exterior change whats missing?
Tim H
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Tim H
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Missing the WOW factor on the exterior... advice?
Comments (12)Really nice home. Like your landscaping efforts on the left but there is still a lot of concrete. If you could move the fence on the right side of the garage (that is now even with and continuing the same line as the front exterior wall of your garage) or replace it with another, preferably natural wood finish fence set back several feet from its current location, then you could create a green planting area in front of it. That could help offset so much concrete -- especially if you could use a few visible treated posts for supporting that fence -- posts to which you could add brackets for hanging pots of blooming plants. Budget permitting, perhaps you could add a forward facing gable roof on the left side of the house … left of and extending a few feet beyond the front exterior wall of the garage. Doing this could both create a usable front porch left of your existing steps overlooking your garden/landscaping and it would add curb appeal by making your front entrance more prominent -- more the focal point of your home -- rather than your garage. From a porch on the left, you'd have only a couple of steps down (or ramp) to stand on the top of the slope and the beginning of a walk path path near/alongside the tall shrubs on the left of your home (along the same path as your white edging) through your front yard garden/landscaping. Adding a simple concrete bird bath to any landscaping can add interest. Make sure the bowl is wider at the top so if the water in it ever freezes, the water will be able to expand without breaking the bowl. If decide to build the porch: If your porch is supported by posts with a natural wood finish you could link it to the garage by adding an arbor over both garage doors in the same finish, keeping your current garage doors and having them painted the same color as the siding or replacing one or both of them with a wooden door with window above....See MoreWhat would you change? Exterior on mid modern
Comments (27)Just changing the front door and garage doors to MCM style will make a huge statement. Your front doors are lovely, but don’t match your house (so that does add the “traditional” feel you keep mentioning). Stick with wood if you don’t mind the upkeep. I’m sure they’re easy to find. Have you thought about changing the exterior color as Hallett and Co. suggested? A dark charcoal,with new MCM doors, would immediately say “this is a mid-century house” because it will emphasize the lines of the house better....See MoreHome exterior missing.....something?
Comments (20)I'd rethink the awning over the front entry door. Remove it -- perhaps move it to the back door or another window. They you could create an actual porch that extends 6' in front of that left wing of the house with the new porch roof creating the horizontal feature between the downstairs and upstairs windows to remove the pareidolia -- two eyes and short step above the driveway. A shed roof front porch would work or you could add a forward facing gable over the entry door. Depending upon the size/shape of the upstairs window between entry door and garage, you could extend the roof straight over to the garage as well or you could create a gable above the porch roof that either moves that window forward or make that part of the roof flat and level with the ceiling of the front porch to create a balcony....See MoreExterior porch "missing" but would like to add one
Comments (12)My concern with extending the vents is that we live in southern Wisconsin where it can get dang cold. I imagine them filling up with frost/ice - insulated or not. Yes I was given an idea (from houzz) to purchase metal grates to put over the vented area - dryer vent, hot water heater and seldom used basement bathroom. But you don't want to dump hot, moist air under a wood deck, even with grates. I was also offered the idea of putting patio pavers there and going over the existing concrete with the pavers. All would be same level but the patio would have to come off of the house approximately three inches so it would appear to be "floating." This would prevent moisture and debris from being trapped which could cause the sill to rot. Doesn't look like that would work--if you intend to raise the grade of the gravel portion. Because it would (partially) block the vents. So, it looks like about the only option is a two level patio/ porch. Higher stoop and pavers at grade for the remainder....See MoreSharon Fullen
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