Which color brick would you use with this rock design?
Hello, everyone! I could really use some help and your design input—I am just not sure what to do! I am building this home and I was planning to go all rock/stone (image of the combo attached on another home) until I found out today that I can only use rock/stone in the areas that pop out in the front (elevation image attached) and I need to select brick for the remainder of the home. I really love this rock combo, but not sure it will look great on such a small surface area. Two questions for you....would you do this rock design in just that small surface area and if you say yes, what color family brick would you couple with it? Thank you so much!!! 🤗
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PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
2 years agoHere are some nice combinations of brick and stacked stone for inspiration:
Brick, Stone, and Dryvit Exterior in Traditional Colors · More Info
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The Fetterbush - 3,319 SF. Plan available at www.MartyWhite.net · More InfoI'd stay with more earth-tones for the stacked stone if you're going to choose red brick.
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Which kitchen design would you choose?
Comments (7)Or hubby's private entrance into the master closet. I've seen that before, but only in expensive custom homes. Tikilyn, I love that Texas Hill Country look. It's going to be so nice. Regarding kitchens, your progressive designs are showing the effects of kitchen creep, an extremely common syndrome involving adding just a little this and a little that while the kitchen steadily gobbles up other spaces in the process. An 18' width is pretty nice for a living room that will serve as a central intersection of trafficways for the home and still need to be a great place for your family living. I'd put the kitchen back where it starts in #1--at MOST--and make sure it stays there. Maybe DH could stand guard if necesssary? :) Since their placement seems to be breaking up this nice central space to the detriment of the living area, I likely wouldn't do the columns, at least where they are. I also personally wouldn't feel any need to line up the right wall of the dining space with the end of the kitchen counter. I see what you're doing, but to me guarding the feeling of spaciousness would be primary and good space definition can be done other ways, with rugs, ceiling treatments, etc. Among them, I'd almost certainly use a kitchen island or counter with a long side to the central area, like 2 and 3, for a nice trim definition that way. Kitchens become messy, noisy work areas, and a firm feeling of separation from that can be a comfort to people trying to relax in other areas. Regarding what we so absurdly still call the "breakfast" area, for the vast majority of us this is THE dining area. Given its central location, I suspect it will be for your family, and the space allotted to it really needs to reflect this very, very important function. We get fooled into cheating it by denigrating its real function these days and shorting it accordingly while focusing our design thoughts on the less-used front dining room. Am I wrong in thinking this latter is a sadly misguided approach when it can be closed off from sight while the so-called "breakfast area" is ALWAYS on display to everyone? A pretty view out back will trump a glossy mahogany table any day, but it still should be just as well designed inside. In any case, it might be helpful to draw that table and chairs in real-life scale, with the chairs be pushed out as they would be each time someone arrived and left. Assuming a 4' table, and a minimum acceptable distance to wall of 3' for each chair, you're at 10' with nothing extra. It'd work but is cramped compared to the spaciousness of all the other areas. Just one more foot here would make a real difference in the way it looks and feels when you're sitting there. Ideallly, you shouldn't need to even notice the walls as you walk in and push back, certainly not worry about busy kids accidentally banging chairs into them. I personally would take those inches from the master bath by pushing the entire master suite wall to the left a foot or so. We have a large master bath, our kids have large ones in their homes, and, honestly, we'd all move a bit of that extra space to more important areas if we only could. Moving that wall to the left would not only give you more table room, it'd also make that window wall longer, more like #3 but without robbing the living room....See MoreWhat color of appliances would you pair with a brick red stove/range
Comments (21)Wow, lots of great feedback! Cookcarpenter, yes I am going with the Bluestar RNB in brick red. I agree with all of you who said that white does not necessarily fit into a higher end kitchen, I am just trying to find another solution other than SS. I am not sure if I like the idea of a black refrigerator and dishwasher, I would prefer SS over black. Paneled might be okay. Cpartist, great pictures! Thank you for posting them. Hehehe, maybe that is what I need to start drinking to get through this house project. ;-) Lots to think about. Thank you everyone!...See MoreWould love help deciding which colors to use for a kitchen facelift
