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We are removing the stucco from our home. We are going to do Hardie plank/board and batten but our roof has a mediterranean look to it and our windows will remain white. Looking for suggestions on how to make this work. This came up very suddenly so we are scrambling to try to think of ideas on how to mix and match. Thank you for your help!
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Stucco and stone is an appropriate combo. Siding is not really the best solution for your style home.
If you are adjusting the house I'd cut off that strange canopy over the entrance
This is how your house may look once siding is added.
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Comments (9)I think you have a very nice home. Having new garage doors would be nice, but don't change them for the sake of design IMO. Paint them a color that is in your brick, a dark color that blends into your brick. Then paint your front door a lively color. What color do you like? Red? Navy? Orange? Green? Almost anything works with your brick :) Then pressure wash your driveway and walkway. I think if you change your landscaping it will really amp up your home. Right now the bushes along the walkway on both sides really close in your entrance. Make large beds on the street side of the walkway with different plants. Get a good plan from a landscape designer. Or post in the landscape section of this forum for some great ideas to change your landscaping....See MoreLooking for costal color ideas for the exterior of our house.
Comments (5)Thank you. I appreciate the color ideas! We are looking to change the deck color as well. Roof is black - if you can’t see it. A side note - those small shrubs are newer Next project will be landscaping, but one thing at a time....See MoreLooking for ideas to refresh the exterior of our house.
Comments (9)I like your roof! Here's an option to get things started. BM Berkshire Beige with Brownstone on the garage. Not sure about the trim. Personally, unless there is something wrong with the stucco, I'd paint it and take the money you save on siding to upgrade the porch in some way. For me, it's too small for the house, can you make it wider?. Looks like you're creating an English garden feel. Every garden needs a place to sit and enjoy it....See MoreLooking for photoshop ideas on how to update the exterior of our home
Comments (20)The house wants to be a garrison colonial, but historic garrisons were set at ground level (no long entry stairs), had no portico, never had bay or double windows, always had a window over the front door, and rarely had shutters. The closer yours can come to these characteristics, the more authentic it will look--but changes have to be reasonable and affordable. So . . . What about building an iconic New England dry stone wall a little in front of the house and walk, to ground the house and visually cut the height of those stairs when viewed from the road? Next, is there any chance of adding a small window above the door? (I don't know what's inside that wall.) That would make a huge difference in how "right" the house feels. To me, the door also needs to be centered/symmetrical and the stairs would blend in more if they were darker (gray instead of white). Then there's the shutter question. I'm not a purist when it comes to shutters. No one closes them anymore (except in hurricane country). They're simply decorative now, so I judge them as I would any other decorative element: purely visually. Does the house look better with them or without them? Here are several views with the stone wall and the added window, with various shutter options. (I do think darker and wider would be better if they stay, so I've shown that.) Portico added, all shutters stay: Shutters removed from bays only: Shutters removed from all but single windows: No shutters: All shutters stay, no portico: No shutters, no portico Your call . . . :)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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last monthlast modified: last monthWinging it for such a large expenditure may not be the best idea. This is not a shack in the woods!
Invest in a reputable design professional.
Here's a similar reworking in our neighbourhood. I wondered why the buyers were stripping the brick--boring and spec as it was--from the 1980s.
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Note reworked main roof and addition over garage.
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Are there TWO garages? How odd.
But not unheard of where symmetry is king.
Bayview Ridge, Toronto listed C$11,888,000.
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