Exterior Help! Needed!!
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Comments (11)@ Me Benson, getting rid of stuff is basically a decision you came to on your own before coming here. After you got here, it seems we agree with you. I gave you a lot of suggestions for what forms, shapes and sizes to put at various places. But you did not comment about whether any of those suggestions met your expectation, or were too far from them to be useful to you. With that kind of feedback, it's impossible for me o know if any further suggestion will be helpful to you....See More50 Shades of Brown - Exterior Help Needed!
Comments (2)Really nice home and yard. Would NOT paint brick. That totally defeats its low maintenance purpose since as it inevitably would need painting again, it will look ever more awful as it gets to that point. Would remove and recycle the shutters. If you don't want them as a DIY project, you could sell them or donate them to Habitat for Humanity or your favorite charity thrift store. With your current siding (green?) that you're keeping, would you prefer white trim or a dark gray or a contrasting shade of the same color as the siding? Pick one and only one trim color and use it to paint all the painted surfaces so you end up with two colors in addition to your brick. As you change the windows, do add a wide board frame around them that you can paint. If you are adding pairs of windows in lieu of one larger window, you can add one horizontal board above and another below and vertical board on each side without needing to add vertical boards between them. Your posts could use some bulking up and they'll need to be painted your chosen trim color. You could also paint your fascia and gutter the same trim color. My personal preference for your trim color would be white and my second choice would be a medium/dark gray -- but your home should reflect your personal taste. Landscaping: If you have a trailer hitch on one of your vehicles and choose a time after a long rain, and/or if you thoroughly soak the soil around your shrubs, you can likely pull up your shrubs with little digging. (My brother's preferred method -- worked for him.) Rather than destroy the shrubs you have, consider moving them either ... setting them in a row along your back property line as a border or ... lining them up on one or both sides of your yard beside your house and, generally, in line with the front exterior wall of your house ( or back exterior wall of your house ) from house in a straight line to the side property boundary to create a green privacy fence between your front yard and your side/back yard. If there is a pathway you usually use already to get from front to back yard, add an arbor / gate at that point....See MoreSplit Level Exterior Help! Need Advice!
Comments (19)Just remove the shutters and see how that looks. I don't think painting windows with black is going to enhance the house--just adds another element and you do have a brown roof, not black. A much warmer white for the middle would work better with yellow stone and brown roof. Save $$$ for a beautiful landscape design to further beautify the house. But what you have is pretty nice right now. It's important in a newly purchased house to go a year before making landscaping changes so you can see how the plantings look in all seasons. It's great you have quite a few evergreens for year round color--and no leaves to rake!...See MoreExterior Help Needed!
Comments (39)"a hip roof is stronger" Its not a matter of strength but of shape. Less strong uplift forces are generated by a hipped roof because it has 4 sloping sides. However, all sloping roof shapes perform better if the slope is 7 in 12 or less so the 9 in 12 hipped roof of the OP's house could be a problem in Florida. Gable ends are required to be reinforced at the apex where a high wind can generate an outward force. A hipped roof insurance discount would not apply to a house with a hipped roof and multiple front facing gables so I don't know why that issue would be relevant here. As for architectrural design advice, my intent was to offer a broader perspective on house design themes than what is currently offered by builder/developers and internet house plan marketers. To me they are unimaginative variations on the same few commonplace ideas that are therefore unremarkable and not appropriate for someone who would like their house to "stand out from the crowd". Since I design houses for a living that's something I take very seriously....See Moregreenfish1234
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