Exterior Features
Your home's exterior sets the first impression. Explore roofing, siding, stone, trim, porches and fireplace options below, and think about how each choice works together. Note your favorites for your selections meeting.
Roofing
Roofing selections tie together your shingles, metal accents and gutters. Consider how each pairs with your siding, stone and trim.
Things to consider:
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Shingles: Which Landmark color complements your siding and stone?
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Metal accents: Do you want metal on porches or bump-outs, and in what color?
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Gutters: Should they blend with the roof or match the trim?
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Leaf guards: Does your lot have many trees?
Siding & Shake Siding
Siding covers most of your home's exterior, and shake accents add texture to gables, bump-outs and porch areas. As you look through the options, think about where you'd like a change in texture and how your paint colors will tie everything together. Bring along any color inspiration you've saved. Seeing colors next to your shingle and stone choices helps narrow them down.
Exterior Stone
Stone adds texture, warmth and character to your home's exterior. Beyond choosing a style and color, there are several design details to decide, such as where the stone goes and how it's finished at steps and columns. Look through the examples below and think about which details fit your home. We'll go through each one together at your selections meeting.
Things to consider:
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Locations: full wall, wainscot or accents only?
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Column bases & pier caps: stone on the porch columns, and how tall?
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Step treads: stone caps on your porch or entry steps?
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Stone Sill : how should the top edge of the stone be finished?
Gable Brackets & Beams
Gable brackets and exterior beams are the finishing details that give a home its character. Brackets sit at the peaks of your gables, and beams can frame porches and entryways. Consider whether you prefer a natural wood look or a painted finish, and how bold or simple you'd like the design to be.
Porches & Outdoor Living
Porch Design.
The overall style, including column and beam options and the roofline over your porch.
Concrete & Stamped Concrete.
Standard broom-finish concrete is clean and durable. Stamped concrete adds pattern and color that can look like stone, slate or brick.
Trex Decking.
Low-maintenance composite decking that won't need staining or sealing. Look at the colors next to your siding and stone.
Handrails.
Railings frame your porch and add safety. Consider whether you'd like them to match your trim, your windows or your decking
Exterior Fireplace
An outdoor fireplace creates a natural gathering spot on your porch or patio. Look at the overall design, mantel style and stone choices together. Many homeowners choose the same stone used elsewhere on the exterior so everything ties together..
