The way the exterior of your home looks is arguably more important than the way it appears inside. Your home’s exterior style and appearance have a lot to do with its value, its curb appeal, and how quickly it’s able to sell when put it on the market.
Mo nei mafua'aga, o le tele o tagata e ona fale e galulue malosi e fa'amautinoa o latou pito i fafo e matagofie, tausia, ma ia ogatusa ma isi vaega o le fausaga o latou fale. Ma e ui o loʻo i ai le tele o mea eseese i luga o le maketi e fesoasoani ia te oe e faia lenei mea, e le o mea uma o le a tuʻuina atu ia te oe le matagofie tutusa, foliga, ma le umi o le maʻa masani.
O fa'ama'a fa'apipi'i ma siding panels e fa'aopoopoina ai le fa'atamaoaigaina ma le fa'atosina i so'o se vaega e te fa'apipi'iina ai, e aofia ai vaega uma o fafo o lou fale ma le fa'afanua. Siaki nei manatu e 30 faʻapipiʻi maʻa ma siding panel e fesoasoani e maua ai ni musumusuga mo lau meatotino.
O faʻamatalaga muamua e masani ona sili ona taua. Mo meatotino o loʻo i ai se faitotoʻa poʻo se ala faʻaofuofu e ulufale atu ai i seti i luma mai le fale autu, o lenei mea e ulufale ai e tatau ona faʻaalia aʻo leʻi taunuu le tagata asiasi i lou fale. Fa'amata'u lau oe ma se ma'a ma'a e fa'apipi'i vave ai le leo mo le vaega o totoe o lou fafo ma lau fa'afanua.
E i ai nai mea e sili atu le umi e fa'aofuina ai fafo o lou fale nai lo piliki ma ma'a masani. O piliki o se mea lauiloa mo lona sitaili ma le tumau, ae o le faʻapipiʻiina o lou fale atoa i totonu e mafai ona faauigaina ai le faanenefuina o nisi o lona fausaga ma auiliiliga. E ala i le faʻaogaina o le Estate Stone e faʻamalo ai piliki, e faʻamalamalamaina ma malepe le mamanu, faʻatagaina na auiliiliga e susulu atu.
Afai e te faia le tele o faʻafiafiaga i lau vaitaʻele, e te manaʻo e faia ai se lagona lelei tutusa i au malo. O mea e pei o le fausia i nofoa, lua afi, ma fa'aaliga afu e saofagā uma i sitaili ma galuega mo le avanoa. O le fa'apipi'iina uma i ma'a fa'atutusa e fa'atasi ai le eria ma fa'atutusa ai le fa'afanua i le taimi e tasi.
O le tele o tagata ua uma ona latou mauaina le lelei o le faʻaogaina o se puipui faʻalogo i totonu e faʻaola ai o latou puipui ma a latou mamanu. O lenei fale e faʻaogaina se puipui faʻalogo i fafo e faʻatusatusa ai le pito i luga o le laulau ma faʻaopopo ai le fiafia i le faʻatulagaga faʻaonapo nei. O le puipui e nofo i se tulimanu 90-tikeri i le isi vaega o le pito, lea e faʻafeiloaʻi atu ai i le faitotoa ma le fausaga i le taimi e tasi.
Mo fale o lo'o i totonu o le tau mafanafana, e masani ona i ai le lanai po'o le patio vaega o lo'o i totonu ma se vaega i fafo. O lo'o fa'aogaina e lenei meatotino se ta'iga afi i totonu o lenei vaega o le fale mo le fa'aogaina atili i le mamanu ma le fa'atinoga. O le ma'a fa'afefeteina o lo'o fa'apipi'iina i luga o le ta'iga afi e fa'amalieina vaega uma e lua o le fale, fa'atasi ai ma lona lanu fa'anatura ma pito mama, mama.
Afai e iai sau mea'ai e tu i fafo atu o lou fale, tu'u ese mai le isi avanoa e ala i le faia o se puipui si'o matagofie e fa'alava ai. O lenei avanoa e tasi le puipui o loʻo faʻaofuina i maʻa faʻafefete, lea e fesoasoani e faʻafeiloaʻi ai le meaʻai, vavae ese mai totonu ma isi vaega o le fanua.
O le fa'aopoopoina o se afu i lau vaita'ele e fa'aopoopo uma ai le matagofie va'aia ma le leo filemu. O lenei fa'aonaponei fa'aonaponei fa'aaogaina e le gata o paipa fa'atumu, lea e fetaui ma le leo o le pa i tua atu, ae fa'apea fo'i ma se ma'a fa'amalo. O le faʻapipiʻiina o loʻo faʻataʻitaʻiina paneli o le pa faʻaonaponei i tua o le vaitaʻele, faʻatupuina se foliga autasi, aʻo faʻafetaui pea le siosiomaga masani o le fanua.
