advice on exterior paint colors: front door, garage door, curb appeal
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help with curb appeal: exterior paint & new garage door
Comments (9)I'm one that believes that a real budget needs to be allocated for garage doors that are a large part of your facade. We have a front facing garage and a detached rear garage. We did custom Spanish wood garage doors for our spanish style house. People would stop their cars and comment that they couldn't believe new garage doors could make such a change in the look of a house. We used Ranch House Doors, linked below, and they have lots of photos on their site that might spark some ideas. Here is a link that might be useful: Ranch House garage doors...See MoreSide Entry Front Door - Curb Appeal Advice (+ Landscaping)
Comments (4)A pergola is lovely in a place with lots and lots of sun. Elsewhere, it can get dark and dank in the winter. I'd make a path to your door. Much of it can be part of your driveway. Just replace with brick or pavers or something visual that you can still drive on. Then, I'd clear out the shrubs along the side of the house with the door. I'd turn the bed by the right front of the house into a semi-circle no larger than the width of the house and have a variety of plants and heights instead of that yew hedge. (Not sure it's yew, but it looks like it). Window boxes are hard to keep looking nice. They don't have a huge amount of space for roots, keeping them watered enough but not soggy can be a challenge. This is why you see a lot more window boxes in carefully staged Houzz photos than in real life....See MoreHouse Curb appeal-Door and garage colors?
Comments (6)It looks dark grey on my monitor, too, so it's hard to recommend colors. I would consider painting all of the trim a creamy white (including the darkly painted trim around the garage door and uppor windows - match the garage door to the trim). If funds allow, replace the front door, the light, and your house numbers. Going off your bird out front, something like these might be fun! Also, landscape, landscape, landscape! It will dramatically change the look of the home....See MoreCurb appeal advice (columns, garage door, front door)
Comments (1)Paint the garage door the same color as the house. The garage door isn't really a feature on your house, especially once it's a flat panel and will distract from what you are trying to do with the front door and porch. The roof is super, but it is very busy so you want to be sure not to have too many elements competing for attention. The pavers are great and will pop more once the garage door disappears into the house. You also have some really nice landscaping elements. Play all those things up, not the garage door....See MoreRelated Professionals
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