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modern exterior facade: window trim?

2 years ago

Hi all,

I am updating my ranch style home using dark colored paint and cumaru siding (design render attached)

I have white framed windows and I really want to make them POP against the dark, smooth stucco walls. The question I have is should I add clean simple vinyl or wood trim around the window and will this match the style of the home?

I attached an example of the style trim I would consider (3” width) with images of the window as it is currently

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palimpsest

2 years ago

"Modern" is how it is detailed currently with minimal trim. I think I would leave it as such and the window will still stand out against the darker body color.

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Comments (9)

millworkman
2 years ago
Is your house stucco? If so you really cannot just "add" trim. The stucco needs to be redone so the rainscreen all remains correct.
o k
Original Author
2 years ago
For the wood siding, we will add furring strips that will attach to the concrete wall., so that is not an issue. The carpenter will also trim out those windows where the siding will be.

The question is specifically for around window on the right, with the small frame. And specifically Whether I should leave it as is or build out a frame around it
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o k
Original Author
2 years ago
Bump
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HALLETT & Co.
2 years ago
It looks better the way it is now than what you proposed with added trim...
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
Please no grids in the windows but this look would work pretty simple and small.
kym
2 years ago
We worked hard to get rid of trim to modernize
kym
2 years ago
That 90s cape is my before and we made it a modern home. The clean lines of the windows really make it I think
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Fenstermann LLC
2 years ago
Of course it is personal but I would not do this stucco trim around your ranch house. Leave the stucco untouched and make a white wood frame around the windows. Can be the same width around or like this one with a dimension.

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