Thoughts on Paint Color and sprucing up the front of our house.
Please give me your thoughts on paint and and general sprucing up of our house.
I posted The house on the landscape forum a while back and have removed most of the landscaping and trimmed the large tree in the front.
When with the landscape removed we realized that the house needs more than new landscaping. We put together a budget, and we have decided to replace the walk, repaint, replace the old shutters and then re-landcape the front of the house. We also like to reside the gable and would like recommendations on material.
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Comments (10)Thanks for the feedback, we had something similar in mind. Would you suggest bringing the door out to the front? What about the windows either side, we would think about replacing maybe in a different colour, possibly grey, and add some cedar cladding to the house front and paint walls grey. We are also toying with the idea of bring double doors out to the front with arclight over head and then to add coving around the windows with arc that mirrors the arc light to try and soften the whole angular look to to the front. All suggestions welcome. Thanks Brian...See MoreTerraced House on a Shoestring
Comments (5)If you take the wall down between the hall and front room you wont get any more furniture into it as it will still be a corridor. I say save your money here. Personally I would put a dining table in here. The back room with the stairs will make a lovely living room. I presume the upstairs is not big enough to put the bathroom up there. In the kitchen area I would put the bathroom in the sink area and then put the kitchen at the garden end so that you end up with a lighter kitchen and a bathroom with no window. Plus this way even though your kitchen will be small now you may be able to extend it later....See MoreInterconnecting rooms and paint colours
Comments (5)Hi, I love Victorian houses especially ones with original features. Is there also a fireplace in the lounge? I don't necessarily think you need exactly the same on both rooms. I this if the flooring is the same then you can create two different moods. Like you say if one get more light and has a large bay window then you will automatically get a very different feel. I would say that out of the colours you mentioned I would be more inclined to go with the grey tones in the front room. These would tie in tonally with the navy in the dining room. I would also follow the same theme with woodwork and mouldings etc. Perhaps you could be brave and introduce a bright accent colour in the front room like a lovely bright yellow/mustard colour. This would add the warmth and work with the brighter aspect. You could include it on larger spaces such as a rug, cushions and blinds etc Hope this helps. Good luck with your move!...See MoreWhat colour paint for the exterior of my house
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5 years agoThanks for your ideas Babs, The budget is about 10k. That will just about cover doing the walk and paint, hopefully the landscape plants also. There will be no money left to rework the front architecture.
Here is a thought on paint color
emmarene9
5 years agoThe house looks like a duplex. I would eliminate the Y path. If those are pavers you could remove the right arm of the path and use the pavers to improve the path to the main door.
I suspect you park in the driveway and walk to the family room door. If that is so I would make a stepping stone path to that door.
The bay window should not have shutters.
I would use lap siding for the gable.I like the current color on the house. I can see that if it is overdue for painting that you may want a change.
I would paint the family room door and it's trim the same color as the house. Don't draw attention to it.
I made an amateur image of where plants could go and the size and shape. The rest can be filled in with perennials and annuals. It depends on how much garden work you are willing to do.
I like what Yardvaark offered last time so I am posting it again.
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Thank you all for your suggestions. Love the posts but the modifications they would entail are way out of budget. I will take yarvaarks drawing to the nursery when the time comes and try to incorporate her ideas with something that will work with our western exposure and winter climate. We have gotten quotes for paint and walk replacement and that will be where the bulk of our budget will go. The front gable will be resided in the same cedar shakes as the house and painted the same color as the body of the house. The shutters will be replaced with a panel style The house will be painted with SW Duration.The tentative colors are:
The body of the house SW Hardware
The doors SW Copper Wire.
The trim white.
The shutters and black.
The walks will be Thechnobloc blue 60. Chaplain Grey
Yes we are keeping the shutters (but not on the bay window) the vast majority or houses similar to ours in our area have shutters and the house will bare without them.
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