In Desperate Need of Curb Appeal
I’m looking for ideas on how to improve the exterior of our home. I know it needs something but I just cant figure out what I should change. The siding of the home is relatively new so I don’t want to change that but I would be open to changing the trim/gutters, shutters, garage door color, front door, etc. Any ideas on how to brighten this up? Thanks for your help!
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K Laurence
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My house is in DESPERATE need of curb appeal please help!
Comments (57)Thank you ladies : ) but these last images of the house are Jay's vision for his place. Awm, I especially appreciate your acknowledging my input and ideas, as the photoshopping is simply a design and communication tool. I always wonder if anyone notices, or appreciates more than the shopping! The creativity and challenges are where my heart is, aside from loving to help people solve their problems or achieve their vision. And, of course, I want to be good at that, too! I'm glad you always learn something. So do I! One always needs to learn more, and it makes the process all the more fun. So, thank you, again, for your compliments and encouragement on projects : ) It is very much appreciated....See MoreBland & basic exterior
Comments (8)The biggest problem to my eye is the lack of landscaping which would nestle the house in. If you don’t like the metal porch support, it is easy to replace or box it in with a wood (or similar appealing vinyl) surround. I don’t like the stark contrast between the small sections of white siding and the brick. If larger, white would be OK, but as they are, make them a color that is closer in depth to the brick, perhaps a tan that is in the brick.k Your windows are small, so you want to do something that camouflages that. You could do plantings that distract from the larger expanses of bare wall such as a small tree that stops the eye before getting to the wall, or perhaps see whether adding shutters would make the windows appear larger. it is difficult to make any suggestions about the front door area since the photo is so distant. Are you wanting a window in the door? I don’t think that you want to add side lights, the long windows next to a door, which would be expensive since it would involve removing brick and rebuilding the entry. What is to the right of the entry? A porch or a raised bed or a walled area or . . .?...See MoreIn Desperate Need of Curb Appeal
Comments (19)At the least remove the tree against the house. Discard the shutters, use Cultured Stone on the walls of the offset at front, left side and inside porch. Paint the brick! Yep, the whole house. Use Hardi Plank shakes on the front gable. Replace the post with cedar or pine 6x6 posts with brackets slightly cut on an inside curve, stained a natural weathered cedar color. Remove the rocks and paving rounds and replace with a sidewalk from driveway to entry. I would also remove the sidewalk to the street if possible. Kill off existing lawn and replace areas you want to keep as lawn with sod. For the garage doors paint the same color you paint the brick rather than making them a focal point but add an awning or pergola like structure that matches the new porch posts over the garage doors. Front door with 3/4 glass or full glass and a decorative porch light would be nice....See More1970's Ranch in desperate need of curb appeal!
Comments (23)Anna I love your front entry! Of course you already know I like the color scheme :) what colors did you use? We haven’t 100% committed because we haven’t purchased more than the sample sizes. If I could I’d just get rid of the brick, but that’s more than I have to spend! im also open to other paint ideas, we just want to freshen things up and improve curb appeal this summer. Our neighbors house is a rusty orange and red brown trim, the others is a blue tinged white with bright red trim. The rest of the homes in the neighborhood are beige like mine or green, grey, or blue. Lots of stone on those as well. Full sun today....See More
J Williams
3 years agoJ Williams
3 years ago
PROBeth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agogreat,,,my whole comment disappeared. i'll try this again.
There is no contrast between your siding/trim/brick/garage doors. everything blends. notice this one and the contrast w/everything. perhaps if you did your fascia and trim w/a soft creamy white?
nice contrast w/the white, the shutters and the door color. otherwise the siding color would just blend in w/the stone. great landscaping too.
If you're up for doing the brick, i'd use the Romabio. (sample a small portion. if you don't like it, it rinses off completely within 72 hours)
landscaping. remove those hedges and plant something that enhances the home. here are some ideas. (courtesy of DigDoug designs)
beef up the posts to something in a nice cedar or doug fir
garage doors,,,either new doors, or add some glass and some hardware. also, exterior lighting
also great contrast w/the blue and white trim color (and wood doors)
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myricarchitect
3 years agoI would beef up the porch posts, they are visually too slender for the massing of the house. Large square or tapered columns, with or without a masonry base, some examples
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Beth H. :
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PROPPF.
3 years agoNot suggesting anything other than the 2nd floor. Note the lower pitch gable roof and how the center section sets back.
Another option.
If you can paint the 2nd floor siding, I'd experiment with a darker color to help minimize its size.sheepla
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PPF.
3 years agoThis doesn't look so good, and is not too practical, but gives an idea of what a darker 2nd floor would look like.
Changing the landscaping like removing the wall of bushes in front of the house, and increasing the column size (and painting them a lighter color) to give more presence to the first floor will help.
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Here are some close up pictures of the brick. It’s like a dark brown brick with orange showing through... not a good look. That’s why I’m seriously considering the Romabio. Any additional thoughts on that option?
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