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Does a Carriage Style Garage Door Suit My Home?

Carriage style garage doors have become increasingly popular and we can definitely see why…but they don’t suit every home’s style.  Standing the test of time, they were around before cars and the traditional garages we see today.  When people used horse and carriage to travel place to place they needed a barn type structure for ...

12 Tips for Home Exterior Design in 2019

12 Tips for Home Exterior Design in 2019 We have cultivated some projects and come up with 12 tips to help with your house exterior design.  A beautiful house exterior is just as important, if not more important, than a beautiful interior.  Maybe it’s time to show your house some love with simple changes that ...

Paint Color for Curb Appeal

Exterior paint color is the ultimate change maker in attaining the perfect curb appeal. 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.  That said, our color experts use undertones and fixed elements when we help choose ...

6 Exterior Improvements to Crush Curb Appeal

6 Exterior Home Improvements to Crush Curb Appeal When dreaming about your home’s curb appeal, you can never go wrong planning improvements for your home’s exterior.  Yes, exterior home improvements yield the greatest return on investment.  Yes, passerby’s spend 3 seconds determining if your home is worthy of a second glance.  Yes, perusing Pinterest and ...

You Asked. We Answered: Trending brick&batten Questions.

Everyday we are asked questions about how to maximize curb appeal to help annoying house issues.  What you thought you liked 10 years ago or driving around a new neighborhood is suddenly becoming overused or dated.  You asked.  We answered.  #1.  Clients are asking, “What will my home look like if I make my porch ...

July Round-Up…All Things Black and White

July has been busy for brick&batten.  We have done designs from Connecticut to California!  Subsequently, we’ve researched paint trends, hot accessories for your porch decor, found a new love for dark exterior paint, tried to hide those unsightly front loaders, and discovered reasons why now is a great time to paint your home’s exterior. If ...

WTFrontloader

The dreaded front loader!  Yep…the dreaded garage that takes up roughly 35% of the front of your kick ass house.  Whether it’s steel, aluminum, wood or some other material…anything that  owns that much store front, should look great.  Not all budgets are the same and not all homes need to be investing in custom wood ...