Color of house against the brick
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Jennifer Hogan
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Comments (9)I am coming around to essentially digging about 4-6 inches away from the base of the house to get the dirt below the brick line, use some edging to hold back the soil, and then backfill that space with stone against the house. So the brick will have a 4-6 inch stone border along it to create a buffer, let the brick breathe, and create a bit of a critter gap. Good call on cedar mulch! To Beverly's point - I'm going to improve the slope away from the house from there to about 4-5ft from the house, put in a french drain at the bottom of that to intercept the drainage from our uphill neighbors, and grade back out of that drain on the other side, so the drain will be at the bottom of this limited swale. It won't improve the grading of the entire yard - that is literally impossible without digging up about a dozen trees that are over 50 yrs old - but it will keep water away from the foundation, and will allow the brick to breathe, which are the main two main goals I need to achieve....See MoreI need advice on new house color and trim color to go with the brick!
Comments (12)Is the trim around the windows paintable? I ask bc you’ve got a lot of things going on between the front door color, the siding and the brick. The trim around the windows further distracts....See MoreI need a color expert!!!! Shutter color brick house!
Comments (11)Mathew, I wouldn't put shutters on a double window. To be properly sized they'd be really wide on a double window and look odd, or you might not even have enough room for shutters that wide. That being said, I'd say most shutters I see are sized wrong and/or on the wrong style window. You see some pretty crazy stuff. See if the link below can help. He has good advice with, "One of the very basic premises that all shutters should have is that they look like they could actually protect your windows. That means that if they could be closed, they would cover the window. Many houses are designed with windows that were never intended to have shutters but people will stick them on there anyway." https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/residential-architecture-101-shutters/...See MoreSusie .
10 months agoHere are the ideas I added to your other post. Your brick and your roof color are most important to think about. People can give you more help with a photo.
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoTHis is my fave with brick but we need to see your house and not sure whatdovetail is. If BM Dovetail I would not call that timelss or look good with red brick but we need to see your house. Post the pic here in a comment do not start another post.
Marylee H
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10 months agoSusie .
10 months agoYou have loads of options, with your neutral roof. The brick is a little shadowed but it appear to be a dark re that leans brown? Sage green usually works well with brick. The last one you posted may be BM Nantucket Gray or SW Svelte Sage. They’re lovely greens. Here are some more:
Susie .
10 months agoMeant to say dark red brick. This green is too overwhelming to me, maybe because it’s too saturated. If you stick with the greens that are more gray I think it would be better. Dovetail is not bad, it’s just not as interesting as the others. I would paint everything in your trim color (siding, windows, trim).
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