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deanna_betts

Exterior Makeover

Deanna Betts
hace 3 años

Hi all! My 2018 ranch needs some help- it’s so plain! What would you recommend to make it more visually appealing? New siding color? Cedar shingles? Corbels/trusses? Our sub is very craftsman style.

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    Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
    hace 3 años
    Última modificación: hace 3 años

    Some option




    Comentarios (46)

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      Beth H. :
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      cute house, but that far right side does need something. any chance of enlarging or adding another window?


      that side could also use something w/some height. taller plants, maybe an arbor, something around that window.

      you see how they did the right side? when those grow a bit they'll get the height. Your space is even taller




      you could do some wood shake or board/batten in the gable areas.


      or, jasmine roth did this one

      notice how the taller plants flank the window


      bring in some cedar or redwood w/window boxes, as well as the others.

      maybe paint your trim or shutters a better color




    • jck910
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      I would leave siding as is. Remove shutters from the window to right of the door. Paint the other shutters (although they are too small I think you need them) black. Paint the door black and the sidelights white. Upgrade the landscaping. Add Black trellises to the right side. One on each side of the window. Something like this (substantial) but black Paint the window box black. Upgrade the walk to the front door so that it is visible




    • Usuario de Houzz-187528210
      hace 3 años

      Love all Beth’s ideas. Amazing!! I’d also paint the trim black

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      I love all the ideas! I’d also love to do black but I didn’t think it was possible to paint the trim of the actual windows?

    • felizlady
      hace 3 años

      Shutters look phony unless they are the correct size for the window: If you were to close them as protection in a storm, the shutters should completely cover the window or door and have a mechanism to lock them in place. At least some of your shutters look a bit small to be functional.
      I would suggest new natural stained-wood shutters in the proper sizes, and perhaps shingles in the gables in a matching wood. You have gorgeous trees mainly behind the house. I would add one or three trees out front...perhaps semi-dwarf maples (the tag will tell you how tall and wide the trees are expected to grow). You seem to have a small Japanese maple at the left corner, which will be beautiful on a smaller scale. “Semi-dwarf” does not mean the tree will never be taller than 5 feet...it means that is is bred to be smaller than standard trees....it could grow to 15 feet.
      Your current foundation plants will fill out and grow a bit taller in time.

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Yes the shutters are fake. I agree they are too small!

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Our shutters and front door used to be a dark gray but I thought the contrast made the house look smaller so I painted them lighter until I figured out what to do with them.

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      You can also see in this last picture that the siding is a creamy off white/yellow color. It’s just not my taste which is why we were thinking of replacing it.

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      Beth H. :
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      are the windows vinyl? if so, then painting them really isn't an option.

      if there was some type of trim around the windows, you could paint that.


      what do you think about do some type of wood in the gable over the door, or both, or even all three?






      you could even do another color



      I've also seen a composite wood siding used there as well.

      I like what you've done to the rest of the home, color wise. maybe look into the wood shutter option? a few of the window boxes, the tall plants. that should give you a nice change

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      I love your suggestions. I’ve totally considered a cedar shake and think we are going to go that route plus add gables into the peaks. The windows are vinyl, unfortunately, so painting isn’t an option especially in MI with the fluctuating temps!

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Very rough sketch (lol!) but thinking something like this

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      Beth H. :
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      yes! I like that too. you could do the vertical board and batten type of material in the gables, but I'd go with something for some contrast.


      or the horizontal like this one shows


      I'd like your white with the wood, and maybe something like BM Wrought Iron for the darker portions.

      see how there is trim around the windows? and the fascia is darker? like that.




      here's a visual on the shake




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      Beth H. :
      hace 3 años

      damn celery! there you go again! yes!

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Ok Celery and Beth you guys ROCK!

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Hey celery do you think the stone would look good all the way to the left of front door? Or did you leave as is for balance?

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      I should clarify: Our left

    • decoenthusiaste
      hace 3 años

      https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-collection/vinylsafe-colors-for-vinyl-siding

    • cbreagan
      hace 3 años

      I would also need up the pillars on your porch. If you’re going to use cedar trim elsewhere, you might consider wrapping the posts with cedar.

