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Help! I need help updating my red roofed 50's bungalow

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

I would love some suggestions on how we can update our 1950's bungalow curb appeal while making this hideous red roof work. We bought the home with the red roof and unfortunately it's still fairly new so we will be living with it for a while. The dated roof color really is a design challenge for us and in the last photo you can clearly see it's not even a great compliment to our brick. We are attracted to a cleaner more modern look but know that until we have plans to replace the roof, new paint as well as a new front door and lights may be our only option. Please send your ideas!


Thank You!






Comments (15)

  • 5 years ago

    Is the whole house brick or just the front? I ask because if it is just the front, you could paint the brick, but I wouldn't suggest this for the whole house because it is really nice brick.

  • 5 years ago

    Yes, the brick is mostly on the front facade. You can see some brick detail in the second picture around the window. This accent of brick in the stucco is also on the back of the home around windows and doors.

  • 5 years ago
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    This is tough. Check if you can paint the windows. Sometimes the manufacture's warranty is void if they are painted. I would keep the black and tan trim and paint the siding either a very dark gray or white.




    ktmll thanked houssaon
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    I would start by getting more modern light fixtures (move the one over the door above the mailbox)


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    and relocating the bench (maybe in front of the right window>) Or if you are going to use the area for sitting, really use it. Turn the bench around to face the house and put 2 more chairs out there. Use your low planter behind the bench to create the feeling of a mini-garden and add a lot more container plants.

    Even if you don’t do that (and just move the bench to the back yard), bring your plants on the hardscape down closer to the walk and get a couple of talll modern planters for under the window area


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    Otherwise, I might not paint at all except to pick out the darket tone of the brick and paint the garage door that color. And maybe the front window trim white, to go with your storm door.

    this might be a fun new mailbox if it’s not too wide


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  • PRO
    5 years ago

    To achieve something more modern, you should paint the trim and siding a dark color like attached (maybe a color that matches your door color now?)



    ktmll thanked Eco Method Interiors
  • 5 years ago

    Just registering a protest that painting everything charcoal is ”modern.” If I were to paint that house a dark color, it would be a very dark navy. But I foresee all kinds of problems with painting at all with the many different trims,. I tend to think the existing color is about as good as it gets with the red roof and the brick. I would wait until the roof is replaced to paint.

  • PRO
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    or to go with roof ,or brick color



    ktmll thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
  • 5 years ago

    I would bless the house, and the red roof.


    I think I would go with wood or wood type finish for siding and garage door.






    Or possibly in this direction.





    with red front door + red garage door.




    And I’d bring in some solar lights on the grounds, and a bit more greenery around the house.

    ktmll thanked freedomplace1
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    I came across a bungalow with similar brick that paint ideas were being proposed for. I am wondering if the color palette may just work for my home?


    Can anyone overlay these colors over my photo?



  • 5 years ago

    This is not as good as the mock-ups that Celery. Visualization, Rendering images does. (I remember when that user was posting about his house.)

    I really like the deep olive color that Celery. Visualization, Rendering images posted above. The green does well with the tan and it is a perfect compliment to the red brick and roof. I think it a winner!

    ktmll thanked houssaon
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    What a darling house! I'd play around with the color blocking and not assume the siding and garage door have to match. Maybe paint the garage door to match the brick, as in @Celery. Visualization, Rendering images mock-up, and then decide what to do with the siding.

    A new front door and light, and maybe new more vertical railings. I agree the bench should be removed and some vertical planters added in that space.


  • 5 years ago

    Honestly I wouldn’t bother until you can change the roof.

    ktmll thanked thinkdesignlive
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Personally, I would embrace the red.



    Bigger carriage light, but not this big, of course.



    Or



    These are of course very rough - not to mention, sloppy... 😂 If you want grey and black on the house, it would be better if you go dark on window frames.

    ktmll thanked freedomplace1
  • PRO
    5 years ago

    I like this color with the brick and I think it will be the answer until you get a new roof.


    ktmll thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting