Back home after 2 weeks away and it’s so nice to find the house just the way we left it, and my bed as comfy as I remembered!
A paint color FYI - a window preservationist told me that yellow pigments are the most “fugitive” and suffer from fading the easiest. He said it is true across all brands and types of paint, in general. It will affect other colors with yellow tones like peach, chartreuse, etc.
Sigh… I do love our yellow house but after only 4 years you can see how the space behind the shutters on the front porch is brighter even though that wall is set back 6’ or so and only gets late afternoon sun, if that.
@JustaMom5465,
A house down the street from me was completely gutted inside and out for a paraplegic, but work stopped completely a few months ago and it’s not finished on the outside. My friend and I decided to go look through the windows to see what had been done on the inside and so walked up on the porch which has faux stone along the outer wall (full height.) From the street it looks ok (but just ok) but up close it looks really fake. Both of us went “ugh” when we saw it. No mistaking it’s not real stone.
My friend checked the front door and it was unlocked so she went in (I stayed outside with my dogs.) Everything inside is designed for person in a wheelchair and it’s completely furnished too (even the over the bed contraption thingy is in.) We speculated that perhaps the new owner died, because why else would it be done and furnished and many things (like front walk) be left half completed.
Going to be hard to sell, if that’s the case, as it’s so customized.
DW has a friend who did this on her cottage on Cape Cod, although she didn’t use ledgestone, she used larger stones. This porch has a roof over it, and she went full height.
It looks nice, if you like that sort of thing. I found a few examples:
https://genstone.com/stone-veneer/projects/marks-stone-wainscot-garage-patio
https://genstone.com/stone-veneer/projects/roberts-stone-wall-remodel
To me the stone for the wall behind the porch is very 1950s, but not in a bad way. Probably quite in keeping with the house, but not ledgestone - I don’t think it’s in keeping with the house. A stone that runs around the house with a cap that aligns with the bottom of the porch is also a possibility. I used to work with a contractor who persuade practically every customer he had to go that route. Like the second before and after on this page: http://www.hoffmanarchitectsinc.com/gallery/before-and-after/
Oh, @greenwitch, I sooo wanted my house painted yellow. But the painters told me the same thing (that they’d need up to 4 coats to saturate the color enough.)
I never heard yellow was a challenge, not in any design or color classes. Nor do those nice yellow houses I went looking at seem to have any fades.
But so be it, I’m staying with white.
Here’s another example of a house near me with a stone facade on Cape Cod. Not a porch really, but I don’t think the stone goes particularly well on a cape house. It’s a mix of styles that to me looks a little off.
https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/52/bigphoto/961/72325961_1_0.jpg
This house isn’t selling. Not sure why, it doesn’t seem unreasonably priced for waterfront.
https://www.redfin.com/MA/East-Falmouth/38-Squibnocket-Dr-02536/home/132438507
Not a big fan of that kitchen though.
Nice house. A bit dated and a bit tight for 4 bedrooms… but hey, it is yellow! 
And has a dock. Is that fresh water?
Re: yellow paint. Folks at BM told me that they will not sell siding paint in any of their yellow colors. Probably because the paint requires a different base that is not available in outdoor paint. Any paint that uses organic pigment will be more prone to fading than paint that uses inorganic colorant.
I don’t think that’s yellow, I think that is “unstained wood shingle” color. If it doesn’t get stained, it will soon turn grey/black.
It’s on a salt-water tidal pond, with direct access (no bridges) out to Nantucket Sound and the ocean.
Looks pretty yellow on my screen! We the other coasters use cedar shingles that look brown orange-ish and then turn to dark crap color.
Cool location. I zoomed out the map a little. Cheapo by our Seattle standard.
The stone front on the Squibnocket Dr house is horrible. It looks to me like something I’ve seen in developments in GA, the oversized stone-clad entrance is not a Cape Cod look at all. As @notrichenough said, the wood shingles will grey over time.
OTOH the back deck does fit 19 chairs.
Yuck. I don’t like that facade either. I had in mind something a little less…ostentatious.
Siding choices at the moment: Scottish Thistle, Deep Granite, Harbor Gray. Toying around with the idea of wider window trim (in white) with no shutters - yikes! THAT’d be a change. And, still trying to visualize some stone in the porch area.
Regarding #1526 that’s McMansion stone. I agree it doesn’t go with the house. Actually it pretty much looks terrible on most houses. I swear I’d like to get every builder this book: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-House-Right-Architectural/dp/1402791038
Maybe the stone is repelling potential buyers. Lol. Agree. The house would have looked much neater without that stone.
Looked at the vinyl siding colors… IMO, Scottish Thistle has too much green, so with the dark roof, the entire house can end up looking somewhat gloomy. I would go with a lighter grey.
I don’t post much although I am an avid follower of the parent café!
I could use some advice from you home improvement gurus. I am renovating a hallway bathroom in our home on the 2nd floor where the bedrooms are (but not the bathroom in the master bedroom.) We have five bedrooms, including the master bedroom. We keep changing our mind about whether we should do a vanity with a double sink or single sink. We are taking into consideration what is good for us as well as impact on resale value and we hear conflicting information. It is a rather large bathroom so it could accommodate a double sink but we’re not sure it’s worth doing the extra plumbing, etc. This renovation was not planned (got a major leak) so we don’t want to be too extravagant but as long as we have to do it we want to do it right and appeal to prospective homebuyers in about 5 years!
Any thoughts?
If this is the only bath serving the other four bedrooms, a dual vanity would be a must for resale in my neck of the woods.
If you have room, I like to have the double sink in its own room with bath and tub beyond, or if you have even more room put the toilet in its own compartment as well. The more people that can use the bathroom at the same time the better.
Here’s an example: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/608093/should-i-convert-jack-and-jill-bath-to-hall-entry-with-double-vanity (not the Jack and Jill bathroom which is okay for two sharing, but not four!)
@shugmom,
I hate double sinks, so when I remodeled I put in a 32” undermount trough sink with two faucets. No extra plumbing required (but that is not why I did it.) Vanity is 54” so plenty of room on both sides of the sink. Love it and everyone who sees it loves it too.
I love to be able to use both sides of my sink. I would have a problem with a trough sink. So a no vote here. And the less sink surface to scrub the better. Especially in the kids’ bath.
Just saw the size of Emily’s vanity… 54" is a tiny vanity. Yikes. We have about double that in MB. I would not put 2 sinks in a 54" vanity.
I did call my friend’s RE agent and though I won’t see him til after Sept (too much work going on here,) he said that after curb appeal and a good exterior paint job (yay, me!,) it’s interior paint and floors. Here, at least (New England.) My friend, however, refused to strip wallpaper or repaint a deep blue wall ot the red one (or lots of other fixes) and sold fast, big price.
I said I’m sticking with a white exterior, black shutters. My neighbor told me today he really doesn’t favor white houses. Too bad. I still drive around a lot, looking at others’ color choices, and in my selling area, some of the lovely homes here get lost in all the taupey greys and other deep, dusky colors.
Lots of people do like a double sink. (You do need a big enough unit for two to make sense.) To my thinking, if a potential buyer doesn’t want to use both, fine. But if you put in a single (or an expensive trough style) and they do want two sinks, it may put off some.
I’m driving friends mad with all the resale considerations, but it works for me. Truth is, maybe we won’t sell next year.
I’ve seen 2 sinks in about 52", but generally I think 60" is the minimum. You need some drawer space! I don’t mind the idea of one big sink with two faucets though. Not like this one! http://www.avazinternationaldance.org/latest-design-of-home-architecture-plans Though I bet kids would love it.
