These before-and-after exterior remodelings will give you all the inspiration you require to beautify your curb appeal. If your home exterior is looking a little out-of-date or just shabby, take a look at these makeovers and outside trends for some design inspiration. We’ve collected a few of our favorite before-and-after outsides to assist you call up the appeal.
You might go for it by changing the roofline or merely sprinkling the facade with a brand-new exterior paint color for a jaw-dropping new look. Shutters are another great way to entirely change the appearance of your home’s exterior. Suppress appeal updates also consist of the plants; be sure to trim the hedges back so everyone can see the true charm of your home outside. Get back at more motivation from our collection of home outsides.
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Elegant Exterior Makeover
Spruce up your curb appeal with a little aid from our collection of before-and-after outside transformations. Whether your home is a relaxing cottage or a two-story brick Georgian, you’ll discover lots of motivation to assist you along the method.
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Homewood, Alabama Cottage: Before
Feeling dark, confined, and doing not have a front deck to take pleasure in, River Brook Design & Construction was entrusted with generating more light, turning the attic-like second story into a habitable space for kids, and increasing curb appeal.
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Homewood, Alabama Cottage: After
To create a light-filled home, the design-build company included a bay window (with a copper awning to raise it) on the living room and dormers on the 2nd floor which was converted from an attic into two bed rooms and one bath. The front entry was upgraded with a walnut-stained door and properly-scaled shutters painted a subtly contrasting shade (Benjamin Moore’s Pale Oak, OC-20).
For a classic appearance, the siding and brick is splashed with Benjamin Moore’s White Dove, OC-17 to contrast the black shingled roof. The last touch was a welcoming front porch surrounded by a boxwood and hydrangea filled landscape.
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Pass Christian Weekend Escape: Before
The 1946 house had great bones, but with minimal landscaping and bland colors, it required a curb appeal overhaul. The structure came with outdated metal awnings, a yard dominated by azalea bushes, and none of the soaring ceilings or grand architecture the couple had actually grown accustomed to.
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Pass Christian Weekend Escape: After
The circular drive and tree-filled front lawn were similar to the owner’s youth summertimes at his grandma’s home in Osceola, Arkansas. He and his other half kept the scalloped awnings, finishing them in Sherwin-Williams’ Mariner (SW 6766). They then included Bahama shutters (which were painted to match) to a few of the second-floor windows.
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Circa 1941 Birmingham Home: Before
Stocky windows, a dull entrance, and a dismal gray-and-black paint combination offered this cottage an uninspired appearance.
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Circa 1941 Birmingham Home: After
Flattening the entryway’s peaked roofing and expanding it into a genuine deck was the essential to developing a “distinct entry for the home,” says architect Corbett Scott. The new squared-off parapet, punctuated with 1-foot-tall finials, includes drama and depth to the exterior. French doors with a fresh Chippendale spin complement the Colonial home’s English roots.
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New Orleans Cottage: Before
Such official structure was required to bring order to the overgrown home garden. Later on, landscape architect Aaron Adolph of NOLA + Design refined the plan.
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New Orleans Cottage: After
A parterre garden was the crucial to fitting it all within the postage-stamp-size front garden. The Japanese boxwood hedge and corner cones add structure. Alexis almost doubled the foot-print of her front backyard by positioning parterres in the sidewalk strip.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Before
Flimsy products diluted the charm of this 1,400-square-foot cottage, but designer Bill Ingram could not overlook its pleasing proportions. He was likewise drawn to its ideal place– hidden from traffic but only a stone’s toss from shops and restaurants.
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Colonial Williamsburg: After
Inspired by the architecture of Colonial Williamsburg, Bill offered his home the credibility and compound it needed with a few stylish upgrades.
He got rid of the lifeless siding, asphalt roof, mismatched windows, and flat, nonfunctioning shutters. Then he opted to cover the exterior walls and roofing system with more tactile cedar shakes. “The house was static before, today it’s more animated,” says the architect. “The shadows and textures all enliven it.”
Costs put every inch of his small front yard to great use by giving up yard for a more impactful garden. He changed the unruly vines, sloppy shrubs, and front walk with a customized parterre of boxwoods and courses of antique bricks.
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Birmingham Family Home: Before
This outdated single-level brick house got a forever-worthy renovation with the aid of a second-story addition. The young family needed more space to accommodate their growing family without losing the home’s home feel.
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Birmingham Family Home: After
The River Brook Design & Construction team begun by actually raising the roofing to add 2,500 square feet to the 1,999-square-foot home. This enabled three bedrooms, 2 baths, an utility room, and lounge area on the second floor. “The house owners liked stroking rooflines, so we curved the edges of the primary roof and simulated that shape on the dormers,” says builder Leigh Misso, who noted the roof design paired with antique chimney pots provided the outside the English home feel the couple wanted.
Stacked floor-to-ceiling windows flood both floors with natural light while the brick painted Benjamin Moore’s White Dove lightens up the exterior. To simplify the entry (which is covered by a 5-foot extension of the new roofline), they ditched the ornate details and selected a simple brick surround and white oak front door.
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Birmingham Family Home: Before
For the young family who moved in, this older cottage needed an update. Thick azaleas had swallowed the front balcony. There was no direct path from the street to the front door, leaving the lawn a confusing mess.
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Birmingham Family Home: After
Todd eliminated the angering azaleas in front to offer better access to the door and the updated terrace. The level front lawn just steps away from the terrace became a new play area for the family’s young kids. Todd also changed the original dogwood in the backyard’s front corner with a ‘Winter King’ green hawthorn.
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Traditional Georgia Bungalow: Before
When Alex Smith chose to renovate a 1920s cottage, the goal involved more than getting workplace space for his style company. The big idea was to honor the home’s architecture.
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Timeless Georgia Bungalow: After
Tactically placed American boxwoods in a sweep of pachysandra anchor the corners. A stewartia tree includes height as well as 4 seasons of interest, while period-appropriate nandina enhances the garden with berries in fall and winter season. ‘Thalia’ daffodils and moss pinks tucked into the beds welcome spring, and ox-eye daisies on the front embankment flower into fall.
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Arkansas Cottage: Before
Garden desginer Daniel Keeley was drawn to this cottage, built in 1948, due to the fact that of its simple, symmetrical design and relatively level, corner lot. He saw opportunitiy for creating special areas for gardening and outside living.
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Arkansas Cottage: After
The brand-new windows, brick cladding, lights, front door, paint, gate, and planters made a substantial difference in this home’s curb appeal.