The curb deserves as much attention as the interior. A facade is the first room of the house; it sets the temperature for everything behind the door. Across Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, Charlotte, and the Naples coast, beige builder shells can turn into homes that stop you on the sidewalk. These are thirteen directions we would stand behind: the exact material palettes, paint colors, and landscape moves that carry each one, plus where they fit on a Southern street.
1. Midnight Manor: Black Siding, Limestone & Brass
This is the boldest swing on the list, and it works because every dark surface is balanced by something warm. The upper siding goes to a near-black charcoal, while the entire lower facade (garage surround included) is reclad in warm limestone ashlar. The original shutters stay, but they get paired with brass window trim that picks up the new lantern sconces. Custom black garage doors with gold X-brace detailing replace the builder panels, and a cobblestone drive trades stained concrete for carriage-house gravitas. Boxwood topiaries and structured lavender beds turn the front yard into a small parterre. In Charleston and the Charlotte suburbs, this reads old-money rather than trendy; the limestone is what keeps it from going goth.
On the upper floor the clapboard is painted Midnight Charcoal (#1A1D21), a matte near-black that swallows glare, and below it Pale Ashlar (#D6CDBF) limestone wraps the garage wall and the right-hand bay, so the dark half seems to rest on a pale plinth. Antique Brass (#C5A059) shows up in the slim window surrounds and again in the two lanterns beside the navy door, while the cobblestone apron in Granite Gray (#8C8C8C) gives the parked car a surface with real grain instead of stained asphalt.
Most of the risk in this scheme sits at the seam between dark clapboard and stone. On the garage side the limestone stops at the porch roof, yet on the right it climbs a full story, and that only reads as deliberate because the brass-trimmed windows line up across both materials. Keep the stone a warm cream rather than gray so it softens the black, and pick aged brass over polished gold or chrome, since a low sheen sits more quietly against matte siding.
Thin gold lines trace an X across each black garage door and echo the window trim, which is why the doors look made for this house. The cobblestone apron does similar work at the curb, and the matched topiaries in copper planters on either side of the step give the entry the symmetry a formal facade depends on.
2. Desert Modern: A Warm Minimalist Facade
Here a tired colonial gets a California-modern reset. Beige vinyl gives way to smooth off-white stucco, with one central accent wall of walnut-stained horizontal siding doing all the warming. The roof upgrades to dark slate-look tiles with crisp black fascia, and every shutter comes off in favor of black-framed picture windows. Full-view frosted-glass garage doors with black aluminum frames replace the standard white panels. Out front, turf gives way to a xeriscape of native grasses, decomposed granite, and bluestone steppers. The look works in Nashville's drier pockets and across the Atlanta metro, and the single wood wall is what keeps minimalism from sliding into cold.
The off-white render, Alabaster White (#F0EBE0), covers both gable bays and the garage wing, leaving the middle of the house to Burnished Walnut (#5C3A21) boards that run from the upper windows down around the entry. Overhead, Charcoal Slate (#2B2B2B) tiles and black fascia give the stucco a hard top edge, and at ground level Pale Granite (#A8A29E) decomposed granite replaces the old lawn between gray stone steppers and two black planter boxes.
Nobody misses the shutters here, because the new windows have black frames with horizontal muntins that read as drawn lines on the pale wall. The walnut is confined to one recessed bay; a second wood panel on either gable would compete with it and break the calm.
Fascia, gutters, window frames and the frames of the frosted garage doors all share one near-black, so every shadow line looks planned. Gravel and native grasses ask for far less water and mowing than turf did, and they keep attention on the facade instead of the yard.
3. Sonoma Escape: Cedar Warmth, Cobalt Door
This one borrows the language of wine country: vertical cedar siding in a natural honey tone with a rugged fieldstone surround framing the entry. The front door goes a vivid Mediterranean blue that pops against the dark stone, a single confident color move. Black-framed glass garage doors modernize the street-facing volume, and the drive is laid in warm sandstone pavers. Landscaping shifts fully water-wise: decomposed granite, olive trees in rusted corten planters, sculptural agave, and drought-tolerant ground cover. The result is sun-baked, casual elegance that feels imported from the coast, and it suits Naples and Ft. Myers gardens beautifully.
