Exterior Refresh for 80s Contemporary Home
I adore our house - it's a 1982 contemporary home, and parts of it have been nicely updated over the years - but our exterior paint on the wood siding is starting to look a little worse for wear, and as we plan to hire painters soon, it could be the ideal time to do a little updating. I love the look of cedar, but the outside is SO BROWN right now - I'm thinking some contrast between the wood and brick, maybe some cedar planks somewhere? Strip back some of the paint and stain? New door? What do you think? Any links to amazing contemporary updates? I don't want to paint over the brick, even though I think a painted brick could look lovely, it seems so irreversible, and the brick is in great shape.
We have a lot of that honey oak woodwork inside, too, and I'm debating whether paint can fix it, or if I need to replace doors, trim, etc. I included a picture of our dining room that has oak built ins - we've taken out the little dated trim piece on top, but otherwise it's all still there in its yellow-y glory :) I've also since painted all of our walls a soft, neutral gray.
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Updating exterior of 80’s contemporary Home
Comments (27)I also found another project I did, where they used wood for the decking, and top railing cap with feeney cable rail as well. White timber tech post sleeves. I made a pergola to go over the deck and they bought one of these really cool colored sunsail awning to go onto. Like someone else mentioned the side stairs could be better with divided landings, and wider. As far as the siding I know its very expensive but hardy plank would last the longest with minimal maintenance. I also think that if something was done with bottom of deck, either columns, enclosed porch with deck underneath would change the whole appearance of the house, along with different rails....See MoreExterior Paint for 80's Contemporary Home
Comments (3)https://www.upsidetosmartside.com/blog/fresh-color-palettes-for-a-brown-roof/ Use the Portrait Blue for the walls, and the Stone Door for an accent trim and Enchanted Cottage for the Front Door and porch post. Don't contrast the trim around the garage doors, let the walls, garage doors all be the same color.The house will look much larger.. Do make the guttering the same color as the surface behind it is. If you search "What brand of Paint is Portrait Blue" this whole assorted page of links shows up in Pinterest mentioning Behr and SW... The house will look larger with a lighter color. Grays and Blues are very close in color. WIth your brown roof, a shade of blue is the closest to gray that will match it. There are many shades of gray from confederate gray on up..Maybe this Portrait Blue would be more gray in the day light. The house could use some lighter tones probably to make it look more inviting. I hope you find a paint color you like!! Keep us posted! :)...See More80's Contemporary needs a facelift to exterior and landscape
Comments (17)Things that would improve appearance and/or function are: Add cheekwalls to the steps so as to keep soil from washing onto them, make lawn maintenance easier, and give a more solid, substantial look to the property. Increase the size of landings above and below the steps. We can't see it, but likely widen the walk that extends left of the door. (There's a good chance the large tree walk is too close to the house.) Raise the canopy of the 'Bradford' pear tree. Dense, dark tree foliage so close to the ground is obstructive to view, yard use below the tree, and looks oppressive. At the right wing of the house, continue the hedge around the side to connect with the main portion of the house. Below the bank of windows and in front of the landscape wall, create a colorful planting of annuals for ongoing display. Around the large tree, create a mound-shape shrub with multi-season interest. Remove the scruffy growth of large tree from in front of the eaves....See MoreExterior Ideas for 80s Contemporary Home
Comments (3)I think you have a gorgeous house as is and I would not paint the trim a light color! I think if you concentrate on landscaping, wood tone garage doors and refinish the decking in the same color that it is. I would not mess with perfection I love your house !! that will give you the improvement you’re looking for....See MoreErica Hayen
2 years ago
nester44
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2 years agoI think in this beautiful setting, brown and green are most appropriate.
If you stay with brown I’d go deeper
Green you can go with a deep green or something softer.
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