WWYD: Shed matching house

[AmyRI]

Every time I write this, it comes out too long. So here's what I need opinions on:

Shingles:

• Use the black 3-tab we already have ordered and come for free with the shed.
• See if they will let us switch to 3-tab in the same color as our house/garage (would add no cost, but the brochure didn't list our color as an option. It is, however, a color option in the same brand/style of shingle they include with the shed.)
• Spend $100-$150 on matching architectural shingles

Paint:

• Paint the shed doors yellow like the garage
• Spend $40 and paint the shed and garage doors green like the house

FWIW, we had to buy a smaller shed than originally intended. If we bought bigger, it needed to be 10' from the property line. Where we want it, we will be the only ones to see it (not in any neighbors view) and could get a variance, but we do not want to spend the time to get it. So given the original budget, we have already upgraded installation to include a better, treated floor and felt and drip edge for the roof and can also include the additional shingles in paint. But DH doesn't want to "waste" money on something that's sole purpose is to hold little kid toys.

Pictures to help you decide:
(And I swear it's less of a disaster zone than these pics will lead you to believe... I just tend to only take pics while projects are in motion and never update the "after" shots.)

Layout (not to scale):

Garage doors (taken from back door - please excuse the paving equipment):

Front of house and garage (to show how much shingle you see when you look at the house, shed will likely obstruct the view of the window on the garage from this angle):

Back door:

Shed:

[Deleted]

I'd spend the $140. It may just hold toys, but you have to look at it.

[InBetweenDays]

I agree with rehabaddict. $140 seems like a fairly minor cost to have it match.

And gorgeous house!!

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[pitterwoo]

matching would be nice. you have a really pretty home and property...wouldn't mind if you feel like posting more pictures sometime.

[wineenthusiast]

I love your house colors. I would spend the $ to make it match.

[AmyRI]

Thanks for confirmation that I'm not crazy for being willing to spend the money to have them match.

pitterwoo, I'll put together a bio if you promise to overlook the ugliness in the rooms we haven't renovated yet It's a work in progress.

[FoxInFiji]

I'd spend the money but try to make it look as much like the garage as possible. I actually like your yellow garage door and would stick with that scheme on both the garage and shed. But if you really want green go for it.

The shingles aren't as big of a deal from the road because you can't see them but they will be a big view out of some of your upper back windows so I think it's worth it. Plus the practical side of me wants to point out that architectural shingles last longer than 3 tab because there is a full 2 layers of shingles everywhere.

[pitterwoo]

I promise AmyRI. Besides, progress shots just get to be part of your 'before' pics when you get around to making it the way you want.

[AmyRI]

Ok, some pics are up in a bio now. Although I am now on a mission to get better ones because they do not do all our work justice! I always forget how far we've come. I have some crazy B&A, too. The afters just look like regular, plain-jane bedrooms, but the before was fabric stapled to cork board that was liquid-nail'ed to the plaster.

asdfjkl, the front doors are actually the same green, but the storm doors are white and block the green for the most part. I'd love it if they were green, too, but I don't know how well they'd hold paint. The doors are all original (read: skeleton keys) and not energy efficient at all, so they're probably going to get replaced in the next couple of years.

I will definitely share after pics - installation is scheduled for July 10th, and it'll probably take another week before we get it painted, but I hope to have it done in a month.

[Deleted]

Oh that explains it (my love for the house); it really is an old house. I was loving your house except for the windows, thinking you had done a great job of building an old-looking house except for that and the front storms. True divided lights with green wood sashes would take that house to a completely different level; just my unsolicited two cents. I think losing that green on the back and original doors would be a shame if they are good looking; perhaps you could look for paintable storms someday (and some true divided light paintable windows someday ? Could you add a deadbolt on for security? That's what we have with our mortise lock back door. Are they still letting in lots of air with the storms on?

We built a little garden shed out back and didn't worry about matching the shingles (we matched the siding/paint colors). It's not something that bothers me, even though we can see the shingles on ours. I'd probably go with yellow on the door, just to keep the focus on the house.

[stephm0188]

Our shed matches our house, trim and shingles and all.

[AmyRI]

While I agree about the windows, it's highly unlikely that this is our forever home, so I don't think we'll put up the money for new windows. The ones we have were a poor DIY install by the person we bought from, but the windows themselves function fine (once we fix the install problems) so they're at the bottom of our list for now. Nice dream though

The storm doors were another shitty DIY install by the previous owner. Actually, that can be said for a lot of things here... they do almost nothing to help energy efficiency. I've been thinking about replacing the storms as a first step and keeping the doors. Or maybe having a pro come in and rehang and rekey the existing doors so it was square and we could weatherproof better. That's probably a year away, though.

[pamela]

I would spend the bit extra to make it match the house that way it looks intentional.

[jloww]

Your house is GORGEOUS!!  Sorry about the windows