Here is what the home we are looking to buy currently looks like on the exterior.
Okay, be honest, what are your thoughts when you see it?
What I see is brick that is not a pleasing color, an undersized porch that by the way is not functional, the door is sheet rocked over inside. True story, A porch to nowhere.
If and when we are able to purchase the home the following will be part of the three year plan for the home update.
Add a long metal porch. Look at the porch added to this home on Fixer Upper (Click Here to See all the photos from the episode). We will be adding cedar posts with rock bases the length of the porch.
Before
After ( Do you see the porch addition and the painted brick? Look past the French country because that is not my style.)
I love this porch roof from Gem Homes. I like how it attaches to the shingled roof.
We also want to make the gable the appropriate size to match the scale of the house and add a walkway with a new door. Oh, and make the door functional.
We will paint the brick. Yep, paint that brick. I have done the research and feel confident that we can correctly paint the brick so that it lasts as long as any other painted surface. The reaction I get when I mention painting brick is a little funny to me. Painted brick is not something new. Most brick from before 1870 was painted because it sealed the porous surface and extended the life of the brick.
My daughter and son in law live in a painted brick home that I think is stunning.
I wish, wish, wish I had the software and skills to redo this home virtually, but I already see it in my head. White trim and a darker gray tone paint, shutters, and posts out of cedar, with a metal roof and a carport at the end of the home that is part of the roof line, not a $600 pre-fab job.
I am hoping it will look something like this:
It will make me smile every time I drive up if this happens.
I would love to hear your thoughts on the color I should use.
Blessings,
Karen