Reddit wont let me post the original post but we went with Bleached Denim from Behr.
The original brick was already painted brown which I hated. So happy with these results.
And love my pink door!!
FWIW I'm planning to update the flowerbed too!
Earlier this year I started the process of popping the top on my 1923 home in Denver. What started as collecting inspo photos turned into a collection of more than 200 homes with second-story additions - many of them more than 100 yrs old!
I updated/replaced my windows last year. We finally finished our backyard with a pergola and new concrete. The exterior looks meh.. but I have no clue where to go from here. We usually tackle one project a year and this year we would like to update exterior. I’ve use AI, but we have not come up with directions. What would you suggest?
My house is considered a Tudor Revival and currently has a red painted wood plank door with 3 staggered windows on top and sits behind a white framed storm door.. It was painted this red color when I purchased the house several years ago.
Am considering repainting the door and storm door frame :
1.) a reddish brown color called Sherwin Williams Rookwood Red
or
2.)a deep green called Benjamin Moore Backwoods.( Added window boxes to photo with green door)
Or
3.) Removing the storm door and replacing the existing wood door with a fiberglass "wood-looking" door that has 6 seeded glass panels.
Your feedback will be appreciated. Thanks in advance....
FYI: I am not changing or adding anything else so please try to keep the feedback centered on the 3 changes listed above.
It is so hard to pick a house color based on a one inch sample! It is equally as hard to find houses with the Certainteed siding color snow. I'm wondering if having Certainteed snow siding with colonial white trim will clash. Help!
Hi there!
Our Spanish style California bungalow needs to be repainted.
How should we decide on the color scheme? Currently, light yellow base with dark green trim.
Do we look at the adjacent houses to see what "fits" with the neighborhood?
Also, most likely we will sell the house in the next 2-5 years.
Need advice. The windows and trim will he charcoal/black. Attached a sample AI pic but I know I can do better. Give me your thoughts and ideas.
I first thought yellow, now I am leaning toward sun dried tomato. Thoughts?
I am looking for someone who can help me pick out siding colors and coordinating brick for the foundation of my house and render a drawing using the monogram colors. Does anyone know someone who does this for a reasonable price? I’m in North Jersey but I guess it doesn’t really matter. It could be someone anywhere. It’s a very big decision and I am frozen. I want to update the house and will eventually do new landscape.
Stripped back the awful paint job on the front door trim of our 1920's home. Had to replace multiple panes of glass and learn how to glaze with putty etc. Finished sealing any gaps and it's almost ready for a primer.
After all this work, it almost seems a shame to repaint it all white again. We're wondering what other colors we could get away with. The siding is painted a flip-house gray, and we're not in a position to change that at the moment. Would it be bizarre to have a different trim color when the windows are still white?
Put up the sconces last night to just get an idea of how they light the space.
(The window trim is covered in old lead paint, and the windows themselves are in such bad shape we're considering having them replaced with something more modern and energy efficient, but a similar design).
The driveway cannot be changed. We want to update siding, get rid of the weird mid roof and add a front porch that fits the house. What would you do?
I'm getting new gutters and downspouts and am considering replacing the current white color with something like ACM "Musket Brown" instead. I feel like the current white washes out the taupe, but I'm not sure what to do instead. Front of the house faces south.
What do folks think of a neutral dark brown trim against the light brown stucco? Any other ideas?
(Forgive some of the landscaping choices, we are still figuring it out)
I’ve been looking at different exterior design styles lately, and I’m curious what people here think makes a home look genuinely high-end.
For me, it’s usually not just the size of the house. Things like balanced proportions, lighting, landscaping, materials, windows, and the overall colour combination seem to make a much bigger difference.
I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have worked on or renovated their own homes — what detail made the biggest difference to the final look?
Would love to hear your opinions and see some examples of designs you really like.
Real-estate agent says new roof due in a few years and to change to siding to eliminate painting. This Wisconsin 1970s era home deserves some style. Pls help with roof and facade update.
We have to replace the front windows on this porch. Planning to go with a different look for the curb appeal. My wife and I are close in opinion as what we should do, but we are looking for outside opinions.
Three identical 48" tall slider style windows equally spaced across the the front wall.
2 Twin slide open windows about 48"tall. The middle window a bay style window with two side windows that open still about 48" tall but about 30% wider than the 2 outside windows.
2 slider windows on the outside corners, a front door with sidelight windows and a set of pine wooden steps that lead up to the house.
Your ideas would be appreciated. Thanks for your help.
I’m trying to understand what actually works for a small permanent dog-potty area near a back door. The problem in the first image is a roughly 7 x 9 ft patch where frequent use has left mostly dead grass and bare soil, so dirt would get tracked straight inside.
The other images show the three surfaces I keep coming back to: pea gravel with edging, mulch with large stepping stones, and pet turf over a draining base.
Gravel seems easiest to rinse, but I’d worry about it getting kicked out. Mulch might be better underfoot, but daily use sounds like it could get gross fast. Turf would stop the dirt, although heat and urine odor seem to be the big drawbacks.
For anyone who has maintained one of these long term, what has actually held up? I’m especially curious about the problem that only became obvious after installation—smell, drainage, tracking, heat, or something else.
TL/DR We live in an adobe house with black accents and trim and need new garage doors. I need help picking a style and color.
About 6 months ago we moved in to our home after an absolutely hellish 3 year remodel-- the GC walked off the project and we had to finish it ourselves. While the interior, covered patio, and trellises are done, the exterior still needs some work.
*garage doors enter chat*
These garage doors are original to the home making them almost 25 years old. They're sun bleached, stained, and stylistically a mismatch... an eyesore, if you will. The Clopay Canyon Ridge^(®) Chevron series doors are *chefs kiss* my favorite. However, at $11,000+ each, installed, they're not really an option.
We live in Phoenix where it is currently hotter than the surface of the sun. The doors face south so durability and insulation are high on our list of priorities. However, we use the garage as a gym and theres limited natural light. Small insulated windows across the top, either clear or frosted, would be a nice addition. I used AI to generate a variety of color and style combinations and marked my personal favorite with a red star.
If anyone has any strong opinions on the best color or style for our house, as well as manufacturers we should check out, I would greatly appreciate it!!
ETA: Cross posted in r/CurbAppeal
ETA2: Would like to spend ~$12-14k installed for both.
Just looking for ideas. The roof is only a couple years old so no opportunity to change the brown there. Garage door does need to be imminently replaced and on all my AI renderings I could only see tan/beige/etc working. I garden so landscape ideas would certainly be a good avenue! Generally the house façade seems dark to me and is the opposite of our prior homes. Faces west.
