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Home exterior visualization help needed

5 years ago

My home is the first picture on the left. I really like the exteriors of the two other photos but am having a hard time visualizing my home with a similar color combination. At the peak of the home I would like the wood accent and the brick painted blue and the siding blue. I am artistically challenged and unable to find any software to help me visualizate the change. Are there any photoshop gurus out there that can assist? It would be greatly appreciated!

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Sally Unger
5 years ago
Sorry, I can't help with PhotoShop but I can point out that one of the reasons that the wood looks so nice in the 2nd and 3rd pictures is because there are additional wood accents that tie it together - the wood supports at the roof line and the wood door. And they are all lined up together to make impact surrounded by the blue color with lots of heavy white trim. That red maple in your front yard is a beauty!
Joe Leroux
Original Author
5 years ago
My attempt
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Sally Unger
5 years ago
Well done, Joe Leroux! I would like to see it with it all blue rather than with the wood accent. It may be that the area is so large that it is more than an accent and overwhelms with no other accents for it to tie in with. Also noted you changed the roof color. The dark looks nice with the blue.
Denita
5 years ago
I agree that the wood accent shown in the gable end of your home really doesn't work. It chops your home visually IMO. Also the shutters on your wide beautiful window aren't appropriate. Your home would look so much better without those skinny shutters. Here is why: https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/residential-architecture-101-shutters/
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Denita,

Thanks for the suggestion and article regarding the shutters. I was actually discussing getting rid of them with my significant other.

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