Brightening up a brown house
Our new house is too brown and dreary - we really need to brighten it up, but I’m struggling with what colour / overall look to go for. In order to accommodate some internal changes we are moving the front door forwards to sit within the arch, so we need to choose a new front door & frame (example in pics).
We’re not in love with the rosewood windows but they are excellent condition hardwood, so we can’t justify replacing them. A few people have suggested rendering the whole house, but I’m not sure. Instead I was thinking we could give the house a facelift with a new front door & matching garage door, painting the render & refreshing soffits. Painting the window frames is also an option, although I do worry about ongoing maintenance of them. Any thoughts / ideas would be very gratefully received. Thanks!
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PROKingfisher Designs
3 years agoThere is a lot you could do with the facade and it could look stunning. Some quick thoughts you could render the base of the bay window to match the middle, and maybe render the area over the door to bring it it to the fore, Changing or painting the garage door to match the front would help and maybe add some windows if possable.
For more extravagant remodelling you could add a curved porch projecting out from the arch and if/when you change the windows add some blind/false windows to the bay (maybe with large mullions) to give it a really stunning look.
I do a lot of exterior remodelling as a standard service with 3D designs if you need more in depth help as those are broad strokes and there's lots of little details that could need planning.
These are a few of the walkthroughs I've managed to upload onto youtube.
Sonia
3 years agoReally lovely house. Your house looks like a 1930s house? The porch arch was very popular in that era. I agree it’s the windows that let it down. If they were white it would really lift the red brick exterior. I know painting them will create further maintenance in the future, but it would make a huge difference. I think bringing the door outwards would in fact detract from that lovely porch. I’m not keen on filled in porches. I would paint the door and garage the same colour (sage green or blue maybe?). The render could be painted a soft white. Here is a couple of 1930s houses updated but still keeping the period feel. If I’ve got the era wrong, my apologies!
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rinked
3 years agoWouldn't render, lovely house! If the roof could use a renovation, choose charcoal colored or copper plating and cover the bay window with it as well.
Below some color ideas. I always love black or pale olive/sage with red brick.
Lyndsey Hill
3 years agoLyndsey Hill
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kazzh
3 years agoJen
3 years agoSonia
3 years agoarc3d
3 years agoWumi
3 years agoI wouldn't render, your brick work looks nice. I would go with the colour schemes @rinked suggested. Sage, taupe, warm grey, muted bluey/greens would work well with the red/brown brick work.
Introducing some greenery to the front would also make a difference. Doesn't have to be a climber, maybe just some planters, maybe some topiary trees?
keiblem
3 years agoLyndsey Hill
3 years agorinked
3 years agoSonia
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arc3d