Design ideas for exterior of brown split level ranch. So brown.
I’m looking for ideas for the brown wood siding on the bay window and general ideas for the landscaping. I don’t think I can convince him to paint the brick. We will be replacing windows eventually, but not all at once. Ideas?
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Sigrid
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housegal200
last yearGreige leaning toward brown since you have a visible brown roof. Remove your shutters. Add a light teal door. When you replace the windows, get bronze frames to echo roof.
Great landscaping would greatly improve the existing brick without having to paint it. Get a garden designer to plan some deep garden beds on the right. (Your evergreens there are fine, though, but a mix of shrubs native to your area in different heights would soften the façade of the house.)
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Comments (5)What's your budget and your DIY skill level? Some thoughts: Low budget, low skill level: --Clear out all the play equipment --Lose the green trim and paint all those parts and the garage door the brown of the roof. --Paint the front door a soft turquoise --Replace the side lights by the front door with much larger ones in a bronze finish: Big bucks, big effort --Pave the driveway. It makes a terrible impression. --Create a walkway from the road along side the driveway all the way to the front door to make your entrance inviting. Use dark brown pavers for the walkway. --Create a deep front garden bed with stepping stones to the stairway. Get a small garden shop to choose a mix of low shrubs and perennial plants native to your area to plant the bed with the stepping stones in the middle. Doesn't need to be curved like this, but this is fairly simple, again with some stepping stones within the bed to the stairway. --Get straight curtains on the inside and keep them open for a lighter, clean look to the house....See MoreDesigners! need help coming up with ideas to update Split level exter
Comments (13)Thank you to everyone's suggestions thus far! I really appreciate it. I agree with everyone that a good deal of landscaping in front is a must and would go a long way towards adding curb appeal to the front of the home. Beverly- what if I have the budget to change the entire level of the roof over the single story part of the home? I was thinking I could do a dramatic higher A-pitch style roof to add visual interest and also enable the addition of a long front porch? We just keep envisioning a french country exterior and we will do what we can (within reason- not going the entire value of the house) to get that look. Changing the roof line (to either an A pitch or a multiple "peak" look) would also give the appearance of a larger home and also allow us to raise the ceiling heights in the main living area of the home - i.e., opening up the entire kitchen and living room to each other as well). I did get an estimate to move the AC unit and it was around $1500 so not cost prohibitive for what we want to do....See More1960s Brick Split Level Exterior Update
Comments (27)There's a strict school of thought that shutters should only be used on window styles that would historically have had shutters that actually open and close. And that any non-operating shutters should still be wide enough that they would close if they could. My view is that shutters can be a purely decorative element, free from these rules, and still look good. So I would leave your shutters, because your upper windows are relatively small compared to the size of the space they are in, and the shutters make them look more proportional to the space. I think they're just the right size. So then I'd also leave the shutters on the windows below them. I'd remove the shutters on the larger window on the porch. Whatever siding colour you choose, I'd go with a medium tone - neither a very dark colour that could look overwhelming, nor a very light one that would pop out. Use the same colour to "paint out" the contrasting belly band between brick and siding, and also paint out the corner edge pieces on the siding (can't remember what they are called). Your front door is beautiful and perfect with your brick. Congratulations on your lovely home....See MoreDesign ideas for split-level mansard
Comments (24)Lovely setting for an interesting house. Good comments above on the roof and eaves. It looks like the trees removed from the front yard were huge-to-medium. After you have had the stumps ground out, the soil will eventually sag and settle. It may take a year or much longer. Be prepared to have the yard regraded to get rid of the moat you mention- it may have to be done more than once as the soil settles down again. A new landscaping plan would be good. I suggest re-using your stepping stones for a year or more as a path to the front door while the ground settles. Pouring a new concrete walkway or enlarging the steps should wait while you see how the moat drainage changes. Is this a lake house with a view from the back yard? If so, after removing the trees that are too close, you could have some trees' canopies lifted to improve your sight lines. Or have a Phase 2 in a year or so which includes removing a few trees that block your view....See Morehousegal200
last yearlast modified: last yearSusie .
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
last yearlast modified: last yearAre you sure that brick isn't already painted? Who makes orange brick and orange mortar?
No shutters on this Modern house.
That bow window is so not appropriate for this home. I would select a picture window instead.
simplynatural
last yearlast modified: last yearWell, I never would have guessed when I started playing with this that the changes I would like best would add MORE orange! Here are a couple of versions with wood and shutters painted closer to the brick color, one more taupe-y, one more peach-y. The intent in both cases is to reduce the stark contrast of the dark wood against the brick. Both also modify the roof over the bow window so it isn't so high and is darker, both darken the main roof, and both widen the walk and add landscaping to "ground" the house (although I didn't include @Dig Doug's Designs foreground tree, which I really like!). The peach-y one also extends the roof over the door to add emphasis to the entrance and hangs a larger light fixture. You can see what you think.
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happyleg
last yearhappyleg
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ourfarmhouse
last yearSome suggestions...
1. I would extend the wood siding down to the ground in front and paint it black. This simplifies the facade and helps to make it feel more modern, and contrasts with the brick. It makes it feel crisp.
2. Either flatten the bay window or make it a box bay and extend the black aluminum surround to the bottom windows. This further simplifies the facade and brings in and architectural element.
3. Update the door with a more modern version to match the modern asthetic of the rest of the house.
4. Remove the shutters. They don't match the more MCM style of the house.
5. When it's time to replace the roof, go with black shingles. It will help with more contrast.
6. Landscape, landscape, landscape.
Here is what it could look like...
Emilee
last year
Dig Doug's Designs