Colonial Home With Brick And Siding

This colonial home addition boasts of the same brick decorative railings window muntins and trim work found on the original home.

Colonial home with brick and siding.

The top is aluminum siding and the bottom is brick. Available in a variety of thicknesses and colors brick veneer is a popular alternative to traditional brick because of its lighter weight and lower cost. Dutch colonial homes are known for their double pitched roofs. Colonial style homes are a common feature in many american neighborhoods.

It provides extra space indoors as well as a larger walkout area on the upper level. Revival colonials played up decorative crowns and formal entries while spanish colonial homes built in the southwest used tall ceilings and adobe exteriors for extra cooling. On a colonial home the door is usually located in the center of the house with an equal number of windows on each side of the door. Black shutters and crisp white trim stand out attractively against the red brick siding.

Homeowners in virginia used the heavy clay and built with brick. These symmetrical homes have a square or rectangular shape and often have brick or wood siding. Colonial brick brick veneer lends a stately appearance to exteriors and is a great way to accent windows and doors. This before doesn t look like our home but it s some form of colonial.

Lastly this very traditionally sized porch is gorgeous with a non traditional metal room. It s amazing what the portico and the roof change did for the overall athetic of the home. Inside it adds warmth to kitchen walls and fireplaces. Any suggestions regarding color and other updates would be greatly appreciated.

Taken from better homes and gardens exterior before and afters.