What Would You Do? Brick Exterior Makeover and Stubborn Husband
Hi there!!
I would love your advice for the remodel facelift of our brick home.
We have added a new charcoal roof with cream coloured eavestroughs. A black metal roof over garage. Husband is stubborn and won’t paint the brick.
I need to remove the dated vinyl under the 3 bay windows, and get new garage doors at minimum. I like a traditional aesthetic, not modern. I also like sandstone.
What colour and material should we use under the windows? We were thinking of a smooth board with trim crown mouldings. Should I have dark garage doors, or light to match the eavestroughs, or dark with light trim? windows or no windows in the garage doors? I’d like the trim around the doors to be more prominent.
All ideas welcome! I know with brick I have to be careful of not making things too busy.
Comments (19)
Nancy Ingram
4 years agoWell, this is more than you where asking for, but I think the bay windows should replaced so that you could get your more traditional style. You brick looks fairly common and they have brick stain you can use if you need to to get a better match for filling in. Then you you could add raised panels below the windows and do a panel garage door with windows. I’m not a pro so you may consider having a mock up done by a company that specializes in doing them can so you can see other possibilities like brickandbatten.com.
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decoenthusiaste
4 years agoMaybe your husband would consider specialized masonery paint for the brick. The house below is for color reference; gray stained brick, some gray or cedar shakes at your windows and some other cedar trim with charcoal or cedar garage doors
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BeverlyFLADeziner
4 years agoMillwork columns huh??? Doesn't really fit the style of the house does it now?
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acm
4 years agoOh, I think I did the same thing as Beverly's first rendering, although I did it in a few steps...
(I didn't change the door style, just a couple of colors drawn from roof tones.)
I like the warm gray, for some reason, which makes the window bases disappear, and the garage doors a bit too. Would try this before messing with the brick, which is perfectly nice.- PRO
BeverlyFLADeziner
4 years agoI am not a fan of new red brick and would limewash that brick in a heartbeat to soften the appearance of the house. Here are some before and after examples.
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