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need opinions on how to give this home a facelift

Bob Fiala
11 år sedan
I just purchased this home and this exterior needs some love. I would like to hear some opinions to make this home have some nice curb appeal.
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  • mpoulsom
    11 år sedan
    Ändrades senast: 11 år sedan
    I think the windows are fine.....and the door could be painted. not sure exactly what it looks like behind the storm door..but looks like it may be kind of mod? Can you remove the storm door?

    and one more question: What's the budget here? I can say a gazillion things, but it depends on how much moolah you want to spend! :)

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    • Jessica Ogg
      11 år sedan
      New windows and a new garage door. Paint the house a soft grey, or something inviting and neutral. A new front door, maybe one with a pop of color! I would also add on a front patio. Need to get the house looking up to date! Also, plant some very colorful plants under the windows and along the new way walk. This house has a lot of potential! If you can't do all that at once, I would paint the house and work on the windows and doors first and the landscaping and patio/walk ways second. Good luck with your project, I would love to see the end result!
    • Jessica Ogg
      11 år sedan
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      Total Design, Inc.
      11 år sedan
      You could easily add a gable roof over the entry with nice boxed columns. This would help define the front door area.
    • mpoulsom
      11 år sedan
      Ändrades senast: 11 år sedan
      I agree with something over the front steps...you could construct a modern pergola type structure over the steps that would be nice. Any material you like, wood, metal, wood and metal mixed. Shape could even be unusual if you wanted.
      If you wanted to go towards modern, I would paint the garage section of the house on the right a different color than the rest of the house, or use a different siding material on it. Maybe do it in a charcoal gray, then doing a light gray/taupe on the main part of the house. Brightly colored door (rusty orange, apple green, yellow, turquoise) with a pergola type roof over it.

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    • mpoulsom
      11 år sedan
      here's another interesting color combination for paint colors if you want something that's not so bright. but again, I'm talking to myself! ha!

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    • PRO
      DMH DESIGN
      11 år sedan
      CHS, I would suggest defining the entry space, as others have suggested. It appears that you may have the opportunity to project a roof and steps about 4-6' out from the exterior wall where the entry door is located. Any work you do, in enlarging the building footprint, I would suggest securing the blessings of the HOA and/or the local bldg. dept. prior to proceeding. 6' would allow you to create a small porch that could run L to R (per photo) from the garage wall to the other side of the window to the left of the entry door (per photo) I would use slender columns and knee braces as roof support for a shed roof framed off of the existing roof, at a lower pitch, to fit into the ranch house vernacular. I would define the driveway with some plantings and accent the garage end with an espalier, with roses or other creeping flora.
    • libradesigneye
      11 år sedan
      Ändrades senast: 11 år sedan
      The bones for a modern look are really there - replace the screen door so the mcm lines of the entry door show through. Some of the suggestions above are headed in the cottage direction - that can be done, but with the white vinyl windows and trim here, and the charcoal roof, I'd paint the house a dark gray. Test something lighter than the roof - maybe sw software http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7074-software/ Expand the white trim around each opening, except the garage, and put the white trim on the eave and fascia line too. Then, I'd give the terracotta brick chimney a nod with a kind of a rusty front door - like sw truepenny http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6355-truepenny/

      Take the garage door you have and paint it one shade deeper gray or replace with a really modern glass garage door
    • handymam
      11 år sedan
      Jessica, love the first pic! I love the front door on the house currently, and think the black and grey colors would work well. I agree with mpousom, the windows are fine. You could see the door better if the storm door was removed. But if you must have one, maybe one with nothing in the middle- totally full view.

      cold harbor studio, how do you get into the garage from that driveway? Are you thinking of changing the driveway approach to the house sometime? Maybe you could show us a pic from the street?
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