Ranch Revival - Before
Ya'll...I am so stinking excited! Our home is getting a major update this weekend. We are painting the house!!!
We moved into our ranch about a year ago and concentrated on the interior of the house first. I mean, what good is having the outside of the house look great if you don't feel good inside?
Now that we have tackled most of the rooms inside, I am thrilled to update our house and add some much-needed curb appeal. Let's get down to the details of our plan...
The front door will eventually be replaced by a wood one. For the time being we will be painting it Taupe Tone by Sherwin Williams. We just updated the front light fixture with a copper one. To give off the illusion of a gas lantern, we are using these light bulbs. Our neighbors slowed down to stare at them thinking that we got a gas line hook up. (*insert laughing emoji here*)
I also plan to have my woodworker, Nathan, wrap the existing white columns with wood. This should give the house a rustic, French country look. Our options are pine wood or cedar.
One of the things I plan to add is exterior outlets. Currently, we only have ONE exterior outlet which is super frustrating for yard work and Christmas lights. Beyond curb appeal, I feel functionality is extremely important and I keep it in mind with each area I plan to flip.
The windows on the side of the house are short and make the house feel small. As a little hack to trick the eye into thinking they are taller, I custom built window boxes.
I plan to paint the vinyl siding and brick all the same color to give the added illusion of height.
The carport door will be painted Porpoise for contrast. I'll be adding a barn light to the right of the door to make the space feel more inviting.
We will epoxy the concrete and keep the railing black in the carport.
This hideous light will be going into the garbage ASAP. We will replace it with an outdoor flush mount that is simple and almost "disappears".
After lots of thought on the color of the gutters, I decided to keep them white. I think for a larger house, a contrasting gutter looks chic. Because our issue is adding height, I want to keep them cohesive with rest of the house.
As for now, the deck will stay as is. We plan to build a new deck, so we are saving costs to rebuild it later.
To make this more inviting, I plan to add some solar powered deck lights to the sides of the stairs. We will eventually redo the landing at the bottom of the steps. I want to use large concrete rectangular stepping stones.
This door to the crawlspace looks like someone jacked it from a rotting barn and thought it would add a nice contrast to the house. I don't know what people are thinking sometimes. I plan to have Nathan build me a new door to blend in with the house.
For the back deck area, I plan to paint the sliding glass doors the contrasting Porpoise color. I am also going to be adding a light fixture to the opposite side of the door to add symmetry. The light fixtures on the back of the house will be tall (maybe 20" or so) to add height to the outdoor space. I plan to do copper on the back, too because we love to entertain.
Follow along to see all of our progress!
