Allison Corona
If youre known to walk through your neighborhood and admire thevarious house exteriors, youre not alone.
It stands out against the sprawling facade’s dark siding and wood accents for a multidimensional house exterior.
Such a streamlined look can emphasize architectural details.
Allison Corona
Still, you’ll always benefit from adding one bold touchlike a brightly-hued door, perhapsasA Beautiful Messdid here.
Through new stucco, arches, and woodwork, the once charmless home flourished into a European-style cottage.
“Its just green and nature everywhere you lookand amazing views of L.A.,” she says.
Design:Eden Garden Design/ Photo:Greg Thomas
Dont overlook one important accessory, though: shutters.
Here,Kate Marker Interiorschose tall wooden shutters to flank each side of the first storys French doors.
Opt for a little (like a door) or a lot, like full walls of wood cladding.
Design byCortney Bishop
The finishing renovation resulted in a reimagined interior with an exterior that sticks to its roots.
It’s jazzed up further by a dose of eye-catching color, courtesy of the sage green windows.
Add in a natural fir door and unlacquered brass hardware, andvoila.
Design byKate Marker Interiors
Pair Black and Green
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Its hard to choose a favorite feature of thisblack home.
Is it the soot black paint color or the manicured greenery?
Or perhaps how they work together to create an enviable exterior?
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We vote for the latter.
It was built in 1874, when the architectural style was peaking in popularity in America.
Note the ornate gingerbread trim, steeply pitched rooflines, and gablesall classic Gothic Revival features.
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Thats not all though.
That smokey color provides a pop of contrast with the white and brick of the rest of the facade.
That allows the house to be its own statement piece, while still framed with beautiful greenery.
Design:Forge & Bow/ Photo:Christa Tippmann Photography
Take this house, for example.
Try Color Blocking
Maite Granda
For a bold contrast, try color blocking your home exterior.
Interior designerMaite Grandachose a vibrant fuschia to add contrast with the all-white facade.
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