PapillionWyngs Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 (edited) http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=YYou can see on the left and right of the door where a small wall used to be. I would like to have that rebuilt, but I don't think I will ever be able to match the brick.We are downsizing, downpricing, downliving, moving on down. Inside is nice. Outside is butt ugly.Thanks. Edited August 23, 2007 by PapillionWyngs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=YYou can see on the left and right of the door where a small wall used to be. I would like to have that rebuilt, but I don't think I will ever be able to match the brick.We are downsizing, downpricing, downliving, moving on down. Inside is nice. Outside is butt ugly.I've already thought of shutters, and trying to find a brick paint that matches to take away the mortar stains. But it is still going to be ugly.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 (edited) http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=YYou can see on the left and right of the door where a small wall used to be. I would like to have that rebuilt, but I don't think I will ever be able to match the brick. We are downsizing, downpricing, downliving, moving on down. Inside is nice. Outside is butt ugly. Thanks. Current Front After Edited August 23, 2007 by Mark F. Barnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingman Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 (edited) I'd suggest some window shutters. Deep red mulch around the plants so it really pops. The plants around the front side of the garage could use that kind of attention as well. Repaint the brown a light, soft, earth-tone green; something along the green called "April Mist" on www.behr.com. It would compliment the mulch color.How about the small wall be made of decorative wood fence panels painted the same color as the gutters.I'm not sure what I would do with the garage door. Perhaps a creamy color that matches the front door as well. Edited August 23, 2007 by flyingman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd Susan Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I agree with repainting the trim a nice soft green. Maybe a sage color. I also fully agree with the shutters. When I bought my house I couldnt quite figure out what was missing and why the the front of my home looked so blah. It had the same colors as yours. My neighbor said that there used to be shutters on the front windows. I went to Lowes and bought shutters, painted them a soft green along with all my trim and its a new house. I also added lots of blooming plants to add color. After that we had a write up in our neighborhood news paper as the most improved home. It was really a cheap way to change the look of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 It shows that you're option pending....are you going to worry about it since you've already gotten an offer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 You need to get rid of that "Flower Bed" in front first off. I would put Bahama Shutters over those two windows in front. Dig out that bed in front of the garage and put soem Azaleas in there. Build a bed around that front tree. Build a fence out and along the side of the house. Paint the garage door a nice beige to compliment the brick. Since you are talking about rebuilding the wall, why not build the wall to make a courtyard out of that existing bed in front of those windows. That would close off some noise from the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Fixed French Doors (single ones on the front) as windows are inexpensive, add more light and look incredible. We've done them before with budget constraints. Then shutters on either side, and I like TJones idea of tall greenery on either side to give lift tp the front. I don't know what that room is just on the otherside of the garage, but working French doors there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Current Front After How did you do that? It's beautiful!!! Is that your profession? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 How did you do that? It's beautiful!!!Is that your profession?Nope, Petroleum Engineer by trade. Just some amateur work in Adobe Photoshop CS2. Just trying to give you an idea or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 It shows that you're option pending....are you going to worry about it since you've already gotten an offer?I'm sorry I wasn't clearer - we are the buyers. One more signature and we are out of option, and closing asap!Nope, Petroleum Engineer by trade. Just some amateur work in Adobe Photoshop CS2. Just trying to give you an idea or two.Well I am impressed. What kind of trees are those - in fact, what are all the plants )I love to garden, just can't tell what they are.Can't wait to show that picture to my husband ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Well I am impressed. What kind of trees are those - in fact, what are all the plants )I love to garden, just can't tell what they are.Can't wait to show that picture to my husband ! It's a rendering of a boxwood or so I tried. Some call it an English Boxwood. They winter well, and being in Clear Lake, shouldn't be much of that. Boxwoods don't need a lot of pruning to stay the size that you want. There are small boxwoods that stay under two feet and taller ones that grow to ten or fifteen feet. Getting the right one will go a long way to ease the maintenance hassles. The ones on the ends are suppose to be of the taller variety, that have been trained and pruined to hold that shape. I have a lot of boxwood around my place, they are easy to take care of and like I said they winter well. The rough airbrush coloring you see is to represent some type of wildflower to give it some color. They will have to be replanted every year but it give you an excuse to change stuff up colorwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 some reworking of/creating beds and gardening would probably make a world of difference. and maybe some trim/shutters like others have suggested.i agree with Mark - boxwoods (japanese, maybe) would be a nice base shrub, with flowering plants as accents. imo, i would avoid red tip photinias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 some reworking of/creating beds and gardening would probably make a world of difference. and maybe some trim/shutters like others have suggested.i agree with Mark - boxwoods (japanese, maybe) would be a nice base shrub, with flowering plants as accents. imo, i would avoid red tip photiniasDitto on the red tip photinias, they have lots of issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapillionWyngs Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Thanks again, all. I'm not depressed about moving into that house anymore!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Cats love to pee on boxwoods - and it kills them! I lost a whole bunch of them to cats. Use the dwarf yaupon(sp?) holly instead. It's a little darker, but it is extremely hardy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I have four outside cats and no problems with my boxwoods, maybe it's just me. And you can't do this with yaupon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cw4044 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I have four outside cats and no problems with my boxwoods, maybe it's just me. And you can't do this with yaupon I can't do that with anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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