O lenei fale lapo'a fa'asu'esu'e e fa'aalia ai ni fa'amatalaga mata'ina fa'atusa e ono leiloa afai faaofuina i se mea e tasi. Nai lo lena, o vaega taʻitasi e tuʻuina atu i ai le avanoa e susulu ai, e aofia ai koluma pito i luma o loʻo faʻaofuina i se maʻa faʻafefeteina e fetaui ma piliki efuefu pogisa o loʻo faʻaaogaina i isi mea.
E masani lava i nisi ituaiga o tusiata fale le faʻaalia o se mea ese i le afa pito i lalo o le fale nai lo mea o loʻo faʻapipiʻi i luga. O lo'o fa'amamafaina ai tala eseese o le fale ma fa'ateleina ai le fiafia ma le 'ese'ese i le mamanu. O lenei fanua e fa'aogaina ai se laulau ma'amora fa'ae'e i luga o le sakete, e fa'atutu sa'o i le pito o le fogafale pito i luga mo se eseesega mata'ina i lanu ma fua.
E to'atele tagata e manatu o le ma'a fa'anatura o se tu ma aga masani pe aloa'ia i le fa'aaliga ma le mamanu, ae e le o taimi uma lea. O lenei fale faʻaonapo nei ua maua se faʻaleleia foliga mai le fa'aogaina o laupapa ma'a fa'aonapo nei. E mafai ona fa'apipi'i laupapa i ni fa'ata'ita'iga e maua ai ni a'afiaga eseese. O iinei, o loʻo faʻaputu i luga o le tasi ma le isi, faʻamaonia le laina laina fausaga o le fale.
Pe a faʻaaogaina maʻa masani i fafo, o nisi taimi e sili atu le faʻaogaina o foliga vaaia e mafai ona fesoasoani e nonoa le ata i le faʻafanua ma le natura o loʻo siomia ai. I lenei tulaga, o le leo o le Shadowstone i luga aʻe o le siʻosiʻomaga faʻaonaponei e fesoasoani e nonoa ai lenei tafu afi i fafo ma le. avanoa faanatura e tu i tua.
O le Stucco o se mea lauiloa mo le tele o fale i fafo, ae o lona aano e mafai ona maaleale mo nisi meatotino. O lenei fale e maua se si'itia mana'omia tele mai se fuad fa'apipi'i ma'a paepae i luma. O le lanu paʻepaʻe mama o le maʻa e faʻamalamalamaina ai le pito i fafo, faʻatupuina se foliga faʻaonapo nei, aʻo faʻamafanafanaina e le stucco le vaega o totoe o le fale, faʻaopoopoina se faʻatusatusaga faʻapitoa.
Ina ia fa'apipi'i le fa'ato'aga, o le tasi itu o le fale fa'afeagai sa fa'aofuina i le loloto, Midnight Shadowstone. O le lanu uliuli lea e fa'ava'a ai le fa'ato'aga ma fesoasoani e fa'alogo i ai. O le mea moni e fa'apopoleina ai le mamanu, peita'i, o le ma'a mama o lo'o si'osi'omia ai le tafu afi, fa'aopoopo uma le galuega ma le mafanafana va'aia.
O se tasi o mea e sili ona lelei e uiga i le faʻapipiʻiina o maʻa o lona gafatia e faʻapipiʻi i luga o le toetoe lava o soʻo se mea, i totonu ma fafo. I le tulaga lea, o le maa e mulimuli atu ia te oe i lalo tonu o le auala faaofuofu e tau atu i le pito i luma o le fale, ona toe aliali mai lea e siomia le faitotoa. O lenei fa'aoga tolu-dimensional o le ma'a ei ai le a'afiaga o le tosoina o oe i luma sa'o i totonu o le mamanu.
O nisi taimi e foliga mai ose fanua e sili atu pe itiiti ifo i le taimi nei pe fa'aleaganu'u e fa'atatau i le mea na fa'aofuina ai. O lenei fale fa'aonaponei e foliga mai e sili atu suiga ma o lo'o fa'atatau i lona si'osi'omaga ua fa'aofuina i se ma'a lanu lanu malamalama. O foliga mai le maʻa e faʻatusatusa matagofie ma laina mama o le meatotino, e tuʻuina atu ai le mamanu atoa i le tele o le loloto.
