There are lots of options, just have to find something you like. You could also switch to a pendant since you have the overhang.

Here are some wall sconce ideas (not filtered for size):

https://www.lampsplus.com/products/habitat-16-inch-high-bronze-and-brass-2-light-outdoor-wall-light__60e03.html

Progress pictures. I love the light the door lets in. Not loving the grids 100%. They are only attached on the sides...hmmm. Next up will be top 2 windows then on to more siding! What do you think?

Still hoping to hear any thoughts on how to trim out the interior too. :)

Thanks again for helping me in this process!

*Ignore the mismatched furniture, temporary home for an unused bed/make do sofa, and dog crate.

Thanks Anna! It was a fun trip. Yes the lights by the front door, garage.

I will take a look at those.

I don't think the pendant will work since there isn't much clearance above the door. Maybe can lights could be added along the length of the overhang? I'll ask hubby.

Also looking for a back door light.

I would stick with a 5" trim for the baseboards and something that's a bit more modern to match the style of your house. Maybe something like a ranch base and casing.

Thanks, Kat!

What about something like this for interior trim?

A progress picture: more of the back has been done!

One more question: Do you think someone (Grover perhaps? Thank you!) could use the back shot from earlier and add a porch roof that follows the pitch of the kitchen roof? I'd love a visual of what DH is thinking of adding. The sad wood deck will be coming off and a concrete patio will be added and the deck will be re-done in front of dining room only.

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Is this what you're looking for?

Grover: Almost! We are thinking about adding a covered porch above the patio on the right side - It would follow the pitch of the roof on the left and extend the whole way across the back of the house.

Something like this?

Grover, that's it! Thank you!

I would paint the house a different color and make a terrace !

Deck is off and we had a helper today!

We had planned on leaving the deck in front of the dining room for now until we made it that far but once we started tearing it apart we realized how poorly it had been made and it wasn't safe.

We get to design a new deck! Any thoughts? I think not covering up the basement window would be best.

The other decision is what to do with the kitchen. We won't be replacing, moving the window until we are ready to remodel the kitchen. We could leave it as it is, and just paint it with the rest of the house. Or we could just put the hardie on now but we will probably have to rebuilt that wall and would need to tear off the hardie and replace when we get to the kitchen. I'm leaning toward just painting as is, but hubby thinks it will look ugly, he isn't wrong, haha, but it seems wasteful.

Moving right along.

Anyone want to design a new deck? I think until we get the house painted we will re-make a temporary small landing/deck and stairs out of the old deck material. Then once the house is painted we can make a bigger/nicer one.

Hey, fred, in the photo above, what is behind the sliders and windows? Dining and kitchen? And weren't you going to change those windows somehow?

Hey, Grover! Yes, the dining room is behind the slider. The Kitchen is behind the popped out part. Right now the plan is to change the windows in the kitchen somehow.

I thought about centering the bigger of the 2 (we already bought replacement windows the same sizes before we figured out the plan for the kitchen. So silly) windows and selling the smaller one.

I love how big the window is and the light. It would also leave enough room on the sides for 2 24" uppers on either side. We have a large family and The extra cabinets would be nice, although I did love the idea of a window all the way across. The downside is, it would be level with the counter and it does come right to the top of the soffet on the inside and the roof board on the outside. Not sure that is the best plan.

Another option would be to sell both those windows and when we get to remodeling the kitchen in a couple of years order a new size.

This is the dining room. It's were we eat most of our meals because it's the only place we all fit. I can get a pic of the kitchen too but it might be a while, first day of school for the bigs and I need to clean up the chaos!

I found this light at a local light store. At first the husband wasn't too sure about this style but then after driving around town and seeing some on houses he says they look really nice. I'm not sure it would be the right choice for the back door, though.

We also liked this light at lamps plus.

If you made it this far, I'm impressed! Thank you for your help!

I think at one point I had suggested a window going all the way across like this:

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Now after seeing the inside view, I want to take down the wall between kitchen and dining, gut the space and start over. (I just visited your kitchen ideabook and see that you have some aspirations in this regard.)

I would leave the windows for now until you decide what you'll do with the kitchen.

I would love to open it up... but not sure I can convince the hubby. He is pretty anti removing walls and finding a new location for the stove will be tricky. How do I add a link to another discussion? I did ask about my kitchen, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

That's the plan. we are going to just paint over the existing siding when we finish the rest and then finish it up once we start on the kitchen. All projects are cash so it might be a few Years. :) I'm a planner, though and I want to plan now.

Check out this discussion on Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5684404/kitchen-remodel-design-help-please I think I figured it out.

Also this one. :) Check out this discussion on Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5764737/living-room-dining-room-furniture-placement-help

PS. I loved the idea of windows all the way across, the problem is a beam that's in a soffet that supports the kitchen roof and then there would need to be additional headers for the windows and then clearance for behind the counter. The window would probably end up being really long but not very tall. It might be okay, though. I'll have to ask the engineer (aka husband).

I love our house and I want to get it right since the plan is to be here for the next 15 or so years.

