Finally sharing the after of our exterior! To catch you up, we bought this ranch style home back in November of 2020, it took about a year to remodel it. When we bought it I knew right away there were a few things we we wanted to do to give the exterior some curb appeal. Paint the exterior black, look into options for the rock and possibly add faux dormers. We did paint the exterior black, but left the rock as-is and we decided to add a second floor for the girls bedrooms instead of dormers. Plus we added copper penny gutters! Ready to see it all finished?? Exterior Before- Exterior ... Read More
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Our new Window Boxes and Exterior Peek!
We hung window boxes over the weekend. They add a lot of charm to the exterior! And once the plants grow in more they will just look better and better. I haven't shared a full finished photo of the exterior yet, with the copper penny rain gutters, I will soon! But here is a peek…. Hevea Window Box- Modern- 18"- 36" size optionsLarge Window Box- several sizes and colors, this is the one we did, we just left off the corbelsLarge White Window Box- 24"-96" Regina Rug Black and TanWelcome DoormatMetal Lantern- on sale!Outdoor Candles- I just ordered these, on sale!Nuri ... Read More
Wood Garage Doors and Copper Exterior Lights Over Doors
When we bought our 1970's Ranch Remodel we knew we would have to buy new garage doors. The existing wood garage doors were cracked and broken. We wanted wood garage doors that would break up all the black paint on the house and just add something really interesting. Statement garage doors! Garage Doors Before- We love the driveway! The previous home owner, and only home owner, was a Stone Mason and owned a Quarry. He did really beautiful stone work. We can imagine the love and time it took to lay each piece of this long driveway. We wanted the garage doors to play off of the driveway ... Read More
Black Exteriors- 12 Favorite Black Paints and Ours!
When we purchased this 1970's home, we knew we would paint or stain the wood on the exterior. Fast forward to this past week, picking the the color was simple, we wanted black. But WHAT black was another question. We ended up trying several different stains on the house to determine our favorite. I knew I wanted Tricorn Black on the windows, it is my go-to for a good basic black with no gray, or blue coming through. On the house color we wanted to see a slight contrast so the windows would pop. Of course I spent a lot of time searching online for homes with black exterior, and decided to share ... Read More
Our 1970’s Ranch Home House Plans and Exterior Plans
We have turned our house plans to the City for our Ranch Style Home in Utah! Hopefully we can start working on the house in the next week or two. We got the sweetest note from someone who knew the previous home owners. The wife had passed away 40 years before the husband, and although he had the means to update the house he didn't want to change anything that his sweet wife had picked out. Loved that story, and we plan to honor the house, while making it the best way we can for our family. Our Architect is Wheeler Design Thought I would share our floor plans with you! You always have ... Read More
Exterior Ideas for our Ranch Home- Adding Second Floor
After we bought our Utah home, we had our contractor and architect come look at it to see if our ideas could be implemented. The main things they needed to check were changes we wanted to make in the basement. The number one priority was figuring out the girls bedrooms. One of the reasons the girls were excited to move (mostly our oldest Ella) was the option of having their own rooms! So we were hoping to create two rooms for them in the basement. And I wanted to talk about ways to make the exterior have a little more curb appeal. I told Kevin we could add fake dormers to the front of the ... Read More
Exterior Curb Appeal-New Roof and Back Door
We have been slowly updating the exterior of our home and adding some much needed curb appeal. It has come a long way from when we bought our home 4 years ago. The exterior did not match what I knew it could be. Often the exterior of your homes is often the only thing people see. I wanted to contribute to the feel and esthetic of our awesome neighborhood. We did change the front porch from the metal posts and railing about 6 months living in ur home and we also changed the walk-up. Then next we changed the siding to white shake shingles and just recently change the roof! Let's look at the ... Read More
Christmas Decor on the Exterior of our Home
Ella kept saying last week "I mom just don't decorate for Christmas outside yet". She is 10 and a little concerned with people thinking her mom is crazy for Christmas decorating. She felt it was kind-of acceptable to decorate this week. So here we go! Christmas on our front porch 2018! And this is the first year living in this home (it will be 4 years December 31st) that we put up Christmas lights on the house. It was pretty exciting to see! And Kevin was even more thankful for our small home now then ever before, lights were up in less than an hour. Well Ella…here are your mom and dad ... Read More
$200 Black Shed Exterior Makeover
Kevin had a couple days off this week, the kids are still in school so we couldn't go anywhere fun. In the back of my mind was a FUN project. Always. A little shed makeover! And the way Kevin works it took a day, it would have been less if we didn't have kids and other things going on. I took a poll on Instagram asking what color we should paint the shed, either black or white. The entire time I had wanted to do black. But then I thought....hmmmm maybe white would be better to match our house. You want to know what everyone voted for?? It was basically SPLIT in half! And I just want to preface ... Read More
Front Exterior Reveal with new Cedar Impressions
So exited to show you the reveal of our new white cedar impression siding! Finally a FULL exterior shot! We still have a few things to do around the back and a new fence, I will share later. We LOVE how it all turned out. And really love the cedar impressions. They look like real painted cedar! Very happy every time we drive up to our home. It feels like us. If you missed it I shared all the details on the cedar impressions along with pricing on THIS blog post. Let's first look at the BEFORE (what it looked like when we moved in)- We opted for no shutters. This was ... Read More