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5. Exterior Walls
Changing wall surfaces is a bigger project, but the impact can also be big. Nearly 3 in 5 renovating homeowners (58%) upgrade their home’s exterior walls as part of their exterior projects. Natural wood is the leading wall surface material, chosen by 23% of those with an exterior wall surface project, but fiber cement (22%) and stucco (19%) are close behind. Among homeowners choosing natural wood, the format breakdown is: lap siding (53%), vertical siding (49%) and shakes or shingles (24%).
Among homeowners changing their exterior wall colors, neutrals are the top choice, specifically white (23%), gray (19%), beige (10%) and black (8%). But green is right up there with black, at 8%, and some bolder colors make an appearance too, such as blue (4%), red (3%), yellow (3%) and orange (1%).
The majority of renovating homeowners (71%) choose a wall color that contrasts with the trim color, as exemplified by this Kirkland, Washington, home by Merit Homes.
10 Surefire Ways to Boost Curb Appeal
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5. Exterior Walls
Changing wall surfaces is a bigger project, but the impact can also be big. Nearly 3 in 5 renovating homeowners (58%) upgrade their home’s exterior walls as part of their exterior projects. Natural wood is the leading wall surface material, chosen by 23% of those with an exterior wall surface project, but fiber cement (22%) and stucco (19%) are close behind. Among homeowners choosing natural wood, the format breakdown is: lap siding (53%), vertical siding (49%) and shakes or shingles (24%).
Among homeowners changing their exterior wall colors, neutrals are the top choice, specifically white (23%), gray (19%), beige (10%) and black (8%). But green is right up there with black, at 8%, and some bolder colors make an appearance too, such as blue (4%), red (3%), yellow (3%) and orange (1%).
The majority of renovating homeowners (71%) choose a wall color that contrasts with the trim color, as exemplified by this Kirkland, Washington, home by Merit Homes.
10 Surefire Ways to Boost Curb Appeal
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After: “To achieve the space and the kind of openness they wanted, we used steel for the new deck structure,” Shoup says. The deck required only two posts, which were welded to the beams for an elegant and simple design. “This structure is a movement-resistant frame, because this is earthquake country,” Shoup says. The new deck measures 26½ by 14 feet, and the covered patio measures 20 by 16 feet.
Look closely at the left side of this photo, where the original siding meets the new fiber cement siding, to see a thoughtful detail. The new siding juts out from the rest of the facade. “This added a thickness and clearly defined the entry and the area underneath the deck,” Shoup says.
This is an “upside-down” house, meaning the bedrooms are on the ground floor, and the living room opens onto the deck. The deck also can be viewed from the kitchen, as the floor plan is open. It’s easy for the homeowners to pour themselves a cup of coffee in the morning and then enjoy it outside among the tree canopies.
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Flowers that bloom when the rest of the garden is quiet in winter can have an uplifting effect in the landscape and in containers. Camellias (Camellia spp.), as seen in this photo uploaded by Le jardinet, can be reliable winter container options in regions with mild climates. Most camellias fall into zones 7 to 9, while some are hardy to Zone 6.
Other winter-flowering container plants to consider in warm areas include winter daphne (Daphne odora, zones 7 to 9), winter skimmia (Skimmia japonica, zones 6 to 9), hellebore (Helleborus spp., zones 4 to 9) and cool-season annuals such as pansy (Viola spp., winter-hardy in zones 7 to 11) and florist’s cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum, zones 9 to 11).