    • cbreagan
      hace 3 años

      Sorry, beef up , not need!

    • flopsycat1
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      No help here, but I’m totally envious of your gorgeous Fall leaf colors!

    • PRO
      Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      I would not go with stones all the way on left, just middle part.

      too heavy look.




    • Beth Allen
      hace 3 años

      Good morning! I would definitely transplant the Japanese maple at the corner of the house. You need a tall evergreen there, plus it is too close to the foundation. It may look nice in the corner formed by the house and garage, but don't plant it too close to the foundation..

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Good points everyone! Thank you all!

    • smacasa
      hace 3 años

      I'd focus on landscaping rather than renovating, especially at the right-hand side of the house. Even if you make changes to the house itself, the landscaping will need attention.

    • bargainhunter
      hace 3 años

      Some of the renderings look great but my biggest thing is you need more or bigger windows. Full stop. Your house looks nice but must be seriously dark

    • Snaggy
      hace 3 años

      Bigger window on the right side would help

    • Sandra Simpson
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      This house has a lot of good things going for it. But it has a lot of points, which subconsciously is not so welcoming to me. Another paint color with trim paint will work wonders. First change paint, add trim paintTry and reduce the points or bring less attention to them. Of course landscaping will soften any entrance but the first thing that one can always update to change a is the front door. A bold color and bold door. Can't see close up but put money into the door. Extend the porch across the front patio. When you extend the porch consider a trellis or replace from the "porch entrance" now all the way across, using the same roof line. Can you add some circular design? There is a craftsman design that has an arch in the roof over the front door. With the paint and trim paint, it is a nice touch. If are going craftsman, replace the columns with something with hutzpah. If you follow craftsman, use some some stone halfway up and then repeat the stone with an archway and larger window to the right. Use some stone on the walkway. Extend that hutzpah when you add the porch across the patio. I think all the windows should be changed and the shutters painted a bold color that blends, not matches the door. Is there some paint trick one can use to make the windows look different? If not replace the windows, add an arch if you can. Definitely a window box on at least one of the windows. If you put a porch up, try the window box somewhere else. Too bad you can't replace a window with a French door. House is lovely.

    • Leslie Fitzgerald
      hace 3 años

      What a lovely setting. What I see is "imbalance." The right side (which I assume is the garage) is so large and diminishes the left side, or front door where you want the focus to be. I would plant a large tree to the left of the driveway with some landscaping there and something similar to the right, which would add weight to the left and soften the right. If the right is the garage as I assume, it somewhat offends me to put $$$ there, such as putting in larger windows that will add more weight and serve no purpose. soften with landscaping and put your effort into adding interest to the living area side if the house.

    • User
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      If that was my house I'm pretty sure I'd paint it mid-morning sunshine yellow with white trim and then landscape the front with many different varieties of blue-hue flowers (keep the door color) spilling the plantings quite far into the lawn and down the side of the driveway. Normally I like window boxes but maybe not here.

      You need a visible charming path to the front door. Visually I'd pull everything away from crowding the house, drawing the eye to the sweep of the slope, emphasizing the size of the property. It's a pretty cottage on a hill you have!

    • threers
      hace 3 años

      I suggest you install landscaping first. My first impression is your house is lacking in trees and shrubs. You can balance your house with landscaping and the landscaping can grow and mature while you are deciding whatever changes you make to the house itself.

    • User
      hace 3 años

      I agree with threers. Your house is very nicely situated and I would start by emphasizing that, then see what house changes fit with the landscape. You don't want to end up with a gussied up box on a forlornly patchy lawn.

    • felizlady
      hace 3 años

      Wood shingles in the gables. Match the shutters to the wood shingles color. Your plants will grow and start to fill in next year. In that gorgeous setting, I would want some color out front, too....not a full-size maple or oak, but maybe a semi-dwarf tree which will have fall color or a Japanese maple which will have color and a delicate form. If azaleas or rhododendron do well in your zone, they will add some color along the foundation.