Honey Cedar (#D4A76A) vertical boards now cover every wall, with darker cedar trim at the gables and around each window. At the entry a Charcoal Fieldstone (#4A4A4A) surround sets off a Mediterranean Blue (#006B8F) door, the only saturated color on the house, and out front the Rust Orange (#B55834) of the corten planters holding the olive trees picks up the warmth of the wood.
Running the cedar vertically makes both gables feel taller than the beige lap siding ever did. Set into cedar alone, the blue door would look arbitrary; the dark stone around it gives the color a frame and a reason to be there.
Black glass garage doors, black sashes and a black mailbox post repeat one metal tone across wood and stone, which keeps three materials from looking like three houses. Olives stand in matching corten boxes at the lot corners and in the center bed, a loose symmetry that suits a warm, dry garden underplanted with agave.
4. Farmhouse Glow: Board-and-Batten Meets River Stone
The modern farmhouse is the most-requested exterior direction across the South, and this is the version we would build. Beige vinyl becomes crisp white board-and-batten, with multi-tonal ledgestone wrapping the entry porch, the garage piers and both chimneys for tactile contrast. Black roof shingles and thin black window frames strip away the busy original shutters for a calmer profile. The garage doors become backlit frosted-glass panels that glow like lanterns at dusk. A gray porcelain-paver drive, layered beds of boxwood spheres, fountain grass, and river-rock edging finish it, with subtle uplighting grazing the stone columns after dark. This is the safest crowd-pleaser on the list across Charleston, Nashville, and Charlotte alike.
Pure White (#F5F5F0) board-and-batten runs from the gable peaks to the ground, and Mossy Gray (#9E9E8E) ledgestone appears only where eyes and hands land: the porch, the short piers beside the garage doors and the chimney stacks. The doors themselves are Opaline White (#E8ECEF) frosted panels lit from inside, and Pitch Black (#1C1C1C) shingles give the white walls a sharp upper edge in the dusk view.
Because the battens already supply a vertical rhythm, the shutters were dropped and each window got a narrow black frame. Frosted garage glass is what earns this direction its name: the most utilitarian part of the facade becomes a pair of soft light boxes after dark.
The bed beside the walk mixes three textures, clipped boxwood balls, fountain grass and a border of river rock held by a steel edge. Stone also turns the corner of each garage pier, and that return is what makes it look like laid masonry rather than a veneer stuck to a flat face.
5. Scandinavian Meets Napa: Stone & Wood Transitional
This home takes on a refined transitional personality: creamy white stucco walls under a black standing-seam metal roof. A cedar-slat accent wall frames the front door for warmth, while a gray ledgestone wainscot runs the base of the facade. Black garage doors recede into the architecture, and grid-pattern windows with black mullions glow warmly from within. The drive is large-format bluestone with inset LED strip lighting that acts like quiet runway guides. Lavender drifts and a sculptural Japanese maple lend a winery-resort calm. It's a layered, collected look that suits established lots around Atlanta and the DC metro.
Swiss Coffee (#EAE6DA) stucco keeps the walls warm enough that the Gunmetal Black (#2D2D2D) standing-seam roof never feels severe. The entry sits back in a panel of Amber Teak (#C4956A) cedar slats around a black door, and a band of Storm Gray (#6B7280) ledgestone runs along the foot of the garage and the right-hand bay.
LED strips set into the bluestone drive and the stepped walk behave like runway lines at dusk and make each step easy to find at night. The cedar stays inside the entry recess, and the garage doors match the roof so the two-car width sits back instead of dominating.
Lavender drifts along the walk add scent and a soft purple against black and cream, and the red Japanese maple at the corner gives the planting one sculptural specimen. Hold the stone wainscot 24 to 36 inches above grade, high enough to read as a base and to keep splashback off the stucco.
6. Coastal Shingle Style: Timeless Gray
This direction leans into East Coast shingle-style charm, exactly the vocabulary that feels at home from Charleston to the Carolina coast. Vinyl gives way to pale gray cedar shake siding with crisp white trim, and a multi-tonal fieldstone surround frames the navy-blue door and wraps the garage columns. Black louvered shutters stay, but they're paired now with modern black garage doors carrying horizontal glass lites. The drive upgrades to gray permeable pavers, with subtle wash lights grazing the stone and garage doors at night. The landscaping stays symmetrical and manicured: boxwood hedges, refined mulch beds, and path lighting. It's traditionalism sharpened for today.
