House exterior is just so "blah" ...
Farrah
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Please Help! I just bought a new home and need ideas on exterior!
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 MoreHow do I transform my home exterior from blah to charming?
Comments (19)I see DigDoug did a drive by with his mad skills. Your cottage already has subtle craftsman touches so adding onto that theme and making them stand out will work well. I like the dark siding with white trim color scheme you picked. I am not 100% sure since I am looking at it through a monitor but it appears your roof is brown. If you need to replace the roof and want a gray colored house consider a charcoal colored roof. If you are not replacing the roof then stick to a green/olive or brown/tan color scheme. It doesn't mean you can't do gray but pick a warm gray with lots of brown and red in it. Same thing for the stone. I personally like the stone you have now and would work with it and spend the money on that portico/arbor and landscaping instead....See MoreMy exterior house has the blahs. Needs a refresh!
Comments (25)Well the pavers are out of our budget, so we are looking at refinishing the concrete. The painter actually shown us a Faux wood finish for the garage door, but we were uncertain about the look. Still working on the trellis.. The landscaper comes this week to help with the yard....See MoreDe-blah this beige house
Comments (8)Consider changing the porch roof by creating a shed roof beginning from just beneath the garage roof to shed its water to the left of the front porch rather than onto the front step. Have that new porch roof extend the entire length/depth of the garage, all alongside the garage and keep it the same width as it is now. Be sure that shed roof will clear the bottom right corner of the upstairs window over the entry door. Continue that same roof line an additional a foot or so beyond (in front of) the front exterior wall of the garage so you can add a mirror slope to the roof from it's point at the side of the garage down to the right side over the front of the garage to create a forward facing gable over the entry porch. Yourfront porch floor should end even with the front exterior wall of the garage. Add your favorite bold color to either your front door and/or to the front of the forward facing gable of your new porch roof. Would want the garage door and trim that same color as your siding. Do like the medium/dark gray suggested by second pic of groveraxle....See MoreFarrah
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