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Our Exterior House Tour | Fall 2024

September 30, 2024

This year has been the (slightly unexpected) year of our exterior renovation! And, honestly, the house has never felt more us. Let me take you through a tour of what we've accomplished this year!

All the renovations we've done to our "Modern Colonial" North Carolina home feel like they represent the elements that I loved so much about our last house in Idaho. There's this moody exterior with the copper and dark trim. But I also have this red brick, which I really, really love. It feels so unexpected in a world where people are painting their brick houses.

Faux Boxwood Topiaries | Footed Urn Planters | Doormat | Wall Lanterns (similar)

To take a trip down memory lane, here is the previous exterior house coverage of our North Carolina home:

And go back even further to our previous homes' exterior renovations:

The funny thing about our exterior makeover is that with some projects, from the very moment you move in you know you’re going to redo something. Like a kitchen. Or your bedroom is going to get painted. Or you’re going to knock down this wall.

String Lights | Pergola | Lanterns (similar) | Barstools | Outdoor Dining Table | Outdoor Dining Chairs | Wicker Planter | Faux Cedar Tree | Loveseat | Ottoman | Side Table

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And then sometimes things happen. You’re doing things and it inspires you to do something else. Like, "Oh what if we did this!?" For our exterior, we knew we were going to add a pool. We knew we were going to add an outdoor kitchen. We actually didn’t know that we were going to paint the trim. But we had to get new windows—we knew that when we bought the house because the windows needed replace. It wasn't until we got new windows that we thought, "Well, do we want to paint the windows?" And then with the new trim and window color, the gutters looked terrible, so we replaced the gutters. That's ok! You don't have to have it all figured out.

Wall Lantern | Door Hardware | Doormat | Planter (bought locally - similar) | Footed Planter | Double Topiary

Trellis (bought locally - similar) | Door Mat | Wall Lantern | Planter (bought locally - similar)

We replaced the roof also, but we literally replaced it with identical shingles. I know some people are like, "Why didn’t you choose something different on the roof?" I don’t have any qualms with my roof, so I'm not going to risk choosing something else that I might not like!

Backyard pool view, prior to copper gutters being installed
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Modern Planter | Boxwood Topiary | Beaded Planter | Faux Cypress Tree | Faux Cedar Tree

There is one thing left to do—above, there’s a door that leads into the dining time and on the left, there’s a door that leads into the living room that we never ever use. We have a window sitting in the garage (delivered with our other windows) that we’re putting into the living room to close up that door, and make the living room a little more symmetrical. I do wish we had the foresight to add four feet onto the dining room toward the backyard to line up with the end of the living room. But now we can’t because the mudroom is done. It would just mess everything up. All that to say, having an overarching plan before you start renovating does have its advantages. But it's ok!

Adirondack Chairs | Chaise Lounge | Umbrellas | Wicker Planter | Faux Cypress Tree

There will probably be more things we want to do with our exterior...I’m not saying it's complete by any means. But we're all about celebrating the progress, not just the final product! And wow, have we come a long way!!!


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