I know a lot of people like me like to see other’s houses and their color schemes as well as what kind of historic trim they used on their porches etc. So I take as many pictures of old houses as I can when traveling around. I am tired of seeing old houses sided with vinyl, eaves boxed in so you can’t see original brackets and especially I hate seeing Victorian houses where all the gingerbread and trim has been eliminated so they can side it. They no longer look anything like they were meant to look. All the character is gone. They wanted to look modern. Well, now they look dated and ugly. My house was sided, the eaves boxed in. We want it all gone, we want the original look back to the house. In time, when the inside gets finished, our plan is bring the outside back to its original look. At least we still have the original porch, pillars, and windows to work with. I saw under the siding when they put in the patio door and it looked good and that was on the side that gets the weather.

So, that’s why I like taking pictures of houses that have at least preserved the trim, colors or something that still makes them stand out.

Part one is here.

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The light green was very pretty on this house. Beautiful brackets.

Notice the Greek Key pattern around the front over hang trim.

It looks like they enclosed part of the porch.  They did a good job of matching the trim and corbels.

Nice color and trim-work.

This one I thought needed some work but actually the wood is all in good condition. I think because the stone around the windows looks sooty and dark makes it not look as pretty as it could. But maybe people like it that way, kind of a patina to the stone.

The historic downtown. I’m hoping they will return to the brick that is probably underneath that blacktop.

This house’s color really stood out. The color of red is rich without being bright and the black really set it off. Another shot showing the trim-work is below.

I really liked this one. Look at the shape of the dormer windows and the trellis-like trim between the porch posts. See these great eaves? It is unfortunate that many people box those in. They just looks so great when exposed.

This one had a great shape to the dormer and notice the nice curve of the roof line on the right. If you look at it enlarged all the way, you can see the pattern in the glass on the dormer.