Our last project is our Master Bedroom -- new hardwood floors & trim, and we're breaking the wall between our 2 - 4' closets and making one very large closet. That will get started on Monday and I am very excited to get this all finished at last. This means Matt, Wesley, and I will be shacking up in the spare bedroom for a while. It'll feel like we're on vacation (at a really cheap motel).
Our exterior projects have gone through many evolutions -- from getting new siding to not getting new siding, from replacing windows to not replacing windows, to getting a new garage door to ... you get the picture. We've discussed, bantered, argued, crunched numbers, chatted up people, got opinions... I'm now mentally exhausted and we haven't even started.
House colors:
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| Linen White: Trim/ garage door |
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| Whitall Brown: House |
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| Princeton Gold: Front door, side door (any other accent) |
1. Paint the aluminum: We couldn't afford the siding we really wanted (fiber cement or cedar) and we did not want vinyl. So after some research, painting the aluminum will give our house a more economical face-lift. We're also going to paint our brick front.
2. Replace the windows: I didn't want to replace windows since ROI is so low on them. But our gliders all have added on storm windows which make them stick out from our house and now the trim around is rotting. We could just re-clad them from the outside, but they are 35+ years old. We said the money we're saving on siding can go into the windows. Right now we're looking at Marvin Ultimate/Integrity mix or Anderson 400s vinyl/ /aluminum clad. The prices we're getting are astronomical so we haven't sealed any deals yet.
3. Re-finish the garage door: Another place to save money. Our door is actually good quality, so we're going to have it scraped/sanded and re-painted.
4. Other: New window trims, tear down the back porch (to be built another time), new front door, power wash soffits...
In the end it might look something like this. (They don't have 70' split-level as a housing choice)
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| This is with Whitall brown |
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| This is with Clinton Brown (a darker variation) - better? |
3 comments:
the difference I see is there is a little more contrast with the clinton brown, making the trim stand out somewhat more than the lighter brown. so that option is yours, do you want the higher contrast which makes the trim stand out more or do you like it blending in together.
I like the lighter brown, at least in how it looks in the rendering. It keeps the house a little brighter.
Oh, and because I love paint color names, I had to look up Whitall. Whitall Tatum was a glass and bottle manufacturer in the 1800s. They made many things, including brown bottles like this one: http://www.onestopdiscountantiques.com/antique-amber-whitall-tatum-co-apothecary-jar/
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