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Help with Curb Appeal

last year

New home is very lacking in curb appeal appeal. Considering painting the upper portion (hate the dark brown) but no idea of color. Would love a lighter grey but home has brown roof. Also thinking about taupe or sage but lost on shutter, door etc. Maybe have to pull out from stones on bottom half.

I’m also asking for ideas on landscaping. it’s just a boring long rectangle. Very hopeful someone can chime in. TIA!

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I would pick up some color from stones

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Susie .
last year
Most important is the stone. Definitely pull a color from the stone to paint the siding. Maybe a cream, or a warm gray. Depends on the stone and the mortar. It does appear very top heavy with that dark paint now. I assume they just matched the roof. The definition on the photo is pretty low, so it’s tough for me to give you a specific color.
Debbie Harrow
Original Author
last year
agree and I absolutely hate it. Hoping a lighter color will help with the top heaviness as you said. Here’s a closer pic of stone. The front door is also going which is forest green yuck. Then there’s those balls of idk what (?)ugh..

a close up of stone which I actually do like
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I live in the country and bought a house with a looooooooong dirt and gravel driveway. The house had not been lived in for a while, so in addition to a new roof, I budgeted tens of thousands to re-grade and re-gravel and put newn confines on the driveway (since blacktop would be totally wrong for the neighborhood and the house). Since it was impossible to do that work before winter set in, I ended up living with the old gravel driveway for months. I am never going to spend the money I planned to spend. Instead, my local lawn service tidies up the driveway each spring -- which was actually his advice to me when I first approached him to do the job. He said he would but he warned me it won't last. Just make it part of spring cleaning. I think your porch columns need to be white to show off the charm of the house, and likewise all the front bushes need to be removed or cut practically down to the ground. You definitely want to show off the welcoming openess of the porch. Take away the shutters and re-think the front walk. What is the most used approach to the house and put the walk there, and light it. Doors with oval insets have always been popular on houses like yours. If you like it, keep it. If not, you are not being ahistoric. A lot of these houses were built and sold with an oval inset door on them. Is that your house address over the porch entry steps? If the town allows, put your house number prominently at the end of your driveway instead for safety.
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Maybe a different trim color and front door color? Yes to potted plants. Possibly two large ones, between the windows, with a trellis and tropical vine. Or next to porch column. Nice (but easy care) landscaping on the left side. Create a bed with plants, a bench, etc. Plant things that will screen the side street. A screen of some sort to hide the trash containers.
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Susie .
last year
You have some orange in the stones, and your roof is a reddish brown. SW Chelsea Gray or Stamped Concrete read as a sage against the stones. I think that’s pretty, but you may not like the green. Favorite Tan is close to the orange stones, and reminds me of the color of a saddle. Not sure how it would play against your roof, though. Make sure you get tester pots and paint a large board (at least 2’ x 2’, larger is better). Colors seem different when they are larger and outside. Do you have any plans to replace the roof soon? If so, I would choose a lighter color that also works with the stones.
littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
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Don’t worry about shutter color. You don’t need any, and the existing ones are not attractive.
Debbie Harrow thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
Debbie Harrow
Original Author
last year
I really like the SW Chelsea Grey so I’m making note of that. it looks a sagey grey which would be perfect if it goes with roof. I will definitely test a few colors. I don’t like the shutters either but I’m just trying to figure out a few things I can to give this house some life lol. I’m not in this house yet (3 weeks) but trying to get ideas. A roof replacement is not in works since house needs upgrades on interiors too.

Then there’s the rest of home exterior painted an off white and dark brown garage doors. Do I match that to front door or what?
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Debbie Harrow
last year
Thank you! thats exactly what im looking for!
Sigrid
last year
Tan that goes with your rock looks good. The biggest problem, IMO, is that the bright white trim doesn't go with either the rock or the brown. Change it to a cream and it will look a lot better.

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