The shakes are Dove Gray (#B0B5B9), pale enough to pass for weathered cedar, and Harbor Mist (#8A8F84) fieldstone dresses the porch posts and the bases of the garage piers. Ebony Black (#101820) shutters return at every window, and the new garage doors carry a vertical column of Smoke Gray (#63666A) glass lites along their right edge.
Shutters belong on a facade like this one, where the windows are evenly spaced, and they should be sized so each pair could actually close over its window. The stacked glass lites break up two large black garage panels and pick up the window grid above.
Recessed lights in the garage soffit and small path lights along the beds bring out the stone after dark. If you paint the shakes instead of buying them prefinished, a gray with a slight blue undertone gives the coastal feel while still reading neutral beside the white trim.
7. Copper Crown: A Moody Modern Farmhouse
A dramatic two-tone treatment splits the house into a dark upper and an earthy lower story, one of the most reliable moves for taming an awkward two-story massing. The top is clad in black board-and-batten; the entire ground floor is wrapped in rustic ashlar stone. A natural white oak front door brings a single note of Scandinavian warmth against the dark. The roof is standing-seam metal in aged copper that catches the last light of the day. Black garage doors and slim bronze window frames keep the lines crisp. The front walk is irregular flagstone with moss joints, and the planting stays minimal (mounded grasses and one sculptural maple) so the materials do the talking.
Obsidian (#1F2124) board-and-batten wraps the upper story and both gables, while Tuscan Fieldstone (#B5A88A) covers the whole ground floor, garage wall included. Roof and porch are standing seam in Aged Copper (#6E5C4B), a deep bronze that turns warm in low sun, and the Natural White Oak (#D9C4A3) door is the only pale wood on the facade.
Splitting the house by material, dark above and stone below, makes the two-story mass look lower and broader. One warm wood door is enough against this much black, and the cedar fascia at the gable edges repeats it in a thinner line. A copper or bronze metal roof shifts in tone as it weathers rather than dating the way a bright color can.
Grass joints let the flagstone walk soften into the lawn, and the planting is held to a few species, mounded grasses, an agave by the step and one cut-leaf maple in a concrete planter, so stone and siding stay in charge.
8. Pure & Polished: White-on-White Contemporary
This update strips away ornament for luminous simplicity. The siding goes optic white, the shutters come off entirely, and the windows are replaced with black-framed units run slightly taller. A column of gray slate tile frames the front door, giving the entry a quiet asymmetry. Frosted-glass garage doors with white aluminum frames nearly disappear into the facade. The drive is rebuilt in gray herringbone pavers, and the planting stays lush: hydrangea mounds and clipped boxwood. The effect is gallery-crisp but softened by greenery, which is the trick that keeps an all-white house from feeling clinical on a humid Southern street.
Optic White (#FAFAFA) lap siding covers every wall, and the only break is the Blue-Gray Slate (#708090) tile on both sides of the door. Garage doors with Frost White (#E0E0E0) aluminum frames around frosted glass nearly vanish into the siding, while Ink Black (#111111) window frames draw the grid that keeps all that white from going flat.
Taking the shutters off only works when the replacement windows have frames substantial enough to hold the wall on their own, as these do. Matching the garage frames to the siding shrinks the two-car width, and herringbone on the drive and walk adds a hand-laid pattern to an otherwise plain modern face.
Massed hydrangeas in the right-hand bed give big seasonal color for little upkeep, and the boxwood lining the walk keeps that bed tidy through winter. The slate at the door matters more than it looks: without one stone panel, an all-white exterior has nothing to catch a shadow.
9. Nordic Nature: Stucco, Steel & a Moss Garden
Here the home becomes a Scandinavian retreat. White stucco walls sit under a dark charcoal standing-seam roof. The upper windows are enlarged and grouped, with triangular transoms added in the gables for architectural interest. A vertical cedar wall warms the entry, and black-framed glass garage doors lend transparency. The bed in front of the right-hand bay becomes a moss garden of ferns, mossy mounds and weathered boulders, with a strip of lawn kept between it and the sidewalk. The effect is serene and organic, deeply tied to its site. In the shaded, humid lots common around Charleston and Savannah, a moss garden actually thrives where turf always struggled.
