Please help us pick the color(s) for our house
Cinch Munson
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Comments (2)Just saw your post, hope this isn't too late. We're in a similar situation - new construction, narrowing down our appliance selection. We have a while yet, framing is barely underway. Our builder includes a $3500 budget (GE mid-range), not including fridge, and gets some very deep discounts from a local store that has beaten every online price I've seen by at least 15%. We are planning to add $3k - $4k of our own money (pre-tax) and get nice, functional, but not top-of-the-line stuff. Your selections are somewhat similar to ours so far. I've put our price (incl. builder discount) in parentheses. Fridge - Samsung RFG297AA ($1999) Oven - Frigidaire FGET3065KF ($1732) Cooktop - Kitchenaid KFGS366VSS ($907) Rangehood (ducted) - undecided, considering Broan RP230SS or similar, but I'm not sure I like the side intakes. Microwave - undetermined, but it won't be anything fancy. I only use microwaves for reheating non-meat leftovers, or thawing things before cooking them. Dishwasher - GE GDWF160RSS, so far. ($494) We have been planning this house for about 3 years, so I've done a fair bit of research - except for the wall ovens, since until very recently we had planned a single wall oven/micro combo. Selections seem to be pretty solid combos of performance, features and price....See MoreHelp us determine what’s missing from the front of our house?
Comments (49)IMO you currently have no way for a visitor to distinguish where the entry is. The large sea of paving created by the drive and turn around or parking spaces vs. the narrow entry tucked between the two building wings gives no clear message of where a visior should enter. The narrow path and archway to the courtyard says to me that it is private space, akin to walking into someone’s back yard uninvited. I would likely follow the drive around the house if I were looking for the front door, assuming that the house was spun 90 degrees with the entry facing right. Bryan Lovely’s second drawing solves this with problem with a clear pathway from the driveway to the entrance, an entry patio, and bright plantings that bring attention to the home entry. While his planting layout doesn’t do much for me, and I think the path should be wider, at least 6’ wide, this general scheme will improve the front entry and make the house far more welcoming than its current front facade. Tiny changes like window trim don’t solve the largest issue of how a first time visitor find the entrance to a home that presents a barricaded appearance....See MorePlease help me pick colours for the exterior of our new home!
Comments (1)The front door could be red or russet. Paint all the trim and the side lights white. Paint the railing, and the step risers white. Paint the treads a light gray with grit to help prevent slipping. The pale green is not bad. You could keep it or paint it white, too. Lovely home. Duplicate post....See MoreHelp us modernize our 90s stucco home
Comments (19)You have a classic house with a lot of classic details. It sounds to me like "modernize" means to remove the classic details. However, your house is nicely done. The details are subtle, they add interest. If you remove some of them, like the window headers, you'll still have the columns at the corner of the rightmost wing. Modern windows and a modern door will fight with the columns and the fundamental style of your house. You won't get a modern look, you'll get a mishmash. Those headers and the columns, when badly done are a McMansion cliche. But yours are nice and cohesive. One of the hallmarks of a McMansion is style incoherence. That's what you'll be creating by trying to "modernize". That hedge is doing nothing for your landscape. I'd transplant them to the lot line, where a hedge makes sense and invest in a better landscaping plan. Keep the house as is. As the old saying goes: if you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with. Don't try to make it into something it's not....See MoreDebbi Washburn
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