I decided to build you a new kitchen instead of a deck...

Kitchens are more fun. ;)

Decision time. I keep going back and forth on if I want shakes in the gables or not. I almost feel like it would be too busy but then I like the added visual interest. Ack. help! Pics of South side and east side with the ledger board up for the porch roof - but we still need to replace the upper windows/trim.

More progress. New lights are up! They don't stick out as far and are rounded so hopefully no more heads will be hit! The south side nearly done except for chimney top and gable.

There's always something. We had to fix 2 areas of dry rot on the bay windows so we didn't get as much done last weekend as we had hoped. Last shot from earlier today, we almost have the lower level done but it got too dark to finish that today. I decided to stick with lap siding on the bay but we will do shakes in the gables.

Your siding looks wonderful!

Thank you, Olychick! I can't wait to be all done! I'm really happy with how it is looking.

Looks great, you must be thrilled. What kind of siding are you using?

You are doing a wonderful job. I was wondering if adding the roof over the deck will make the rooms dark. For the deck by the kitchen, what about steps down to the same level as the other deck so you don't cover the lower windows?

Housson, Thanks we are only going to have a roof over one window, the one on the far right if you look at the back of the house. It is an odd little area that, right now, has the doorway to the basement, the door to the garage, a laundry closet, a tiny half bath and where we currently have our tv. The roof will block some light, but I think it will okay because it will increase the usefulness of that backyard living space. Eventually I hope to add a wall to make an actual laundry room.

I think that is what we will do with the deck off the dining room. The deck won't be going across the kitchen area so it will no longer block that basement window which will become the tv/play room. Does that make sense?

Anna, we are using the pre-primed James Hardie board.

Speaking of roofs, Hubby was asking what I thought of doing the porch roof with metal? It would be less work than trying to match the shingles of the house. I'm on the fence with this one. What say you, Houzzers?

So is the siding painted? It’s a great color and I like the effect.

It isn't painted yet. It is a good color but it will need to be painted.

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What color are you considering?

Houssaon, It's up thread a bit. We are probably going with Mossy Aura from Valspar. It's a greyed greenish color.

It's been a while!

I hope everyone is healthy and safe in the current crazy situation. We took the winter off and are waiting to finish up with siding and painting until after we get the garden fence and raised bed boxes built. We just got the materials for that delivered today. Then off to it again!

I've been considering this style for a front door - with deciding on shakes in the gable it feels more cottage-y than modern. I also like this garage door (but it would probably not have windows on top since the Hubs doesn't like windows in garage doors - I figured I'd play around with my, "What if" photoshop and maybe he'd see how nice windows would look? haha. I can't decide if I actually do like the windows or it makes the house look like a toothy cyclops.

I've been itching to get more projects finished now that all 7 of us are trapped at home.

Following😊 doing a great job can’t wait to see the finished project !!😊

Thanks Kathy! Hopefully we can start on it again soon. We just have to get some more siding, a chimney cap, the front door, and the lumber for the back porch ordered and we can start again. But first, a garden fence to keep the dogs out of my raspberries and strawberries... I think they ate more than we did last summer.

I would go with one window per panel--so combine two of those "teeth" into one. It would go with your other windows better, like this:

Anna, That is a great idea. I'm still not sure if I can talk him into windows but I like it! Thank you.

Slow going. We built the fence for our garden and a few raised beds. We finally started the back porch and got the rest of the siding delivered. New question: We think it will be difficult to match the existing roofing and even if we could figure out what was used it would probably be slightly off. We are thinking of doing a metal on the porch roof but not sure what color to go with. Any thoughts?

Now that the roof is up it should be really easy to get those two windows replaced and get the siding finished. We'll be leaving the kitchen area as is for now until we are ready to remodel the kitchen. Eventually we will rebuild the deck. Pictures of the garden box from before we planted and a few with our bountiful harvests. It's been fun.

Current roof with 3 metal roof color choices and the mossy aura paint, I'm leaning toward slate grey or old town grey. We'll go pick up some samples this week.

We got the new windows in upstairs on the back of the house. Window wraps and tyvek up. Put on the bellyband and started putting the shakes up.

We got samples of the metal roofing and the zinc grey (lighter sample) looks too close to the other roof color from far away and the slate grey (darker sample) offers more contrast. We decided on the slate grey so we will get that ordered tomorrow.

When it cools off we'll attempt to move the rose bush and rhubarb to a new home.

I got a few more samples. The slate grey seems a little on the blue side but the pictures make it look bluer than it really is.

These for are top left - slate grey, top right - zinc grey, bottom left classic brown, bottom right weathered copper.

Thoughts on which would look best? I can't decide.

Will the new roof color butt up against the old?

@Anna (6B/7A in MD) Yes it will.

We went with the Weathered copper and I think it looks amazing! Plus I got to screw it all on. It went together so easily! Siding after it was on was a little scary but we did it! If anyone wants to jump over to my kitchen post and offer advice I would love it! We just Have the chimney and the South gable and kitchen bay to finish siding.

New door- paint color to be determined and we finished the front!