Nordic White (#F2F0EB) stucco with a fine float finish covers the walls under a Graphite (#3A3D41) standing-seam roof that also caps the porch. Teak Brown (#8B5E3C) cedar boards frame the glass entry door, and in front of the right bay Forest Moss (#4A5D23) groundcover spreads between the ferns and boulders.
The triangular transoms in both gables change the profile more than anything else, turning two blank triangles into windows. Black-framed glass garage doors lighten the street side, and moss with ferns is a sensible swap for grass on a shady, humid lot where turf thins out.
Large boulders set into the moss tie the house to its ground, and the stucco is left without trim so the thin black window profiles do all the outlining.
10. Noir Moderne: Marble and Walnut After Dark
This direction commits fully to a dark palette, and the discipline is what makes it luxurious rather than gloomy. The facade is reskinned in large-format charcoal fiber-cement panels for a sleek, flat texture. A dramatic entry is carved out with bookmatched white marble slabs flanking a black door with a vertical sidelight. The garage doors are clad in dark walnut with horizontal reveals and arched glass inserts. Planting shifts to minimalist desert: agave, yucca, and smooth river stones. Rendered at twilight, warm interior light glows through the black window frames and turns the whole house into a lantern. It's a confident look for a contemporary infill lot in Atlanta or Nashville.
Gunmetal Charcoal (#363636) fiber-cement panels cover the whole house, gables included, and the Statuario White (#E8E8E8) marble slabs flanking the door are the only light surface. Dark Walnut (#3E2723) garage doors bring warmth at street level, and in the twilight view Amber Light (#FFB74D) from inside shows through the narrow glass strip in the door and the wide windows above.
Large-format panels suit a dark facade better than lap siding because their joints form a calm grid instead of hundreds of shadow lines. The marble is bookmatched so the veining mirrors across the doorway, and keeping it pale is what stops the charcoal walls and walnut doors from merging into one mass.
Agave, yucca and river stones need no irrigation, and their spiky shapes suit the hard panel edges. The vertical glass strip lengthens the door and offers a glimpse of light inside.
11. Limewash Legacy: White Brick & Copper
A stately transformation cloaks the original brick in a white limewash, carrying it straight into Georgian-inspired elegance, and few looks feel more at home in historic Charleston or Savannah. The roof is reshingled in dark slate with copper gutters, flashing, and window copings that will patina over the years. Hand-carved dark mahogany carriage doors replace the standard white panels. The front yard becomes a formal parterre of boxwood cones, spheres, and lavender beds bisected by gravel paths. Bluestone pavers make a dignified approach, and copper coach lanterns flank the black door with brass hardware. It's symmetry, discipline, and quiet luxury, the kind that looks better in year ten than year one.
The brick is limewashed in Chalk White (#EDECE6) with a little texture still showing, and Burnished Penny (#B87333) copper appears in the gutters, the porch-roof flashing and the thin surrounds of every window. Deep Mahogany (#4A2511) carriage doors fill the garage openings, and Dusty Purple (#967BB6) lavender fills the boxwood-edged beds of the parterre.
Limewash rather than latex is the right call on existing brick because it lets the masonry breathe and wears away gradually instead of peeling. The copper will dull from penny to brown and eventually to green, so the trim keeps changing with the house. Laid out as a mirror image on each side of the walk, the parterre repeats the symmetry of the facade and gives the yard a seasonal show.
Raised-panel carriage doors read as traditional even when they open overhead. The drive is laid in bluestone, which suits the estate character far better than poured concrete would.
12. Zen Contemporary: Gray Serenity
This home channels Japanese minimalism with pale gray vertical siding and a black shingle roof. The entry is framed in polished white marble, and the garage doors gain black frames with arched top windows, a quiet East-West fusion detail. The front yard is reworked into a zen garden: moss carpets, bamboo clusters, specimen pines, and stepping stones crossing a dry stream bed of rounded river rock. Large-format concrete pavers replace the old driveway. Every element is disciplined and intentional, which is the whole point: the arrival itself becomes a moment of calm before you reach the door.
Pebble Gray (#A8A9AD) vertical boards cover the house, and the door is set in a panel of Carrara Mist (#F5F5F5) marble with soft gray veining. Clumps of Jade Green (#4F7942) bamboo rise on both sides of the walk, and Stone Gray (#919191) river rock traces a dry stream through the moss toward the street.
