Six Exterior Finishes For Home Remodeling

Living near downtown Manhattan has many benefits that New Yorkers would never trade by moving to the country side for a big beautiful home. Yet, some of the homes in the suburbs of the city are outdated and in need repair. With some thoughtful NY home remodeling, though, you can transform your home into the dream home you would find in the country while still having all the benefits of living close to New York City.

One of the areas you can focus on when remodeling is the exterior. Following are six ideas you can use to update the outside of your home and give it a different look. They are adding a brickface, applying stucco, attaching a stoneface, installing vinyl siding, putting on a hard coat, and adding decorative detail work.

Brickface

Brickface is an exterior that is added to your house that makes it look like it is made of brick. Brickface is not a solid wall of brick but an application made to the exterior of your home. It comes in 19 basic colors that can be combined to give it any tint you would like.

Stucco

Stucco is a unique finish that can be applied directly to the finishes of several exterior home walls. There are several different patterns in stucco that can give you home a unique look. Like the brickface, it comes in 19 colors and can be tinted anyway you desire.

Stoneface

Stoneface is another application that can be applied to the outside of your home in lieu of using real stone. However, stoneface gives you the look of genuine stone such as Castle Block, Earthstone, and Ashlar Stone. Stoneface can be applied to a whole side. It can also be applied to sections of your wall to accent certain features such as bay windows, arches, or pillars.

Vinyl Siding

Much of popular Northeast architecture styles are the slatted wood exterior on houses. While the look is desirable, wood can rot and needs constant painting, repair, and maintenance. Vinyl siding, though, can give you a look up wood without the problems that come from wood.

Hardcoat

Hardcoat is an application that can be applied directly to the wood or brick currently on your home. This means you don't have to remove the existing finish. Hardcoat has many different textures and colors.

Detail Work

To complete your NY home remodeling project, you can add detail work such as accents over windows and arches or contrasting brickwork. Detail work such as quoines and keystones can be added directly on top of stucco, vinyl siding and hardcoat.