Comments (9)I do not lov black hardware on white cabinets IMO too much contrast but I would look for a white granite with some blue in it for the counter if you love the island it would IMO tie the space together and then just use stainless for the hardware so keep the cup pulls and achange the knobs.IMO keep the backspalsh simple you already have different finishes going on which BTW is always a bit hard to work with when counters or cabinets are all different ....See MoreHelp with exterior colors for yellow brick house with red rock
Comments (10)Have you ever considered spray painting the red stone along the bottom? There are techniques now that allow that. Companies such as Spary-Net (there are also other such companies) that can do that if you don't want to do it yourself (inquire about how to do it and what products to use). Taking that into consoderation, I show a greige for the stone which will be an even colour once spray painted but it will have a nice texture. I've suggested SW Functional Grey for the 2 doors, garage door, and trim paired with SW Pure White. You can look at the suggestion for ciment walkway paint. I show a new black railing, new front door black sconce, and if possible, install 2 black sconces on each side of the garage door for more detail....See MoreLacey Gaitan
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elcieg
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoMy opinion: if the rock you will use is the same as your inspiration photo, then, yes it will look great on the gabled fronts. But, I would make it the focus of the house and not use brick on the body of the house. I would do clapboard.
Thinking the combo of brick and stacked stone is a bit too much of a good thing.You could do all light stacked stone:
Or brick and clapboard:
Lacey Gaitan
2 years ago@elcieg thank you! Is it that trying to combine this rock and a brick is too busy? I don’t want to do stucco or panels on the side or back. Another option I’m throwing around is saying goodbye to my ideal mix and going more plain rock accent on the front areas that stick out and a brick that is a contrast like this image. thoughts on that?
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agois this in TX? South Texas brick and stone has some combos you can look at
Maybe something like this w/your stone?
or, what if you used something like this brick? It's CBC brick, Yukon KS. Color Gray, mortar- buff.
looks nice w/the wood accents.
https://commercialbrick.com/project/yukon/
or, could you get a lighter brick w/the intention of lime washing it?
Personally I don't care for regular brick mixed w/the stone. I think it's busy looking
But, this one looks pretty good. I'd like it better w/the lighter brick
I love the look of this white brick, dark trim and black roof. paired w/your stone, it would look great.
Meridian brick:
you don't want to do stone and siding
or shingle material?
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2 years ago@RedRyder Yep, I learned today that it includes brick everywhere except those three areas that pop out at the front of the house which they include as rock/stone. I could pay for all stone, but it's a good chunk of $ that I don't think I should add. I really like @Beth H. : recommendation of the CBC Yukon Gray brick with that exact mortar - the supplier actually has it too! I think they gray will look good with those random blue leuder stones that will be in the rock mixture and I like that it's lighter too so it's a little modern. thank you!
elcieg
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoAs Jinx mentions, location has so much to do with style of homes. Here on Cape Cod (an island of sand, really), there were no rocks. There was the Barnstable Brick Company, so many foundations and cold cellars were brick. There also was a lack of trees. Old Cape houses are either cedar shingled, left to weather in the salt air, or a combo of shingles and clapboard on the front. If you were wealthy you could afford clapboard and owners like to flaunt their wealth.
Perfect example: Provincetown,
Center chimney, clapboard front, cedar shingled roof/sides and authentic shutters.I don’t have an objection to mixing stone, but I think one or the other has to be chosen as important, so it shows its beauty without competition. That why I like clapboard in the mix. You can choose the one perfect color and not have to try and mix stones with so many undertones. For instance, if you choose brick for the body of the house, I would want clapboard on the front gables.
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoKeep the window color in mind when you choose the stone, brick or both. Often white windows can look a bit plastic next to a rougher finish. I don’t know what the two “neutral” options are for you, but either might look better with the exterior than plain white (and I like white, just maybe not for your home.)
https://advancedwindowsusa.com/selecting-a-window-frame-color
While looking for a beige window, I came across this photo of stacked stone and brick.
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