Mixing red brick w/ stone on exterior Calif ranch home? See photo...
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Comments (52)This was a great thread and detroitnate did a great job. If it were my house, before I did any planting I would have widened those steps and the walkway. Every picture in the series I focus on those tiny little steps and want to rip them out and redo. I've read that the main walkway leading up to a house should be wide enough for two people to comfortable walk side by side, that rule of thumb seems just about right to me. You want people to be invited into your house with the walkway, not forced into a single file line....See MorePaint color advice for 1950 Ranch w/ this stone.
Comments (18)Oh you have been the biggest help and are so cute to think that my husband does the carpentry. I do the carpentry. I do it all. Currently I am prepping the exterior so I can repaint the house myself. A woman’s work is never done. So update to the photos. I have a new TPO roof that is light (very light) grey. It has cut our monthly electric bill in half! You are right though and it really can’t be seen unless you are in my across the street neighbors upstairs bedroom. 😅. The drip edge installed matches Urbane Bronze perfectly so I was already leaning that way. As far as the columns go, I was planning something along the lines of the attached picture. The front porch has a brick red tile floor. Which I also can’t stand and I was thinking of basically boxing over it with wood to go with the wood covered frilly iron columns. The house faces North but we see most is a Southern view of patio and backyard out our huge glass windows. I was wondering even though exterior light will lighten the Urbane Bronze a lot the LRV is still way low. How about something like the picture I attach with a lighter (but not too light) color pulled from the stone for walls and anything that isn’t trim, and the Urbane Bronze saved for fascia and trim. What do you think about that? My husband won’t give any suggestions except to say he likes lighter colors. Arrrgh!!! Oh and my house stone does come across as very orange too....See MoreRe-doing the exterior of our 1950/60 Red Brick Ranch in Michigan!
Comments (9)I don't think the brick is the problem and when you paint brick you create an ongoing maintenance requirement where there was none to begin with. Your brick is attractive - believe me, we see plenty of ugly brick on this forum. :-) There is actually nothing wrong with the white with it, but if you're tired of it, light gray or sage would look good with it. The shutters can go if you change the color of the siding. When you remove the shutters you might find some discoloration underneath. I think a black or red front door would look good also. If you go with sage siding a dark green door would work. You have minimal landscaping out front, so after you make whatever changes to the facade you decide to do, make an investment in landscaping. You can keep the cost down by buying plants that will grow into the right size in five years instead of being the right size now. Celery had some good ideas....See MoreCompletely stuck on siding & trim color w/red brick and "autumn" roof
Comments (16)jlcbm,,,i'd prob redo the garage area like this. (those clipped edges around the door and arched window are really dated) Doesn't this look better? square window in tihe black trim (this is if you go w/the dark trim option). the siding on the garage area is changed to a composite shingle/shake. new lights, and much better looking garage door. carriage hardware makes a big diff if you have a plain jane door like you have. on this one, a wood arbor buys up some of that huge space another door option w/the black hardware. you could also do the siding over here in a birck and batten panel, or vertical siding, or shake or both. across the middle below the window do a divider you could also do the siding over here in a birck and batten panel, or vertical siding, or shake or both. I love this one. see how they divided the gable portion w/vertical and horizontal? this is a grate, but you could square off your window. across the middle below the window do a divider. they did a thick white band above. smaller siding and composite shake. they have a small roof overhang, but you could do something diff These are the bronze colors. In any case, square off the clipped edges and do a diff window...See MoreVLM
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