Exterior design direction
Hi all, I need some fast help with picking a design direction on my home's exterior. We bought this house a year ago and I have always thought that I would lime wash the brick and get dark colored gutters and downpouts. We recently had a hail storm and our roof and gutters suffered damage so the decision I thought I'd have a few years to make is suddenly at the forefront! I don't really care for the look of the orange brick and I don't want to apply paint to brick so I was thinking a lime wash would be a nice breathable change up of the look. What color scheme should I go with for my trim, soffits, gutters and downspouts since I'll need to make a decision about gutters and downspouts soon. What about shutters? Should I add them and if so should they coordinate with the trim? Thanks in advance!
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4 years agoThanks everyone for the suggestions! The landscaping is a project already in progress so don't focus on that too much. We've only owned the house for year and we've had a TON of deferred maintenance that we weren't expecting and landscaping is just one of those things. The thing I'm hating is the red brick and white, white white everything else. The garage doors and side door is also white. I'd like to increase curb appeal by having the color scheme be a little more multidimensional. I'm not opposed to keeping the brick red. Certainly less maintenance. I just like the look of a lightly lime washed brick that leaves a little of the brick showing through. I've attached a picture of the front door area. The design of my house makes my front door lost in the recessed area. I'm planning to remove the glass storm door and replace the beat up front door with a new door. Assuming I went with the gray roof and gutters and a taupe trim what color front door would you all go with to tie it all together and make the front door pop? Also I could fit a double door in there and eliminate the sidelights but I'm afraid it will look too crowded in there. Should I get a double door? Or stick with the sidelights?
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