Moss and river rock replace the lawn, which suits a garden meant to be looked at more than walked on. Bamboo needs a root barrier or contained planters to stay where it is put. Each garage door carries a fan of glass at the top, a small curve that relieves the strict vertical siding.
From the sidewalk, the pale marble entry is where the eye settles. Large concrete pavers with narrow joints on the drive keep the ground plane as quiet as the facade.
13. Farmhouse Twilight: Stone Base, Warm Welcome
The last direction wraps the lower level in stacked ledgestone while the upper story goes bright white. A black standing-seam metal roof caps the composition with farmhouse authenticity. White garage doors blend into the upper facade, while a warm cherry-wood front door pulls the eye. House numbers are oversized and mounted on the stone column. The drive is finished in exposed-aggregate concrete, and the landscape is lit with subtle uplights against birch trees and tall grasses. Photographed at blue hour, the glowing windows and door sidelight make the whole house feel like a lantern set into the landscape: the warmest goodbye on this list, and a reliable one across the Southeast.
Above the porch roof the walls are a smooth Bright White (#FFFFFF), and Sierra Gray (#8E8E8E) ledgestone wraps the entire ground floor, garage piers included. At the entry, a door of Cherry Amber (#8B4513) wood stands out against the gray, and Warm Gold (#FFD700) light from the uplights and the door lantern pools on the stone and on the birch trunks.
Keeping stone to the lower level leaves the white upper story light, and the black standing-seam roof brings farmhouse character with a long service life. The numbers on the stone column beside the door are large enough to read from across the street.
Well lights at the base of the birches throw branching shadows onto the facade at blue hour. Exposed-aggregate concrete on the drive has a fine texture that never competes with the stone.
Regional Fit & 2026 Curb-Appeal Investment
Curb appeal isn't priced the same in every market, and this guide focuses on the Southern and coastal cities below. These figures are typical all-in ranges for a full exterior refresh of a typical two-story (new cladding, roof, garage doors, paint, lighting, and landscape) in 2026. A light refresh leans toward the low end (paint, door, landscape); a full re-clad with stone and metal roofing reaches the top. The bolder directions here (1, 10, 11) sit at the upper third.
The table compares seven markets on two budgets, a refresh and a full re-clad, along with the style that reads as local in each place. Charlotte, NC sits at the low end, with a refresh at $24k to $46k and a full re-clad at $80k to $142k; transitional stone and wood is the look there, and New South traditional performs best at resale. Nashville, TN is close behind at $25k to $48k for a refresh and $82k to $145k for a re-clad. Modern farmhouse in a two-tone scheme reads local, and the city's strong timber and metal-roof trades keep timelines fast.
The middle of the range belongs to Georgia. Savannah, GA runs $26k to $50k for a refresh and $88k to $150k for a re-clad, with limewash brick and a formal parterre as the local language; expect historic-district review downtown. Atlanta, GA comes in at $27k to $52k and $90k to $160k. Its tolerance for style is wide, with contemporary and moody dark exteriors fitting in comfortably, and the bid market is competitive.
The coastal and capital markets cost the most. Charleston, SC runs $28k to $55k for a refresh and $95k to $165k for a re-clad; coastal shingle and white brick suit the city, and salt exposure rewards stainless trim and copper. Naples and Ft. Myers, FL sit at $30k to $58k and $98k to $170k, where desert modern and Sonoma cedar read well and coastal grandmother and resort palettes shine. The Washington, DC metro tops the table at $32k to $60k for a refresh and $105k to $180k for a re-clad, driven by premium labor; limewash brick and transitional exteriors fit, and formal directions are favored.
Final Checks on Paint, Garage Doors and Lighting
Test paint colors on all four sides of the house at different times of day before committing to a full coat. Lowcountry light reads cooler than inland light, and a charcoal can swing from blue to brown by afternoon. Coordinate the roof tone with the facade before ordering as well: a dark roof on a dark facade looks substantial, dark on light looks heavy, and light on dark looks aloof.
The garage door deserves attention before almost anything else. It can take up to 40 percent of the front facade, so glass, custom paneling or carriage detailing pays back quickly. Shutters are the other common weak spot; remove them or resize them correctly to suit the architecture, because undersized or purely decorative shutters quietly cheapen an otherwise premium renovation.
