Stunning Updates To Our Trendy Craftsman Exterior | Thrifty Decor Chick

Updates to our exterior which have added a lot character to our dwelling!

We have made some updates to the outside of our fashionable Craftsman dwelling over
the previous couple of years which have made a BIG distinction. It is about time I
shared them with you! 

Let’s begin with my favourite venture. I’ve needed to have this finished since
the day we moved in, and years later I lastly made it occur. 

That is such a straightforward and cheap storage door replace! 

I beloved that look, and knew it will look SO GOOD over the storage doorways in
this home. 

The angled helps on the finish are a bit smaller than earlier than (I did not need
them to increase previous the roofline), and I went with much less of the wooden 2x2s
that reach from the siding. 

We completely LOVE how this turned out!:

Here is how the doorways appeared once we moved in: 

And this is how they appear now: 

We had these constructed from principally cedar — it’s going to maintain up higher within the
parts and matches the textured fake wooden grain of the Hardie Plank trim
round our storage doorways. 

I thought of leaving them unpainted, however not all the wooden matched. We
haven’t any different wooden accents aside from our door, and the white is
traditional!

I am completely in love with this added appeal: 

I am contemplating including a trailing, flowering plant of some form however am
hesitant to plant one thing that will hurt the outside of our home. 

When you’ve got strategies on how or if I ought to strive that, I might love your
ideas!

For now I planted a small evergreen tree between the garages with some
petunias on the base: 

Simply kidding…the tree is faux! I even fooled my husband. 😂

They arrive with a heavy pot that I planted straight into the planter. 

We beloved the look of the pergolas over the storage doorways a lot, we knew
they might look nice on the entrance of our dwelling as properly. 

To steadiness it out, I had that very same trim added over one other set of home windows on
the opposite aspect of the home: 

I had them make this one even easier, with solely two boards throughout the highest
and smaller brackets on the edges.

Have a look at how a lot these hydrangeas have grown! This was the summer time after we
moved in, six years in the past: 

Now you may’t even see the window field as a result of the bushes are so large. I am
contemplating transferring it to a different window so we will use it once more. 

We LOVE the added character these give the entrance of our home! I’ve one
extra set of home windows I would love to do one thing on, however I feel this similar
design can be an excessive amount of. 

For now we’re holding off on any extra trim, however I am going to share if we
resolve so as to add extra particulars. 

Our entrance door wanted a pop of coloration, so I threw collectively an attractive
spring/summer time wreath:

I purchased these fluffy flower stems at Outdated Time Pottery a minimum of a yr
in the past…I had forgotten about them within the storage till lately. I feel this
could also be my favourite DIY wreath but and it solely took about ten minutes to place
collectively! 

I feel the inexperienced accents are so traditional. However don’t fret, I have been including
a ton of coloration to this space as properly!

Subsequent up was the world in entrance of our entrance porch. Our builder planted a tree
in that spot, which was tremendous for a couple of years: 

But it surely quickly turned apparent that it was going to get means too large. I needed to
open this space up anyway — you could not see our porch (and we could not see
something from it) due to the tree. It felt very cramped.

So a pair years in the past we had the tree moved to our yard and had a a lot
smaller lilac tree planted as an alternative. 

I additionally had a couple of of the hydrangeas moved nearer to the home, as they had been
taking on our entrance walkway each summer time. (A pair had been moved out again as
properly.) 

Since then I have been planting layers of vegetation and flowers to this space and
I simply love the way it’s all rising in: 

The hydrangeas aren’t taking off simply but, however are doing means higher this
yr than final. After they cease their tantrum from being moved, they are going to be a full and
lovely backdrop to the intense colours on this backyard mattress. 

These are the vegetation I’ve added thus far: 

These are filling in so properly, and the Dianthus and sedum will proceed to
unfold out. The pops of coloration are so pretty towards our darkish grey
home. 

I could not be happier with these exterior updates. I would love your recommendation on
including a trailing plant over the pergolas. Would not that be so
charming?