Help give this front porch some TLC
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Miriam Illions on Apr 30, 2014Irish, your home looks lovely. Do you by any chance have a bigger picture? This one is small which makes the details a bit hard to make out...Helpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 30, 2014The white railings and trim give a great contrast and really brighten up the brick. As for the door and shutters many times you paint the front door a color that POPS and you love that makes you feel good and the shutters a complimentary color. It is hard to see how the shutters look on the brick but you do not want red shutters with all that red brick. Maybe go more gray on the shutters? and maybe a vibrant blue on the front door? I would also drive around and capture what other color schemes are too (pictures do not always catch the true colors). good luckHelpful Reply
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Irish on Apr 30, 2014Hi @Miriam I, Thank you! I will update with some other photos, tomorrow. @The Garden Frog with C Renee I do agree the white railings and trim help to contrast the brick but the white is also incredibly stark. I guess that's what bothers me to some degree. I'd like to see softer contrast, and a gray color, as you point out, would soften the look while still adding to the contrast.Helpful Reply
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Jeanette S on May 01, 2014With the farmhouse style, rocking chairs are always a great compliment to the style. I like them painted white, but the varnished ones work well too. You can change out the cushions with different colors for different seasons or just leave them bare. Then add a few scattered small tables, some pots with flowers, hanging baskets, a rug or two...and of course some trinkets like a cute birdhouse! If your porch wraps around, a bed/swing hanging by a rope is adorable at one end.Helpful Reply
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Irish on May 01, 2014I've updated with some more pictures!Helpful Reply
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Daveicrave on Dec 18, 2014I would paint the shutters black and inside trim white. Possible black or red front door. I would do it all in a satin finish. Soooooo love this home. You are a lucky lady!Helpful Reply
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Ellie on Sep 27, 2015stick with the white except for charcoal grey on the garage door and the shutters stay in the blue grey tones unless your brick has a LOT of yellow in it.Helpful Reply
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