Face Lift For My Porch
I want to spruce up my porch. I’m thinking about repainting the white trim white, the maroon trim black, and painting the door a mustard yellow or black. I’d also like to cut out the hedges and make the base of my porch look nicer. Maybe add a faux rock or brick there. I’d also like to add a tile over the concrete floor of the porch. I’m definitely going to get a new light and number sign. I’d like my house to look more modern. I’m eventually going to change my lawn to native species. I’ll probably plant a palo verde tree, which might tie in nicely to a yellow door. Please give me any suggestions on colors for the trim and door, light fixtures, and tile for the porch.
The first two pictures are my house. The last two are inspiration photos.
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Comments (23)Thank you lizbeth and k9arlene for your thoughts. @lizbeth: I appreciate your kind words on the house. Thanks for your vote on the railings, and for helping me once again on my home. I see that the darker stair railings do draw your eye to the door more. DH has mocked it up as a brown to match the door. In real life, we won't likely get a brown that matches the door as well as the mock-up shows. The metal railings only come in so many colours. The door is a stained door, and the man door is painted metal. We can paint the man door brown, but it won't look the same as the main door. I will ask DH to mock-up the darker door to see. As per having the picket railings on both sides of the steps, I don't believe there is a safety issue (please let me know if I am missing the safety concerns). There is a full wall on the left side (left as you up steps) so the pickets are not needed for safety. However, they may look better if the two sides are symmetrical. @k9arlene: Thanks for your question. If we did a different kind of deck railing it would block the gable window and gable door. The glass railings, while not allowing privacy as you stated, prevent the house behind from being screened. Our build has been long. At one point, we had a gable roof on the garage (not the flat roof that we have now). Sadly, we had to tear down the newly framed gable roof as it blocked the window/door behind and did not look right (too tall of a garage in your face). Carol...See MoreMy house needs an exterior face lift
Comments (14)I agree with the majority - leave the stone, paint the wood siding (I wouldn't replace with vinyl). On my monitor, the stone seems to have a strong yellow undertone with both greyish and more beige/tan areas. Maybe a warm greige color could bridge the gap between stone and roof? Definitely also paint the garage door the same color. The other thing that bothers me is the white window trim and front door - it's way too stark. I would paint the window trim a darker color (maybe the color of the roof?) and add a pop of color on the (new) front door....See MoreFront of house face lift (advice please!)
Comments (26)Would you recommend matching the brick to the upper color which will be repainted to match the siding Think in terms of color hierarchy: color coding the elements on your home - grouping like things together so it's visually organized. The body of the house should be one uniform color even if the elements aren't. For example, yours is a mix of brick, siding and stucco. Unify them with the same color and it not only looks better it makes more sense so from the curb it "registers" easier consciously and unconsciously. I’m also wondering if the garage surround should be a different, darker color, for some contrast. My mantra is simplify and edit. I wouldn't choose to do that. Same reason as above. Doesn't make sense to chop up the house with color. No reason the garage should be "coded" differently and made to stand out. Unifying the different materials with one color will make the house look bigger too. As far as color options, the roof informs your choices. Whatever you choose for a light near neutral for the body as well as the darker trim color needs to work well with the roof. Gutters should be painted to blend with the roof line/trim. Downspouts painted to blend into the body....See MoreMy house needs a face lift!
Comments (16)ah, ok. better shot. (you're like me. a ton of potted plants! I would elimate a bunch of those and bring in one or two larger pots, trim up the flower beds, and see if that looks a bit better) tried to clean it up a bit and bring in a few ceramic pots. the color of this door would be Cyberspace. the other flowerbed plants need to be trimmed and cleaned up here's more of a Lavender blue w/terra cotta and copper accents You could white wash your brick like it's shown here. look at a small container of Romabio Classico imewash. I think the white wash brick would look nice w/a black door, copper pots, or a bright ceramic pot here's one w/green dark stucco, bright door, bright white trim would also be very pretty....See More
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Angel 18432
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last yearWith your white windows I think either white or the color of the body of the house would look best for around your windows. Your railing color could be something other than white though. Darker colors recede more and would be less of a stoping place visually.
I love your idea of removing the hedges and replacing with a stone just make sure it works with the color of your house. Sounds like your going for a more drought tolerant yard which is great. Here’s one of our two desert museum Palo verdes, thornless, pod less, long bloom time and low water user.
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lisedv
last yearVery nice! Looks like you didn't install any tiles yet, don't know if your found one but I think something like this would fit nicely:
Emily NilsonOriginal Author