How do I pull these colors together?

12 years ago

We recently painted our home and replaced the brick with stucco. Somehow the "after" doesn't seem to look finished. Any suggestions on what we can do to pull the look together? I feel like it doesn't really have a style.

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Chromatic

12 years ago

I think it looks really nice. You could change the lights to the side of the garage. Get black and bigger ones. You could put some pots with some plants between the garage doors. Landscaping will help. Especially around the mailbox. A small flowering vine on the posts at the door is a possibility. I can't tell a lot because the photo is so small. If you have money to burn, you could change the driveway to pavers. And make it more curved.

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nwduck
12 years ago
With the roof and the gable colors, it has a lot of "weight" at the top of the house. You might try tallish pots in a charcoal color at the garage doors. Don't know if this is your style, but the house has enough presence to add some very large, signature rocks into the landscape. Some by the lightpost area interplanted with evergreen shrubs and perennials would anchor that side of the driveway.
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Tam Sanchez
Original Author
12 years ago
Great suggestions. I couldn't find the word to say it was "top heavy" but now I can see it. I also like the idea of bigger, black lights around the garage! I was also thinking about adding some black carriage-type hardware to the garage doors to dress them up. Not sure if they are the right style of door for that and my hubbie would be pretty mad if I put holes in the door and it looked bad. :)
nwduck
12 years ago
One other thing that might help is having the driveway and walkway stained darker. As far as the carriage hardware goes, I'm not sure the door style is not quite right for that. You could try just getting some black posterboard and do a sort of cutout of that hardware, then just stick it on the doors with some tape. That would at least give you a visual before you invested or drilled holes!
Tam Sanchez
Original Author
12 years ago
That's a great idea! I couldn't figure out how to see if I liked the look without committing to it! Thanks!
gotchaz45
12 years ago
Can you take your photo and make the walls on the sides of the garage brown all the way down rather than brown on top and light color on bottom? I think that would make the top seem less weighty... just a guess but working with the photo should tell you.
gotchaz45
12 years ago
Also, either way, you need much weightier lamps on sides of garage doors.
Karin Madgwick
12 years ago
I feel that the driveway and path need to be charcoal to match the roof.