Oldcastle’s Belgard Hardscapes pavers in Harvest Blend Subterra tie in with the color palette of the house, reduce pollution from rainwater runoff, and have a 50-year life cycle.
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To keep the lighting load low, the team picked Kichler’s Franceasi 49227 LED lighting. The oil-rubbed bronze finish works well with the warm brown and neutral exterior.
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TIPS FROM THE PROS
> Don’t always go for bigger or elevation-changing remodeling ideas. Architectural designer Ray Rocha could have designed a two-story addition to this house, but instead decided to emphasize its simplicity and in the process added only 600 square feet of space. “With the 4:12 roof pitch, overhangs, lateral appearance of the windows, and shallow height of the house, designing a traditional house would be changing the character of the house.” Instead, he altered the look of the chimney by cladding it in manufactured stone and raised parts of the roofline to add visual interest.
> Consider the context of the neighborhood where you are renovating but tweak it to keep things fresh. “I wanted to stay away from the faux Tuscan and Mediterranean looks for this house,” says interior designer Pat Gaylor. “Instead I went with a cleaner more simple Napa style that has a Mediterranean influence but isn’t so heavy.”
> Choose an exterior feature and tie the other colors and products to it. “I put the stone and the roof material together so they would not fight with each other. The roof is a flat roofmore like slate not a curved Mediterranean tile look, which would have been too much with the stone,” Gaylor notes.
> Choose a neutral window color that complements the other exterior materials. “We picked the chocolate color, which works well with the oil-rubbed bronze of the lighting fixtures,” says builder Kim Foy. “Then, with the teal color for the trim, we moved away from the really neutral palette that many new homes have today. It is warmer and gives an artistic value to the house instead of boring beige.”
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