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Here are some ideas of what we could do to the exterior to make it more modern and less uniform than plain horizontal siding for the entire house...Key thing is that we need to find a way to stay within exterior budget allowance. We will have to think creatively!
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Plain wooden door with modern handle

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Light acrylic stucco with plain wooden door, modern look

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Wooden plain door with modern handle

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like this plain door

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Like this plain door with modern door handle

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ignore...for landscaping

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Mix of siding and acrylic stucco in lighter color

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Mix of vertical and horizontal siding

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Use of acrylic stucco (?) coupled with iron gray siding

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Smooth james hardie siding with a 7.25 or 6.265" width. Has a nice modern feel

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Use of James Hardie shingle

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Plain iron gray look...

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Same Millcreek House using vertical james Harding siding

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Same Millcreek house- different materials used

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this house is actually in Edmonton (Millcreek). Love the use of different materials. They used James Hardie iron gray siding

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front entrance all in wood- could do that with our bumped entrance and then have smooth black door

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this is pretty plain, horizontal iron gray siding throughout...

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iron gray siding with wooden door and white siding for color contrast in front entrance

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Use of wood in bumped out entrance only with a simple black door

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