Welcome to my house! This is the 1940s brick cape cod my husband and I call home. Over the past couple of years we’ve spent countless hours working on the interior and making it our own. But now I’m ready to tackle the outside! I have been so anxious to freshen up the brick to brighten up the facade. With so many color choices and combinations…it’s hard to decide on one complete look. Check out the transformation Nicole Balch of Making it Lovely created on her own home. It was so inspiring, I decided to do some experimenting of my own. Take a look below at my house in its current state…(complete with a sunshine yellow front door).
And this is what I came up with. I’m not sold on a red front door, but I let my husband put his two cents in! Overall, I love how crisp it looks and I’m really digging the flagstone step and path.
I will keep you updated if we move ahead with this project. In the meantime, send me your suggestions-I’d love to try out some of your ideas.
Looks great! Don’t you wish it were as easy as just showing some contractor the fixed up photo and saying “make this happen”? ;)
Agreed! It was fun to play around with…made me even more anxious to make the change. Thanks for stopping over to check it out!
Personally I love the bricks I would change the door and the windows on the side but I think that the color too bright ( for my taste)
How did you do this mock-up? Could you post the program used to do this? We really need to update our exterior but I can’t my husband to “see” what’s in my mind. . . . Using this program would really help us communicate our creative thoughts and visualize everything before any time (and money) is potentially wasted. Thanks in advance!