Sum Dum Gai
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Aug 7, 2013 0:34:25 GMT -5
I think you should look into staining the brick. Paint won't stick well, and will require constant maintenance, or you'll have to use really thick industrial outdoor paint and they'll look like plastic. They make that stuff that stains grout and cement, it should be able to stain brick. The other option, and it's painful, but have you considered taking the rock off the column and redoing that in brick facing? That one part won't look as nice, but having all the brick work match might be better looking overall.
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happyscooter
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Post by happyscooter on Aug 7, 2013 6:45:40 GMT -5
Dark, taking the stone off is not EVEN an option. We wanted the stone, in THAT color.
I did find a website for stain, it looks like something that would work and look good.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 7, 2013 8:17:41 GMT -5
I was thinking 'stain' also, for the brick. The house really is BEAUTIFUL! I would love to see the 'before' pictures. You should post one!
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Post by bean29 on Aug 7, 2013 9:30:19 GMT -5
My first thought when I looked at the picture was Wow, that's a beautiful house. I did not think about the brick and stone matching until others brought it up. When they suggested painting it, I thought about it peeling and thought no way, no how would I do that. I also thought it might be easier to remove the stone face and put brick on the pillars as Dark suggested. Since you don't want to do that, you either leave it or stain it. But the brick is the more high quality expensive item and you are talking about masking it . We have brick pillars, and brick on the front of the house but I do have the fake stone on my fireplace, so I am not really adverse to it. I think if it was my house I would leave it alone. I agree... show us the before pictures...I bet it is a world different than when you started. The suggestion of staining it might work. I would go for a dark grey or black, since the brick is currently a dark red, I assume it will have to be a dark color to cover it.
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Post by happyscooter on Aug 7, 2013 9:38:19 GMT -5
I'm afraid if I post before/after pics, you guys might find out where I live and come and stalk me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 9:54:13 GMT -5
Well, there goes our fun! << goes off to find another potential stalking vict....er.....friend! >>
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Post by happyscooter on Aug 7, 2013 10:01:10 GMT -5
I KNEW IT!!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 7, 2013 10:29:13 GMT -5
I like the bricks just as they are. The vines are a nice idea, and some flowers or low shrubs would work, too, if you want to be "green" about it. Nice house, BTW.
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Post by tcu2003 on Aug 7, 2013 10:48:34 GMT -5
Scottish, that's what I tried yesterday. I couldn't find the 'add attachment'. I'll try again later. I wanted everyone's opinion on painting the foundation bricks on our house since we had the work done. Can't decide. Anyone upload pics using the ProBoards all? I can on another ProBoards site I'm on, but not this one. I don't allow attachments here because we only get a limited amount of free storage, and we were basically maxed out when we upgraded to v5.
any pictures must be hosted on photobucket, imageshack, etc and then you use the direct url and the button. Good to know - thanks, moonbeam!
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 7, 2013 11:18:33 GMT -5
Well, there goes our fun! << goes off to find another potential stalking vict....er.....friend! >> No. really, that wasn't me lurking in your pile of bricks. Now what color did you say you're thinking of making them?
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Post by Malarky on Aug 7, 2013 13:44:00 GMT -5
I'm not a huge fan of the stone, but since that is the element that appeals to you, I'd veneer the brick with stone on the front of the house. No amount of paint or stain is going to pull those two elements together, IMO.
ETA: I think the stone goes well with the house. I don't think it goes well with the brick.
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Post by happyscooter on Aug 8, 2013 6:54:58 GMT -5
I started panicking last night when I realized I might win the lottery and a picture of my house was on here. If the media posted a picture of my house along with my name, I would no longer be anonymous.
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Post by Formerly SK on Aug 8, 2013 8:48:04 GMT -5
First world problems.
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Post by genericname on Aug 8, 2013 9:39:59 GMT -5
Happy, your house looks lovely. I am a fan of the brick on the bottom, I wouldn't change it. If you wanted to cover up the slight overhang from the posts, you could plant a taller tree/shrub/flowering plant that would come up slightly higher than the bottom of the post. You could put one each in front of the posts, and then intersperse some other interesting plants of varying heights to give it some variation.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 9, 2013 3:06:06 GMT -5
I started panicking last night when I realized I might win the lottery and a picture of my house was on here. If the media posted a picture of my house along with my name, I would no longer be anonymous. If you win the lottery, picture or not, I'm going to become your very bestest friend!
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