How would you treat this beautiful but dark built-in of my Tudor?
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Comments (43)You could use some help from the LD forum on this landscaping. Since you didn't pick the hollies and aren't attached to them, I'll be blunt: for my eye there's not much you can do with paint colours or house details to distract from the very unfortunate placement of those bushes. I'm not saying they couldn't be useful if you combined them with some other landscaping (the other forum people tend to be better at foundation planting issues than I am), but on their own at that height they... are unnecessary, to put it mildly. The house has a very nice foundation, nothing to hide. Do any similar houses in your area have no foundation planting with more greenery further out in the yard instead? I might be inclined to put such a hedge perpendicular to the house if anywhere in that yard, perhaps along the side property line. Cutting them and fleshing out the beds further into the yard with more plantings in front of them might help. I think they will sprout from below if cut back, but check that on the shrubs forum perhaps, or someone on LD might know. KarinL...See MoreTudor Bungalow - what would you do with the exterior?
Comments (18)Why on earth paint over well built brickwork? Expensive to do and needing to be maintained forever. Just get the garden sorted out as the priority. At present you have a pretty house marooned in an empty space. It would look beautiful with a lush garden around it. If you want to pursue the "Tudor" theme, they would not have wasted their time and resources lime washing brick. Limewash is an ancient technique but was for preserving wattle and daub walls or for cleanliness inside buildings. And for heavens sake don't to be tempted to stick on false 'beams'....See MoreHelp me update the interior of my tudor revival.
Comments (25)@apple_pie_order, The trim is stained, not painted. I'm pretty positive the beams are decorative. I might make the decision about painting them white or removing them based the price difference. If we remove them would it make the ceiling feel higher or have less weight? What about the beams in the larger room? That ceiling is a bit higher so I feel like painting them might be better to keep some of the character. @raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio, I like the idea of replacing the handrails for the stairs with wood. I've thought about the idea of painting the risers white. If we did that, what would you recommend for the color of the hand rails? I also see what you mean about the built-ins not being congruent with the wood paneling. I'm hesitant to remove them since we do, indeed, use them. I really like your idea of replacing the drawer and door fronts. I'm not sure what style you mean by the doors in the other rooms. Do you mean the ones with the rectangular shapes on them? Also, where can I find door and drawer fronts? I do think I like the texture of the paneling but I have no idea how it would look/feel if it were painted. Do you happen to have a picture of your painted pine? I like the stone on the fireplace so I think we'll keep those. Do you have any suggestions about a mantel? We would love to do french doors in to the three season porch. Would it matter that one of the doors wouldn't be able to open all the way? The door on the right would bump up against the wall if opened. @Elaine Ricci, I'm interested in the idea of painting the paneling a slate blue....See MoreWhat would you do in this deep, dark, heavy looking kitchen?
Comments (48)@printesa i LOVE that house! Haha, you shouldn't talk to me about owning too many houses. We have 3. One is our primary, another is a stone cottage we rent out on Airbnb and use as a weekend place (converted from an 1850s one room school. Its absolutely magical and I had to have it.) One is a little Italianate rowhouse in the city where our primary had also been located. Rented long term though we lived in it briefly to do some rehabbing. We have owned many houses over the years and we are both relatively young (30s-40s). We just love old houses and will live in them, fix them up and sell. But I have always been on a hunt for "the One" and this is it. We thought we had to up our budget by a few hundred thousand to find everything we were looking for but got really really lucky as it is a trade with a little savings on monthly costs that will help offset maintenance. They aren't making more of these places and SO many people are gutting them to "open plan" the design or tearing them down for new build developments. I just love the craftsmanship on old homes. I can't imagine living in a new build. Actually, I can, but I would not be able to afford all the things I would want it to have at the level of quality of an old build....See Moretaliaferro
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