90's Exterior Paint Dilemma - Brick AND Siding
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Help: Exterior Paint Dilemma with 80's tan/brown brick
Comments (4)For the trim color I like the lighter one better. Seems to work with the brick more. Personally I don't think the green works with your house, but that's just me. I would probably look more towards a taupe on the siding. Regardless, once you've removed the shutters don't reinstall them. They are much too narrow to work with the windows. I would also paint the garage door the same color as the siding. I would not paint the brick. You take a no maintenance product and turn it into a long term maintenance issue. Plus with the right siding and trim color the brick will look fine. If you're interested in seeing some virtual color schemes on your home check my web site, Creative Visual Concepts....See MoreHelp updating 90s house exterior
Comments (28)Would remove shutters Would remove the current porch, specifically including two story front porch roof and columns as well as the brick pillars and posts in order to add a deeper (8') wrap around front porch beginning beside the bay window right of the front entry door and wrapping around the left side of the house ... adding porch to the side of the house at least to the first window ... and have steps on the side of the house aimed at the back yard ... using a hip corner on the shed roof there at the left front corner of the house. Since you have a second forward facing door (unless you want competing focal points for the front of your home ) you may want to de-emphasize the door by the garage -- having it visually disappear -- by painting that door and trim the same color as the siding Alternately, you might consider either ... Have that wrap around front porch roof extend all the way to the garage, including covering the bay window and second door beneath it, and then literally create another room -- a sun room -- enclosing the bay window within that sun room or changing it for French or sliding patio doors. Add skylights in that part of the porch roof over the sun room and second door to let in light that the bay window and window in the second door would have. Then you could have the exterior sun room door(s) exiting to the side(s): to the left onto the front porch by the entry and/or to the right ... Either toward and with a door directly into the garage, Or, if you extend the room forward beyond the front exterior wall of the garage and beyond the front of the wrap around front porch, you could have a door on the right exit toward the driveway and then you could create a forward facing gable over that front sun room. If you need the upstairs porch roof to shade that window, add it to set atop the shed roof front porch and even consider altering that window if it impedes adding the wrap around porch....See MoreDilemma: Exterior paint color to downplay pink/orange brick
Comments (15)I guess I didn't say that I am trying to deemphasize the brick. Not sure if you can tell from the photo but they are Roman style bricks, lacking the interesting dark colors and white stain of more traditional flat brick. It seems like blues and greys would make those bright pink and orange tones pop. My original thinking was white with dark accents. But I do like the dark exterior colors that are popular now. I worry that the dark colors will just make the bright pink/orange really stand out. Ultimately I guess I am looking for the house to look fresh without changing the good bones that it has. I am trying to embrace the look of the brick. Someone want to talk about how to tone down the brick without painting it?...See MoreHelp with updating 90's exterior please...
Comments (7)I was saying get a professional landscaper via a small garden center in your area who can look at the house and yard and recommend ways to set off your lovely home that will make you look at it differently. A garden designer can design easy-care beds even if you don't have a green thumb. The right native perennial plants, trees, shrubs, and groundcovers for your location, light, and water conditions will give your house a makeover. It's a professional job, however, and not something done out of the Home Depot garden section. If you want to tweak things, stain the pillars the light cedar shown in that photo I posted and match simple railings and a front door to it. I don't care for the limewash look, but if you do then someone else on the thread can help you out there. I personally think your brick looks fine. Good luck!...See Morepscheele
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