    • jill7256
      hace 3 años

      JCK910 suggestions are brilliant. Paint and trellises are not such a big deal and can make such a difference! If you followed those suggestions, the house would immediately look more charming, and you could take your time deciding what else was needed, if anything. Or you could put more money into landscaping. If you don't like the idea of black (I love it), you could choose another weighty color, navy maybe, or bottle green.

    • PRO
      lisedv
      hace 3 años




      -Leave siding white as is

      -Widen porch

      -Modify 2 gables to 1 same width as porch

      -Install cedar shingles on 2 gables

      -Install cedar posts for porch

      -Replace corner planks with cedar planks

      -Replace or paint windows black

      -Install cedar shutters

      -Add 2 natural trellis on front right section

      -Improve landscaping

    • doris_pyland
      hace 3 años

      Save your money on the contractor and hire a landscape designer instead. Darling house it just needs some visual interest in the front yard.

    • PRO
      BREWSTER Design / Build LLC
      hace 3 años

      The outside appearance of a house is subject to infinite variation. Without knowing you, I cannot presume to tell you what it should look like. What I can do is suggest some dollar savers to help you with your own planning.


      I believe that if the inside of a house fits the needs of a family, if the skin surrounding the inside is honestly and economically built, and if the business of building the house seems not to have disturbed its setting, the result can hardly escape the passerby's approval.


      The passerby is important because he sees the outside of your house more often than you do. You don't really care what the outside of your house looks like. By the time you have come home three times, you hardly see it anymore; but you do care what the passerby thinks, and you want to please him.


      The passerby enjoys a glimpse of a big house that looks usable. He dislikes the sight of a big house fronted with useless ornamentation. He also dislikes a little house that has spawned some useless boards in an attempt to look big.


      The passerby dislikes gateposts without gates. Fences that go nowhere and keep nothing in or out. Grape arbors without grapes. Terrace coverings that obviously don't keep out the rain. Shutters that obviously cannot be closed to cover the windows along which they hang. Stone pillars that hold up nothing, and balconies with no visible supports. Doors with no footway leading to them, and tiny patches of lawn on which no one has ever trod.

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Thanks all for your suggestions. We won’t be getting more windows- it’d be visually nice but it’s just the garage and I’d rather put the money elsewhere. The entire backside of our house is window, so we get plenty of light from those. I’d rather not paint siding or window trim as, in my mind, those could potentially devalue the house if not done well. The landscaping is a definite must and I appreciate all the ideas there! Cedar trim and stone work are definitely happening this summer too, thanks to your suggestions! And I love all the renderings with black doors- definitely my favorite as I’m allergic to color 😆

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      Also, I’m needing suggestions as to tall plants that do well in narrow spaces. We have a front walkway but only about one foot worth of space between the path and the side of the garage (of course, the area that needs most landscaping) Am I stuck with trellises? Not that I’m against that- I love them, just wondering if I have other options

    • Sandra Simpson
      hace 3 años

      Putting wood shingles on the gables and matching shutters brings attention to the fact the pitch is too severe. The point is to make things look bigger. things look bigger when they blend.

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      The pitch of the roof is too severe? It’s a very low pitch

    • Deanna Betts
      Autor original
      hace 3 años

      If we put any wood in the gables it will most likely be a decorative truss or corbel. Similar to the ones in Celery’s rendering earlier in the thread.

    • User
      hace 3 años
      Última modificación: hace 3 años

      Impossible to make plant suggestions without knowing the climate where you live. Also, do you use the seating area in front of the house and if so, does it get so much sun that you want shade there?

      Overall, however, given how much space you have I would highly recommend that you hire a pro to design a landscape for you that works on every level you want it work (shade, maintenance, color, walkways, etc). A pro will know what thrives in your area and what drainage issues you'll need to consider on that slope.

    • Freya Henry
      hace 3 años

      Firstly I can recommend you to Roof Color is Blue its look so nice your home...And you window is small you can increase size of your Window.

    • User
      hace 3 años

      Believe me, I know this is not your house style, but if you can block out the house in this photo, this is the very roughly kind of landscape look I personally would go for, with a more subtle walkway



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      Altair
      hace 3 años

      I've always love blue with these homes..

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