especially the one with the door panels taken off. Thank you for helping me to visualize this. You are very good! Justgottobeme, yes, that's what my mom said about looking for faded brick. Might be the deal breaker. Thanks for mentionning it. Oopsie, we live in North Carolina actually. Thanks again for your kind words. And I agree with you on removing the shutters from the door and picture window. For sure! Calirose, glad you liked the pictures. I personally love seeing everyone else's homes on here so that was my first sharing of mine. : ) Palimpset, yes, I agree that we should not emphasize the length. So to fill you in on how the house got so long...to the left in the picture was a porch that was walled in to make a mudroom. To the right an addition in the 90s of a master suite and home office. So not orignial to the house, but designed to "balance" each side. We have plenty of space out back so I'm not sure why they didn't add on that way. Thanks again for all of your insight into this. I really appreciate it. tryingtodecorate, (love the name, btw), yes, I agree the black shutters with a touch of brown will be the way to go if I do keep those 2 window shutters. And a red door is really exciting to me, though maybe not the best match. I can always change it down the road. I can't wait to paint it!...See MorePlease help... need landscaping ideas
Comments (4)I can't tell you how to use all of the plants you have, but can make suggestions about where you could use what type of plant. You can determine, of what you have, what makes sense to use in a given spot. If you want to update, I would definitely not use any plants as an edging stripe around the perimeter of a bed. Something like the "variegated grass" which is probably Lirope or Mondo, would be much better used as a solid groundcover. There's quite a few places you could use such a thing. The "grass" could be divided and you would have an ample supply for some use. I dislike the tree in line with the front door, too, and would make it disappear. Would raise the canopy on the birch to at least above the eave height. The low hanging branches give a disheveled look. The bed by the mailbox would look much better if it was a true quarter circle. Where it intersects the curb and drive it should meet at 90*, not any other angle. I brought the bed out around your swing. It shouldn't be directly in the lawn. If the picture cooperated, I probably would have put another small tree off of the right front corner of the house. It would help frame your house, screen the view of the neighbor's house and give the sense of some shelter for the swing....See MoreNeed advice for adding shade and curb appeal to late 1970's ranch
Comments (15)You could extend the garage roof leftward to a point about midway between the two windows on the left, adding a small forward facing gable in at the front edge of the roof directly in front of the front door. That gives you instant shade and an update on curb appeal. With the new "entrance" to the front door even with the front exterior wall of the garage, the glass in the garage door would be less of a distraction or focal point anyway but, just to be sure, you could create a bolder feature in the gable end of the porch -- perhaps an open arc: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/107171666112536981/ Perhaps an open end with only framing showing. https://onlineroofdesign.blogspot.com/2020/01/gable-roof-front-porch.html A wider/bigger bolder open gable . https://eplan.house/en/house-plans/149-kv-m-3-beds-no-garage-SV-58552-1-3 Enclose all or half the depth of the new front porch as a "sun room" entry of sorts or a more modern and dramatic entry foyer: With this one, you could add a patio door on the side of the new glass room and add a front yard patio on the side for which you could create a "green" privacy wall with a hedge beginning at the front of the sidewalk and extending all across the front of the house to the left front corner of the house. You could keep your existing front doorway but, perhaps, add a new door there, perhaps even a French door. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/543880092475643570/...See More
groveraxle
5 years agoI'd probably engage an architect to do something like this to the portico and front porch.
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5 years agogroveraxle
5 years agoYou could investigate staining the brick and see if you can get something like this. I guarantee it will be labor intensive, though.
J C
5 years agoThese pictures might be a little clearer. I think the ones from my original post aren’t so great.
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