Create Modern Exterior
Hello,
Need some help to make our home exterior more modern. The original is where its all brown cedar exterior. We did a couple renderings where both have stucco siding above the garage and doing it all around with right side of the house being same siding and doing solid stain/paint in a grey. The hard part for me is the stone, ideally I would like to keep it and not spend a fortune replacing it. I do like the existing stone but with the rendering it feels a bit more lake house look and not modern. Do I basically have no choice but to change it if I want ultra modern. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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jck910
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Kate
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoCan you show us what it looks like now?
I don't care for the white stucco versions. Too monolithic, no texture and the light colour "advances" towards you in a way that is not pleasant or balanced with the rest of the house.
IMO that larger upper portion should be the same colour or darker than the rest of the house, to visually recede. I very much like the angled wood on that section because it gives it some movement rather than just being a block. It moves the eye across the house in a way that is very pleasing.
It's a very attractive house shape.
tisucka
3 years ago
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3onthetree
3 years agoI like to envision what it could look like, and take cues that work toward that goal (even if you don't ever meet it). So accentuating the horizontal on the "base" to break up the dominance of the verticality with what was done above the garage. Blending in the garage and entry doors to the same color as the "base." Smooth "bumpouts" with only reveal detailing.
I prefer the darker base and lighter on top to not feel top heavy. So with the existing window color the horizontality can be dark brown wood. Lighter stucco color above.
tisucka
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3 years agoOP said "Do I basically have no choice but to change it if I want ultra modern."
That's what she likes.
The house is really out of proportion and the modernistic add-on was DIYed without regard to any design points, IMO. The right side doesn't look to match the left side. It may have started out as this:
partim
3 years agotisucka
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3 years agoI found another similar house, here is before and after. Do you guys think that it looks too dark when painted all gray/black. I like the modern of the gray but the brown is definitely cozier, but brown is just too old fashioned looking. So what I liked with the white stucco is that it brightens everything up so I'm afraid of simply staining everything gray in fear of it looking dark and gloomy. Or am I wrong and it won't look dark and gloomy?
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3 years ago 3onthetree
3 years agoI like the modern of the gray but the brown is definitely cozier, but brown is just too old fashioned looking
Here's a web example where brown wood looks perfectly "modern" with grays.
Here's one with a lighter color introduced, just to show the palette of colors working together. YMMV based on massing and proportions though.
partim
3 years agotisucka
3 years agoGiven the roof is in good condition I really don't want to change it though I definitely wish it was a black or dark grey color. But there are black parts to the roof which makes it more workable. Here is a close up. I've always LOVED that look of the dark grey with the wood offset. I just wish my wood was more this plank style like in the picture rather than the board and batten channel look that I have (here is a close up of my siding). I also think if doing that wood as you show in the picture, it would look better horizontal on the right side of the house rather than vertical.
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