Exterior design question

10 years ago

We are in the process of building a home in the farmhouse style in the Midwest. Not having a lot of the modern touches that his one might have, but very similar in a lot of aspects. We are torn at this point on exterior materials. I feel that the all board and batten is a more traditional look but every high end home in our town recently has stone around the bottom and that is immediately where the builder and designer went with the materials. Thoughts about this and did you consider incorporating any other materials in the exterior of this house?

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Angie Behrens
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10 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply! We've looked at all those options. Horizontal siding mixed with B&B, stone and also a painted brick to mix it up. Really leaning toward the painted brick at this point for our secondary material, if for no other reason than to just do something different. Every single house has a stone apron if it was built in the last 10 years here, and while I don't dislike it, it feels like a trend that is about to end or at least overdone. Likely going to mix it up with B&B, painted brick and then a more traditional looking stone on the chimney(s). It feels like that's how they would've done it 100 years ago. The house is split up as if it could have been built in sections over the course of several decades.

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PRO
l'oro designs
10 years ago
hi! funny enough, a good friend of mine in chicago, did board and batten and stone at the bottom, she said it's more common there. i love that look, too! and, agreed, more traditional. you could also add stone with landscape walls or fireplace, which would decrease the modern feeling of this house. i also think changing direction of the siding, introducing locations where there is some horizontal siding 'features' is also a really nice look and slightly more traditional! hope that helps!
ibseyb
10 years ago
I really prefer this style as pictured, with no exterior stone. Both modern and traditional at the same time, and more rural and less suburban than stone to my eye.
PRO
l'oro designs
10 years ago
love painted brick! think that would look beautiful, too!!
Zami r
10 years ago
I just love this house plan. can I pls have the floor plan
PRO
l'oro designs
10 years ago
hi! thanks so much! plans aren't for sale, unfortunately, but where are you building?
meanrenee
10 years ago
Would also like the plan to build in Wilmington NC

Curious as to why the plans are not for sale:(
PRO
l'oro designs
10 years ago
Most licensed architects would never sell their plans -- this was a custom designed home, for the property in which it sits, not really something you could just pick up and drop somewhere.
meanrenee
10 years ago
I understand that the house would not work everywhere. I was just very taken by the design. We have licensed architects here as well and some plans are for sale. I was simply inquiring as to whether these were. Thank you for your response. Houzz is a showcase for design and people looking for ideas frequent the site to do just that....get ideas.