Last week we received bad news regarding the original framing of the house. Most of the original post/studs had termite damage or were not up to modern code. So this week we distracted ourselves by picking out some fun design elements for the exterior of the house. Our current enclosed porch will be torn down and replaced with a large farmhouse style front porch. We will also be adding two patios, one off the kitchen and one in the master bedroom. Pinterest has been a great source of inspiration for us and has helped us pick different elements from our favorite farmhouses. We chose to go with the traditional white and black color scheme for the exterior of the house. To save money we will be keeping the current aluminum siding but giving it an update with a good power wash and new white paint. Another way we are saving money is by keeping the original windows and painting them black. We wanted to go with a grand entry door and fell in love with the one pictured above. In our search for this door we realized that metal doors are doubled the cost of wood ones; want it in black? add another couple of zeros. So we searched for a similar unfinished wood door and found an almost identical one which we will paint black. Our awesome contractor suggested for us to go with cedar columns which we immediately said yes to. He will also be adding black metal casting to the columns to give them a budget friendly designer look. Although many modern farm houses showcase wood or concrete front porch/decks, we decided to go with engineered wood for it's durability(also because no one wants to stain a deck every year....) Not being able to decide between a modern gray(Nick's choice) or vintage barn(mine) color for the floors, Nick and I decided to have a competitive but friendly poll on Instagram. Drum roll please..... Nick won, so we are going with the modern gray/Coastline from the Azek vintage collection. Overall we are really happy with the choices we made and are beyond excited to see it all come together. If you would like to see the items we purchased click on the links listed in this post or head over to shop or home page.
xoxo
Diane, Nick, Theo and Max
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