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Need Help Updating Your Ranch?
By: Allison VaccaroThere are many ways to update a 1950s ranch, and affordable ranch homes are proving their potential. When they aren’t dismissed, torn down, and then replaced by larger McMansion-style homes, they get snapped up by smart buyers excited about their large lots, large windows, and friendly layouts. There are so many cool ways to update ...
Home Improvements that Add Value in 2019
By: Allison VaccaroMaking a few small changes (especially outdoors) can do much more than just help with curb appeal, in fact, when done correctly, an exterior renovation project can deliver a gorgeous home that is worth more money. These are the home improvements that are adding the most value in 2019. For example, replacing a front door gives you ...
5 Planter Ideas for 2019 and Beyond
By: Allison VaccaroFall is such a beautiful time of year and it’s very easy to bring that beauty right into your curb appeal with Fall planters. There are plenty of colorful flowers that will carry you right through Thanksgiving up to December. Here we will explore different ways to use Kale, Mums and other variegated, green and ...
2019 Exterior Paint Favorites from the Benjamin Moore Palette
By: Allison VaccaroThe Benjamin Moore palette has proven to have some 2019 exterior paint favorites. More than any other forecast that comes out when it comes to color, brick&batten mainly relies on the manufacturers to predict what will be on trend in the coming months and years. They have the most knowledge when it comes to tools/information ...
Boost Curb Appeal with Paint
By: Allison VaccaroChoosing exterior paint can be extremely difficult…especially since the streetscape can be affected by one poorly painted house. This can be daunting as you know your neighbors are watching and hoping you have good taste. Choosing colors that are boring, and your house may seem flat and featureless. But if you go too bold with ...
Paint Color as the Ultimate Change Maker
By: Allison VaccaroPaint color is the ultimate change maker when it comes to home exterior design. Picking exterior paint color requires some foresight and planning. It’s not as easy as seeing a house you love and copying it, because every house is different. We use undertones and fixed elements when we help choose color for a brick&batten client. ...
Satin, Eggshell, Flat, Semi-Gloss…What’s the dealio?
By: Allison VaccaroSo if picking an exterior paint color wasn’t hard enough, allow me to complicate things a bit further. The sheen CAN AND WILL affect color. What, you say?? This is getting ridiculous… yeah… yeah it is. We want to give you some recommended finishes depending on what you are painting on your home’s exterior… so ...
Three Styles Clients are Requesting in 2018
By: Allison VaccaroOur mission at brick&batten is to keep the old! Update, reface, refinish, but not tear down and start over. As we watch new houses being built, one thing is clear…they are built to look like they’ve been there forever but with some modern twists. Want to know what our customers are looking for in a ...
Paint Like a Pro
By: Allison VaccaroColors have a public persona that we identify as the mass tone…and underneath the mass tone is the undertone. The gregarious, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, but always identifiable color is the mass tone. Furthermore, underneath that mass tone, is the sneaky undertone that is lurking in the background to make or break your color scheme. The ...