phil wrote:its just a petty thing and I have the same issue but the downspout could match the house color and maybe blend in rather than contrasting like it's a "feature" My house is orange with white downspouts.. I'd like to paint them to match but things like that seem to stay low on the priority list.
maybe the existing windows could be embellished with casings, faux Mullions and maybe loose the shutters or find some that at least look like they could cover the window?
I'm total agreement about these colors. This is all going to go away eventually, and I'm hoping the original wooden siding is still there under the aluminum. I know that there was white wood siding because I can see it on the milk house where the aluminum siding wasn't installed as well. Eventually, I want it to be white wood with a metal roof. The only reason I haven't removed those ridiculous fake shutters is because then I'll have to fill in the holes in the siding. These types of Greek Revival farmhouses often had green shutters though I often see them without shutters. Sometimes they had eyebrows over the windows. I'm extremely curious about whether the house had corner panels and what the cornice returns (right term?) actually looked like. I hope I can tell when the siding comes off, but that's not going to be soon!
Worse than the colors is the nonfunctional chimney on the back of the house from an older furnace, which I also have to get rid of before doing anything else with the outside!
Someone made a nice blog post about other Greek Revival homes in a nearby county, and I've been meaning to start taking my own pictures of the ones that are near me.
http://www.house-design-coffee.com/greek-revival-architecture-ann-arbor.html
