Exterior Update 90s Southwest/Mediterranean Stucco House Pink Tile
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Comments (16)Agree with Beth H to change out the front door. Even if you just replace the door with something better and not do the double door (for now). Anything would be better than the door you have now. Sorry, those 1990's doors just irritate me, I see them everywhere here and I'm in FL, not CA. I would also get rid of as many of the semi-circles as you can. For example, remove those plastic window inserts in the garage doors to eliminate those semi-circles. Strongly consider getting rid of the two semi-circle windows too. JMO. ETA: I would not add stone around the garage either. You are in an HOA. Do they have a list of approved colors? In my area many of the HOA's are highly restrictive when it comes to exterior changes/colors....See MoreSears Kit Home Exterior Restoration
Comments (44)@tangerinedoor You can see why I want to keep a lot of the historic elements of the exterior! The last owners picked the dark greys. I like how moody and cozy it makes the family room, but it reads so purple in our dining room that I’m going to paint it a nice greige. The bedroom is a Sherwin William historic arts and crafts color called Indian White. It’s really creamy and I guess does read a tad peach (I’m not a huge fan of that selection and I just made it two weeks ago!)!...See MoreWhat do you think of this pink/blush? A before and after.
Comments (100)Well obviously I love pink in all kinds of applications! My husband rigidly adheres to the notion that pink is not for boys in any way shape or form. His clothing is all shades of black, grey, white, brown khaki and beige and if he wants to really cut a rug--burgundy! He leans that way in decorating too, which is so not me. I am loving this thread!! I find pink, in the right combinations, a very soothing color. Pink and green reads fresh, pink with neutral natural tones is very bunny nest soothing, IMHO. Pink and blue, not so much, that's kid's nursery. I made a big mistake thinking that I could "tone down" a pink walled room with blue accents. They both stand out garishly when you do that . . . toning down means using shades much closer on the color wheel. I found that whole mauve, teal and grape color scheme did not wear well, although I like all the colors individually. It was too much contrast for my aesthetic. My last house had teal trim and carpet in the master bedroom, with a mauve and grape flower border wallpaper over white walls. I nicknamed the room "the aquarium." I would have repainted the trim but it was extensive, including a bay window with seat and trim below, all in teal. My bedding in there was mostly pink. It looked OK. Now I have cornflower blue carpet in most of my rooms and that does not play nice with pink IMHO unless you are doing a baby shower . . . Edited to add that the pink color in the room I needed to tone down was BM "Old Country" which is supposed to be a warm peachy pink but read "pepto bismol" in the room I used it in. Since my dad painted the room, I had to keep the wall color but managed to tone it down with browns, burgundys, camel, gold, beige, terra cotta, etc....See MoreGerman schmear gone wrong on exterior of house. How to fix?
Comments (37)Good morning! Loving the color combination ideas and the backlit number sign suggested by @Lau Rie. @Beth that grey garage door is beautiful and goes with the house style. The vent is not an actual vent so we could remove or embellish. My front door's color is close to Foggy Day you proposed. I like what you did to your place by painting the underside of your eaves. Are the wood panels you mentioned the white part of the gable? Here are the colors you suggested with darker trim and Dove-white stucco. @ShadyWillowFarm I can't hose off the lime wash as we didn't use Romabio's product, but regular white tile mortar that is hard as a rock now. @Beverly when we originally applied the German schmear it was whiter and it looked like it clashed more. We ended up polishing/grinding it off the rock which resulted in grey looking stones. The actual river rocks are in the pink/brown family. Not to my liking. @Jilly thanks for the feedback. The house is from the 90s and you're right in saying that it doesn't have MCM features. Is this comment related to the glass door I wanted to use? The river rock is only found on the front of the house and it extend about 3 feet towards the sides. The tile roof needs to be power washed but it is a brownish color. Regarding going over it with Romabio and changing the grout color, that's what I was considering when I posted my question. When I photoshopped the grout with a light grey I thought it looked a little better. However, now when I see the picture I can only think of the ugly tan stucco :( @decoenthusiaste live and learn, right? My husband wasn't too happy when he saw me adding mortar to the river rock and by that time it felt like we were committed to finishing the project *sigh!*....See Morechiflipper
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