O le fausaga o lenei fale o le a leiloa pe afai o le fanua atoa e ofuina i se lanu e tasi poʻo se mea. Nai lo lena, o laina o le fale e aumaia i auiliiliga manino e ala i le faʻaogaina o se laulau maa pito i luma. O le lanu uliuli ma le lanu o le maʻa e faʻafeagai ma isi mea totino, togiina le pito i luma i le toomaga ma faʻalogo i le mamanu.
O le fa'aogaina o le ma'a e fai ma si'o e le mana'omia le fa'atusaina ma so'o se isi mea na e fa'apipi'iina iina. O lenei fale e faʻaaogaina uma maʻa ma fafie e fatu ai se mamanu maaleale ma auiliiliga. O le Terracotta-lanu maa e pikiina ai leo mafanafana mai le fafie, faia ai se mamanu tuʻufaʻatasia e faʻaopoopoina ai le fiafia e aunoa ma le faʻaopoopoina o le eseesega.
O le pito pogisa tele o nisi taimi e i ai le aafiaga o le faia o se fale e foliga mafolafola pe lua fuaal. I le faʻaaogaina o se mama, ae o loʻo faʻamaopoopoina, sakete maʻa i le pito i lalo o le fale, e faʻaopoopoina le loloto i le mamanu atoa. O lanu si'o loloto i totonu o le ma'a e fetaui lelei ma le pito pogisa, ae o le lanu atoa o le maa o loʻo lava le malamalama e faʻaopopo ai le eseesega ma le fiafia.
O le ufiufi maa faanatura e iai le loloto, tamaoaiga, ma le matagofie e masani ona le maua mai isi mea i fafo. Fa'aogad i luga o le tele o lenei fale, o le maʻa e faʻaopoopoina ai le fausaga ma faʻamatalaga e mafai ai e isi mea e faʻamaonia ai le fausaga. Faʻatasi, o vaega eseese e fesoasoani e faʻamautinoaina o le mamanu o le fale e fetaui lelei ma lona tele ma le faʻatulagaina.
Afai e te fa'afiafia so'o, ia mautinoa o lo'o iai sau nofoaga fa'anatura po'o se fa'apotopotoga e fai ma vaega o lau fa'afanua. O lenei tafu ma'a lapo'a tele ma le ogaumu e fausia ai se nofoaga fa'anatura e nofo ai ma taula'i i totonu o le mamanu o le fanua. I le taimi lava e tasi, o le maa e fetaui lelei ma le pito i fafo ma le faʻafanua, o lea aʻo tosoina mata, e le ona o se mea e le o iai.
When considering the exterior cladding of the home, don’t just give your consideration to the entrance. This seating area gets a warm backdrop from natural stone used as a cladding on the back wall of the home. The cladding extends inside the lanai as well, unifying the two areas and creating a more fluid living space.
Walls can help to define spaces, provide privacy, and give some security for pets and children. In the patio area, they also need to coordinate with the rest of your landscaping and design. This bluestone wall perfectly matches the patio pavers, while also following the lines of the wall to better define the space.
The columns on either side of this porch would be completely lost to the rest of the design if they were clad in the same material as what surrounds them. Instead, they gain focus and interest by being clad in natural stone. The color of the stone also picks up the other cladding and wood accents, creating a unified design that still calls attention to the area.
In oversized properties that have multiple interior and exterior living spaces like this one, each area needs to be defined in order to help set it apart from the rest. This outdoor living room gets its definition from a stone accent wall that reaches up to the next story.
Using a natural stone skirt on the bottom of a home or building does not have to mean extending up several feet. Sometimes, just a few feet of skirting at the bottom of a property is all that’s needed to break up the design and add some much-needed interest, detail, color, and texture.
When creating an outdoor living room area, the space needs to have some separation from the inside in order to make it its own. For this reason, materials like natural stone can add the gravity and durability needed to set the space apart and still unify it with its surroundings – in this case, the pool area and landscaping beyond.
This pool area features two very distinct sections that are still accessible to one another. To help define both spaces and still allow them to connect, an archway and columns are placed between them. The color and texture of the stone helps to brighten the space, adding contrast to the city scape and colors beyond.
Using natural stone does not have to mean adding a lot of color and attention-grabbing detail. Sometimes, a more subtle approach is warranted. This dark Shadowstone panel has texture and depth, but won’t overwhelm or call too much attention to any single area.
Natural stone can add depth and interest without adding texture, as well. For more contemporary properties, a honed panel like this one can add architectural detail and interest that complements the rest of the lines on the property without contrast.
Some properties need more contrast or texture than simple wood cladding can provide. But using brick doesn’t always give the desired result either, as brick is often seen on much fewer property types. This church solves these issues by using natural stone in an area typically reserved for brick, maintaining the contemporary look of the building.