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Before and After Home Exterior Designs for Every Need
By: Cassie McDowellSo Many Reasons to Get a Home Exterior Design… There are so many reasons to get a virtual home exterior design. We’ve all drooled over Chip and Joanna Gaines masterpieces and wondered how they make it look so simple… not a hair out of place and she is always smiling. There may be an unexpected ...
House Vibes…It’s a Thing
By: Allison VaccaroFront Porch Design Okay…am I alone here? Does anyone else get serious “house vibes” when they walk in a house…either looking at real estate or visiting someone? It’s a thing…dead serious. I have been this way as long as I can remember. Ever since I was riding around with my “house loving” father who drug ...
Spread the Love
By: Allison VaccaroEase into Spring hosting with these House Love tips. Here are easy ways to create community with your biggest investment. So all month, brick&batten has been talking about ways to show LOVE to your biggest investment. Your house! Now, we want to share with you how you spread the love with friends and create community… ...
It’s the Little Things
By: Allison VaccaroWhile painting the exterior packs a punch in the curb appeal game, it’s the little things that can add up to big style and make or break the exterior of your home. Things like planters, house numbers, door knockers and even door mats can score big points and add up to a massive curb appeal ...
House Love
By: Allison VaccaroHouse love…the space you inhabit and lay your sleepy head at night should feel like a refuge and comfort you after a long day. Of course, as you pull up, it’s hard not to notice the weeds are overtaking the flower beds and the sidelights on the door are from 1989. Not to mention the ...
Life Changing Front Porches
By: Allison VaccaroA good front porch can change your life…yep…I said it…a porch can change the trajectory of your life. Period. My parents live on an island…remote by most people’s standards. They take a boat to go almost everywhere and they have been retired as long as I can remember. When they committed to island life full ...
To Shutter or Not to Shutter…That is the Question
By: Allison VaccaroRecently, a friend of mine asked me about shutters on her 1950s ranch (great location with a lot of renovation going on). The house has two large windows to the left of the front door and two separate single windows to the right of the door. Clearly, the shutters were fake and she was looking ...