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8 Rustic Paint Colors for Home Exteriors
By: SarahIf you love the feeling of mountain homes and cabins and you’re thinking of updating your exterior, you may be in the market for a fresh design scheme featuring rustic paint colors. When our designers partner with homeowners to help them see the potential in a home with a rustic design, paint plays an important ...
Our Review of Oyster White by Sherwin Williams
By: AmiOyster White by Sherwin Williams joins our expanding list of review-worthy off-white paint colors. This soft off-white is perfect for farmhouses and traditional homes in shady or sunny locations. Its versatility and ease of use earned it a spot on our list of the best Sherwin Williams exterior paint colors for 2023. Keep reading to ...
Modernized Ranch Style House in Oregon
By: BrittenyChoosing the right exterior paint color for your home can be overwhelming, and it’s one of the main reasons homeowners turn to the experts at brick&batten. When Allison B. wanted to repaint her ranch style house, she struggled to select the right paint color and enlisted our help. I was wanting to repaint my house ...
Top Home Exterior Trends of 2023: Forecasting
By: BrittenyWe’re excited to share our favorite home exterior trends for 2023. To compile this list of trending design elements and ideas, we reflected on the top trends of this year and considered what we plan to recommend more of in the year to come. Some of these updates are fairly simple, while others will require ...
Outdoor Decor Ideas: Our Designers’ Product Picks
By: BrittenyOutdoor decor, such as lighting, tables, and chairs, can not only make your outdoor space more functional, but it can offer a major aesthetic upgrade, too. The right outdoor decor can take a yard from boring to beautiful. As expert exterior designers, we spend a lot of time researching outdoor decor and talking with vendors ...
Our Favorite Exterior Design Trends 2022: Looking Back
By: AmiThe year of 2022 is coming to a close, so we’ve decided to round up the top trending exterior design trends of the year. Our designers have exceeded expectations when faced with new challenges and were innovative with fresh solutions for the problems that property owners bring to us again and again. From fence gates ...
Our Top Exterior House Color 2023
By: SarahAfter many hours of deliberation, looking both at our body of work and client requests over this past year and what we’re seeing in the broader world of home and exterior design, we’re ready to announce the top exterior house color 2023 will usher in. First, we looked back at our top paint colors of ...
The 15 Best Exterior House Colors of 2023
By: SarahWe’re pleased to share our list of the best exterior house colors 2023 has to offer. Exterior paint colors are one of the biggest reasons people turn to the experts here at brick&batten. As such, we love sharing some of the trending hues and palettes we’re seeing for residential curb appeal every year. (Check out ...
New Board and Batten Siding with Brick on Illinois Home
By: BrittenyWhen purchasing a house, many people will fall in love with one aspect of the home — such as the interior — and make plans to update other features down the road. That was exactly the case for Scott T. and his family when they purchased their Illinois home. … the inside of the house ...