Making an exterior more Mid Century modern

axiomtherapy

9 years ago

Does anyone have any ideas house to make the exterior of this house more Mid Century Modern?

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MarleneM
9 years ago
MCM usually doesn't contain curved lines like your sidewalk. I would add a larger stop area and change sidewalk to a MCM style, large blocks perhaps. Here is a photo that looks like your house.
http://houzz.com/photos/10598460
axiomtherapy thanked MarleneM
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Craft-Modern
9 years ago
Our product, the Doorlenz, is totally customizable, and would enable you to create a front door with a mid-century aesthetic. It can be installed into any door, so if you find an MCM exterior door you like, consider customizing it with something like this...
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Hi Heather, Thank you for sharing your project, particularly love your choice of flooring, it will look beautiful. A few further design pointers for you: Starting Point: Select your doors and hardware first, then search for skirting which might have a feature you can pull out to compliment the doors and hardware, see image below from UK Howdens – see the stepping effect on the skirting board replicated within the door trim? (these are the types of small but effective details interior designers look out for) Painting Oak: As suggested by the Houzz community – we also would avoid overpainting Oak, it is an expensive material and is designed to showcase its own natural beauty without the need for a painted coating. Flooring Selection: The beautiful flooring you have already selected will be the main focal point throughout – especially the herringbone pattern and natural graining in the wood, framing your door with a similar wood might cause a boxed in effect within the spaces. If you are looking to achieve a framing effect this could easily be done within the flooring – see border image within flooring below: Door Handles: Door handles are a very clever way to extend your interior design style theme – down to the finest details you have accurately already captured the mid-century modern feel with your chosen selection of matt black, think about the shape you are opting for in addition. Skirting Sizes: - In terms of sizes: it would be at your personal discression, it also worth noting that the current size is encased in a colour that does not showcase the grooved design. The average height for skirting boards throughout the UK is 145mm (approximately 6 inches). When it comes to choosing the height for your skirting, it comes down to personal preference. We have found that our most popular sizes range from 120mm (approximately 5 inches) up to 220mm (approximately 9 inches). Start by measuring your current skirting and mark out the difference between what is currently there and the size of designs you like. The image below features the higher version with similar flooring you have selected. Opting for plain white skirting to showcase your flooring, doors and any additional accessories you plan on implementing would be our best guidance, simplicity is key when it comes to skirting boards. Please keep us posted with your project outcomes. Warm and best wishes Team SPEAK
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Dar Eckert
9 years ago
The first thing I would do is paint the window trim a charcoal color and replace the siding with horizontal stained wood or paint the siding to match the window trim. Consider replacing the door.

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sacapuntaslapioz
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paint the red in a muted earth tone. a grey, brown, taupe, greige, if possible paint trims in a dark brown like terra tone. when you change the roof, do a dark grey.
next step, take the conical shrubs outs. Please re-use them in beds, like this they look oldie-oldie. replace with ornamental grasses and a few flowers with strong lines such as irises and lilies.

If possible re-make the walkway to a straight line, if not border it with low ornamental grasses

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