bungalow

We welcome any suggestions.

Colonial

I agree with refining - bungalow.

Bungalow

It was built some time in the mid-late 1920s

Based on your comments I looked up craftsman Bungalow and I would have to agree.

I was going to propose Arts and Crafts as well...

The Arts and Crafts ( aka Craftsman ) style was popular from around 1895 to around 1930.............Your columns are a little atypical, but the architect was being creative.........

HI -- It is a Arts and Craft --- Craftsman with some overactive columns !!

Does anyone have any creative ideas with what we could do to give it a more modern look without blowing the budget.

Does your budget allow for new windows in the front ?

I would remove the shutters and replace the windows with openable casement windows with no grids if you want a more copntemporary look.........

I couldn't find any great examples but this these will help.......

HI -- I would not change the house architecture or exterior structure.. Just taking off the shutters and a new paint job /color , is a start . Do you want to paint it in a fanciful way or just a color change. The fanciful way would be to maybe to maybe paint the columns in an interesting way like a vertical thin strip in a black and white or a marble effect ... something . Or a nice strong house color like Polo Blue by Benjamin Moore with an accent color for trim and or the columns.

I wouldn't try to give it a more modern look. I'd try to make it more Craftsman-like. I'd definitely remove the shutters, but then I'd have to blow the budget on double-hung windows and square columns. Those round ones just don't fit.

Just using a modern color in a strong way celebrates the architecture but indicates your style - there are some beautiful navy blue houses with white trim and columns that just feel fresh [houzz=] or look at this house in black - [houzz=]
I tend to think if your house wasn't built in the last 60 years, that the little "imperfections" like big round columns are what give them charm and uniqueness - no need to change anything. Paint is inexpensive. . . Red is a fun one too . . you have a red brick chimney . . . . search houzz exterior photos . .. a deeper blue green like the first photo could be amazing - maybe test ben moores new providence navy . .

With the suggestion to go with a bold darker tone, you would have white eaves, white shutters, white columns, white railing . . .most of the house trim wouldn't change color . . just the body of the house. . great shutters by the way . . . so custom and in white the cutout graphic will read from the street against a dark tone .. [houzz=] Since your roof is a little bit blue green gray . . . the new providence tone is really calling me http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/newprovidencenavy

cottage colonial style