Two finishing moves tie the house to its setting. Repeat one natural material, stone or wood, in at least two places so the facade connects to the landscape and looks intentional rather than assembled. Then layer the landscape lighting at three levels (foundation, pathway and canopy) so the curb appeal you paid for keeps working after sunset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which exterior change gives the most impact for the least money?
Paint plus the front door plus landscape lighting, almost every time. A fresh body color, a confident door (the cobalt in direction 3 or the cherry in direction 13), and a three-level lighting plan can reset a facade for a fraction of a full re-clad. Start a budget-conscious project here and save stone and metal roofing for phase two.
How do you choose a direction that won't look dated in ten years?
Favor the directions built on natural materials and restraint: coastal shingle (6), transitional stone and wood (5), copper-crowned farmhouse (7), and limewash brick (11). They've read correct for decades. The strongly era-coded looks, like all-charcoal Noir Moderne (10), are gorgeous now but more tied to this moment, so reserve them for homes you expect to sell within seven years.
Should brick be painted or left alone?
Painting brick is close to permanent, so only commit if the brick is already a color you can't live with. When you do, use a breathable limewash or a mineral paint rather than flat latex. Limewash settles into the texture, ages with a soft patina, and won't peel the way latex does on masonry in Southern humidity.
Is a dark facade a mistake in the hot, humid South?
Not if you plan for it. Dark siding absorbs more heat, so pair it with good attic ventilation and a lighter or reflective roof where the design allows, and always offset the darkness with a light stone or marble element (directions 1, 7, and 10 all do this). Done that way, dark facades photograph beautifully and make a modest house look more substantial than it is.
How much landscaping budget should be set aside?
Plan on 15 to 20 percent of your exterior spend for hardscape, plantings, and lighting. It's the single most under-funded line item, and it's also the one homeowners most regret skimping on at the six-month mark. A flawless facade above a bare yard never quite lands.
Can an exterior transformation be done in phases?
Several of these phase well. Farmhouse (4), copper-crowned farmhouse (7), and coastal shingle (6) let you do paint and door first, stone and garage doors next, then landscape. The all-in looks, Noir Moderne (10) and white-on-white contemporary (8), fail if half the facade still wears the old material, so those should be single campaigns.
What's the one detail people overlook?
House numbers and lighting at the entry. Oversized modern numbers on a stone column (direction 13) and a warm sidelight beside the door do more for a welcoming first impression than another row of shrubs. They're inexpensive and they're the last thing a guest sees before you open the door.
Sources & References
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB): 2025 Remodeling Impact Report, with cost-recovery data on exterior and curb-appeal projects by region.
- James Hardie Building Products: fiber-cement siding, board-and-batten, and color technical guides referenced for cladding directions.
- Boral & Eldorado Stone: manufactured stone veneer installation manuals and ledgestone / fieldstone color blends.
- Benjamin Moore & Farrow & Ball: exterior paint and color libraries used to ground the charcoal, white, and limewash palettes.
- Romabio Paints: Classico Limewash application specifications for painted-brick directions.
- Englert, Inc.: standing-seam metal roofing profiles and finish warranty data referenced for the metal-roof directions.
- U.S. Department of Energy: cool-roof and solar-reflectance guidance informing dark-facade ventilation notes.
- Editorial design notes: exterior and curb-appeal considerations for Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Naples, and the DC metro.
Matching a Direction to Your Street
Thirteen directions, one quiet truth: no beige facade is beyond redemption. Whatever draws you, the crisp calm of Nordic stucco, the weight of black board-and-batten, or the heirloom elegance of limewash brick and copper, the common thread is cohesion: structure married to landscape, material to light, boldness to restraint. The best transformation isn't the loudest one. It's the one that fits your street, your climate, and the way you actually want to feel pulling into the driveway at dusk. Directions 6 and 11 suit Charleston and Savannah best; the farmhouse looks carry Nashville and Charlotte; the warm minimalist palettes suit the Naples coast.
If you're still gathering ideas, a few companion walkthroughs may help: our twelve-style stucco curb-appeal study goes deeper on material-level decisions, the eleven exterior transformation study covers ranch and single-story shells, and our Tudor facade renovation piece handles the trickier stylistic recovery case. For the bigger picture, our split-level renovation walkthrough shows how the same logic carries a whole 1970s shell.
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