House is too plain - How do I dress it up?
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We've just moved to this house, but I feel like it is too plain. Would love your suggestions on how to add interest to the house - window trim? Something above the garage? Trim around entry? I'm at a loss.
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It's a lovely house. Window trim would be good. Shutters especially. This looks all beige. Shutters, and paint the front door a matching color. I love a muted red, maybe a burgundy would really dress up a monotone house like yours. If you and hubby can agree. Shades if blue look god against light warm colors too
Karen Garner
on Sep 26, 2016
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The fron landscaping looks really nice
Karen Garner
on Sep 26, 2016
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Personally I would paint the front door and add some seasonal flowers to your landscape.
Janet Pizaro
on Sep 26, 2016
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I would add shutters, change the light fixtures to something in black to match the doors and window boxes. A cute fence would also add some punch. Something like this
Sue Ryan
on Sep 26, 2016
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It is a lovely house. I would paint the cross bars on the garage doors the darker tone of the house so it becomes two tone. thus less of a big flat monochromatic space. The trim on windows and house could either go a very bright white or maybe a nice robin's egg blue, door canary yellow. Over the garage you might want to consider a fake 'barn hayloft door' simple set of wood panels that look as if they would open up for hay loft . Get rid of the trash can, build a little fence/shed. (Never let the neighbor see you have 'trash') I would also box in the gutter running down the front between the garage and house, It is way too cheap looking for such a nice built house, Simple frame and cover, paint to match house so it blends in. trim in your trim color so it steps out and structurally separates the buildings.
Johnchip
on Sep 26, 2016
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Paint front door red. Window boxes on turet windows. Faux windows on garage doors (on hometalk). Hanging flower baskets or copper/black lantern lights on each side of entrance. Large black house numbers above the entrance. Maybe stylish shake shingles on gable above garage & perhaps the entrance. Copper/black lantern lights on each side of the garage doors. Wood rail fence up side of driveway with solar light caps on posts.
Wowhavs
on Sep 26, 2016
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Depending on your budget, I would bring the front door forward and replace the old front door with a french interior door (making the space between the two doors into a well decorated mud room.) Then you can choose an awesome color on the door that will be more noticeable. I would add side lights or make the exterior door a double door (if the space i wide enough. Then you can balance the turret roof with a similarly shaped overhang over the door.
Coolfurniturelady
on Sep 26, 2016
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I would suggest a more custom and decorative garage door. I'm thinking something detailed that's wooden or white with windows at the top.
Michelle Harbee
on Sep 26, 2016
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There is too much blank space above the garage doors and on the other wall section with the peaked roof. Fix matching triangles of trellis to those areas and grow a red and a white intertwined climbing rose up the garage one from both sides of the garage doors (Thats four rose bushes, they look dramatic when intertwined and will climb to cover the large blank area. Plant red and white standard roses under all the windows and keep trimmed to sill height as well
Brad Mildern
on Sep 27, 2016
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you could always have hexagonal quilt type design painted on the two peeks(above the garage and front door) to match that tiny window, in bright colours and then plant flowers in the same colours as the quilt design in front of the house
Judy Riley
on Oct 01, 2016
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Just paintbrush
Sue Ryan
on Oct 01, 2016
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paint the trim a dark brown and a bright front door. A tall bush or tree to cover the drain pipe, and planter boxes under the windows
Barbara Eble-
on Oct 02, 2016
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