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Need help with the stone stain of the exterior

Joanna Lg
9 år sedan


Hi Houzzers,

After successfully white washed my stone fireplace, I am very hooked into staining dated stone. I hate the orange feel of the exterior. However, the orange brick does look nice to keep as is so I would liek to stain the stone into another colour to tone down the orange on the house.


Any advices!? Thanks everyone!

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  • sacapuntaslapioz
    9 år sedan

    That is a beautiful MCM house in a nice brick/stone combination. please do not cheapen it with paint. As is looks stunning, modern and fresh. it is well kept. in MCM the houses had a lot of textural diferences but most (some had blocks of color) were monochromatic with texture variations. as yours. it is a gem of a house.

    you will make it look like a cheap vinyl "worst-of-the-80's" imitation trailer home from hell. Your resale price will fall, because once you tint the stone it will be wortheless. all that gorgeous stone and brick will end up in landfill.

    Why people buy houses they hate?

    I have spent 3 years peeling awful things from a 1050s ranch. Vinyl, formica, bad tile, worse paper, shiny tracklights, giant mirrors reflecting awful views (such as a toilet)

    Know when you have value and leave it alone.

    Kommentarer (10)

    • Kristi Traynor
      9 år sedan
      Try a black wash.
    • PRO
      Patricia Colwell Consulting
      9 år sedan

      I would leave it just as it is if it doesn't work it will look 10x worse. I would change the door to a diffferent colour maybe a nice grey/ green and in a style with some glass. Not sure which door you have as I see 2 different ones if the new one is the arched door too bad it does not suit the house style at all.

    • Kristi Traynor
      9 år sedan

      I don't think the house looks bad, but it's her home and I'm just answering her question as given in her context. If she doesn't like it, she has every right to change it.

    • libradesigneye
      9 år sedan

      There are stone color combos posted at houzz that would benefit by staining but yours is not one of them. It is perfectly tied to the brick tone and you can not improve it.

    • Nancy Travisinteriors
      9 år sedan
      Go lightest color in stone. Don't know how whitewash will work out side??
    • PRO
      Form Studio
      9 år sedan

      I would look to the trim and door colors if you want to change the tones of the building. Nice lines of the building, good stone/brick work and textures. With all the texture, the garage door seems to come up short. Some up-lighting on the could really accentuate the home.

    • palimpsest
      9 år sedan

      My concern is that changing the stone is going to take the house from a unified façade that is given interest by various textures in similar colors and turn it into a patchwork.

      But my philosophy about houses or architecture is that houses or architecture are never "dated". They belong to a particular period or are in a particular style. A house isn't a haircut or a pair of shoes that looks current in one year for some reason and out of style the next year for some reason. Lots of Victorian architecture was Ruined because the generation or two before ours altered it so much. And they didn't make it look better, just different.

      Interior design is a little different, and I can understand how you wanted to change the color of the stone on the fireplace. If you had painted it a solid color or wanted to do something to try and make it look 2015 somehow, I would have argued against that, as well, but what you did worked very well on the inside of the house.

      Of course you can do whatever you want because it's your house but I think in a design forum, there's nothing wrong with trying to talk someone out of something they think would be a mistake, before the fact. This house is a pretty exceptional example of mid 50s, I'm guessing, modernism. My advice would be to let it be what it is and not try to turn it into something else.

      Joanna Lg thanked palimpsest
    • partim
      9 år sedan
      Ändrades senast: 9 år sedan

      I love whitewashed brick and stone but your stone is the perfect color with the brick.

      Your home is beautifully proportioned by the way. Love it.

      I do think that your blue spruce is outgrowing its space. Maybe you could replace it with some tall grasses to emphasize the MCM look?

      Joanna Lg thanked partim
    • sacapuntaslapioz
      9 år sedan

      of course one can do whatever one pleases with one's property. but this is a beautiful house, beautifully kept.

      If ain't broken, don't fix it. Landscaping, however, that is something you could do some real improvements

      Joanna Lg thanked sacapuntaslapioz
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