r/ExteriorDesign

Time to repaint the brick, siding and stucco (not pictured). I am comfortable with being "that" house so bold colours are encouraged. The roof is black and will be fore some time still and the window trims/downspouts/eaves are all white and very new so those will stay white.

Orangey colored brick has to stay, I also do not mind the beige but I’m kind of over the blue door. Star is being removed, just not my thing. Roof is brown, also has to stay. Just looking for ideas on colors for garage door and trims/gutter. I was thinking dark brown for all trim and gutters? (Gutters need repainting) I’m so bad with this stuff! I also asked Ai for a picture with a sage green garage door and liked the look of that as well. Give me any ideas to make our house pop! Thank you.

Hi, around my windows and doors is bent aluminum to look like trim. It basically rips right off, and there is nothing under there but wood.

We will be painting it white again in the future, but I would like to replace the window trim with wood we had to do some work on a different window and it just seems like a good opportunity

Was originally just going to put wood that looks just like the aluminum but would be interested in others opinions

The house was built sometime between the 1920s and 1940s. Original windows were ripped out possibly in the 70s for these aluminum windows that I have.

Currently can’t do anything about the asbestos siding or the windows, but would just like to improve what I have

Sorry about the shadows on the house.

Thank you in advance!

We need some help decorating our backyard! (Blacked out certain parts of the image for privacy)

For now, the furniture stays since it’s not in budget to swap it out.

We have this big concrete slab that desperately needs some shade, but we have a great view of the mountains and don’t want to block it completely. It’s hard for me to picture a pergola or gazebo out here, but it might be the answer? I’m not sure the best place to put it.

We would love a fire pit area as well, and a place for the adults to gather and enjoy nice lights at night or something like that.

On one of the edges we have a garden box that has been totally taken over by spearmint (which we don’t use), so it’s optional at this point unless we can manage the spearmint.

On the side of the house, we have RV parking that we don’t use. We do have kids, so it’s kind of nice right now to have a place they can just mess around, but I’d love to hear if there are any ideas that we could incorporate to make it more functional.

New first time home buyer and I’m trying to add fence for my “backyard” to secure my dog as well as ensure privacy. The house is a little awkward, situated on its side. There are access doors (orange diamonds) on either side. Realistically I’m guessing I can make either door the “main” entrance but I’m having trouble thinking it through. If the left door is the main entrance and I add a length of fence beyond it, I feel like I lose a lot of utilization of that yard space since that is the further door. If the right side door is the main entrance, it is right next to bilco basement doors (tag emoji) which could be awkward and an eyesore. But maybe if I put a 3ft-4ft picket-like fence in front of the bilco and a 6ft privacy fence set slightly back, I could have a length of 6ft fencing to the left? I don’t know, I need help lol I’m also planning on a ton of landscaping but fence comes first since I want my dog to have her freedom with the big move.

I have a 1920’s colonial ish house that I want to update the look of without taking away character. We had the roof replaced but it’s not quite as dark of a color as expected. Our plan is to do the trim a darker grey color but we have window grilles that are permanent and not removable. Has anyone done the trim a darker color and left the grilles white? I feel like they wouldn’t be that noticeable but I am hoping someone here has some ideas. And I know that white and brick is the “traditional” look, but we are just looking for something different. Some of the mock ups I’ve seen here are super impressive and was hoping some of you would be willing to share your creativity and give some ideas for our exterior redesign “lite”. Wouldn’t be opposed to adding walkways or a covered porch

Thanks!

Hey guys, love our house just trying to make it less 1991. The siding is in great shape but shines a rose colour. The brick is not nice, random paint lines from previous paint job. And a super ugly brown in person.

I’m very handy, siding accessible everywhere except back (second story daunting). Lime wash brick? Garage is first thing you see, roof is redish brown. I want to minimize pink and brown

Board and batten for bay window? Help

Hi everyone,

My house has a corrugated metal roof, and during summer my room becomes extremely hot. I don't have AC, so I'm looking for the most effective and affordable way to reduce the heat. Has anyone had the same problem? What solution worked best for you?

Thanks!

Looking for some curb appeal ideas The back of our lake house is very plain , and from the road it almost looks like a detached garage instead of a home. The front side facing the water is much nicer with cedar shake shingles , but this is what people see when pulling up the driveway.
Any suggestions?

I love the look of our Craftsman style single level home but I have been struggling with how to decorate the empty space to the right of our front door, with the window. It just looks empty and needs something to make the space look warmer and more finished. I am thinking maybe a plant or multiple plants -- or maybe a chair/chairs or bench but we already have both in other areas of the porch, as you can see. I am not a plant person, so any suggestions on specific types of plants/pots would be helpful to me. Also, do we like the tan buffalo check mat and smaller welcome mat in front of the door or no? I can't decide if a larger welcome mat that fits the door frame would be better. Thanks in advance for any design ideas!

Me and my fiancée are building our own house. I’m looking for recommendations on whether we should go for black or off white windows.

I’ve had some renders made but the shape of the windows are coming out funny. The render is 75% accurate in shape, so please take that into account when judging the layout/window shapes 🤭

I’m more looking for recommendations on the brick colour and window colour combinations. Interested to know your thoughts on the below on the combos posted.

I’ve lived here for almost 2 years and aside from taking down some awnings, I’ve done nothing to the front of the house! I just had a patio and patio door installed in the back yard though, which I LOVE, but not looking to spend a fortune on the front due to that. Really trying to get ideas for decorating. Furniture ideas, flower pots, for pops of color. The steps are super awkward— I’m convinced the original concrete steps are still under there. Would love any ideas you guys have! (Front door is a dark red, would love to paint it).

I’ve got a porch on the side of my house that isn’t large enough for a table to fit under it mostly due to the fireplace bumping into it. I’d like to extend it by about 3 feet, certainly on width but perhaps length toward the back yard as well. The trouble is I don’t feel like ripping it down and putting a new roof on.

Is there any way to extend this porch and keep the roofing that’s already there? I plan on replacing the boards with new boards. The roof material is a rubber roof if that helps.

I feel like the front of our house look like the side of a house and I don’t love it. This was with an architects help. we can’t change the side garage. but we can do different bump outs and a different front door walk up area. guessing we need a different roof line. any help would be greatly appreciated!

I’m looking to replace the missing brick, where we removed a stoop, on my late 1960’s ranch in the Midwest

I recently finished a backyard, fence, side and count yard remodel on the house. We are really happy with it, but to really call it done, we need to finish up the front of the house (yards on the sides of the driveway) and paint the house.

For color, I thought about some dark blue or sage green and white trims… really open to ideas tho. Any thought on what could look good on this house style?

As for the garden area, I want something low maintenance. I thought about just throwing some crushed rocks or mulch and be done with it… but I’m just really burned out with the previous remodel, so my head just can be creative anymore.

I’m on SoCal, CA (in case you’d like to suggest some native/desert kind of garden).

It’s fine. Newer porch. Newer siding. All done by previous owners. Not what we would have picked. Looking for ideas to make the house pop. I’d prefer to stick with the siding simply due to the cost of changing it out. We will need a new roof in the next few years so maybe there is something we could do there to improve appearance? We’re not afraid of color and this entire house is agreeable gray in every way! Obviously painting the door will help but not sure what color. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Purchased this home not too long ago, and trying to think of ways to increase its curbside appeal. I'm not a fan of the color of the brick, but I'm open to any suggestions on how to make it look better.

Edit: I think the awning may have been installed to keep the porch dry. During downpours it still leaks in and there's not much of a run off. The porch is over the basement/garage.

Really want to avoid getting rid of the tree, but cannot stand section of my house on the curb