2008
Close-up of 2008 version with the vinyl siding!
We hired StudioBuild to help us give our house a facelift. One of the first things we wanted to address was replacing the vinyl siding that was installed by the previous owner. LD and I both hated it! The house still had the original cypress, but we did not know what kind of shape it was in. If it was bad, we would have to put on new siding. Jerad convinced us to take part of the vinyl off to see what kind of shape it was in.
Vinyl siding coming off!
They removed the vinyl from the front of the house, and much to our surprise it was in pretty good shape (with a few exceptions). So we gave them the green light, and in a couple of days they had the rest of the vinyl removed.
Sayonara vinyl!!!
We then had to decide on a house color. LD wanted to go with a really dark gray more like charcoal. I was a little apprehensive, so we went through about 9 color samples before finally deciding on one called cracked pepper.
We also took the opportunity to replace all 6 bathroom windows, and a couple of awning windows in the master bedroom. Once the windows came in, StudioBuild and Fosters, Inc. went to work.
Rod and Charles installing the windows.
New bathroom windows!
They also did a quick job of replacing some of our damaged siding and support around the garage door.
LD spray painted our original mailbox from black to silver, so that the mailman would be able to find it. We might replace it in the future once we come across the perfect one.
After they caulked, repaired the garage support, installed the siding, it was time to paint!
New windows in the master bedroom and new paint!
Then we finally installed our new house numbers, which we had purchased four years ago, and were waiting for our house makeover.
We love how the house colors turned out, and StudioBuild got it done just in time before the rain, snow and cold weather!!
Woohoo! Thanks StudioBuild - we can't wait to get the rest of the house done in the future. For now it's just the front siding.
Morgan, Phoenix and Katy wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The house looks great with the nearly black color. I had a house with that color brick and it goes very well with a dark neutral. That house was built in 1954.
ReplyDeleteI know you are enjoying your Finn Juhl buffet too. Happy New Year to you and your canine family.
Thanks lifeartist! We originally would have loved to have the shou sugi ban method applied to the siding, but that would have been super expensive! Then we discussed getting all new siding with hardie siding/cement board sheets, but StudioBuild convinced us to keep the cypress siding and paint it instead. We decided that if we couldn't get burned cypress on our house, then the next best thing was to paint it the burned color! We love our Juhl buffet! Love it so much that LD designed the guest bathroom vanity to mimick the style! Happy New Year to you too!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome! I can't wait till we start fixing up the outside of our house.
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