Last March our architect had the exterior of our house rendered, which included shingles and stonework.  Since then, we’ve completely changed our mind!  I’m so happy that we’ve had the time to think more about the exterior of our house and what we should do with it.  I recently saw this $2.1M brand new home in Bellevue online for sale, have driven by it a couple of times, and was completely inspired.  I showed one of our friends the pictures, she drove by the house too and she agreed that it was totally our style (even more so than our old rendering).

All white home in evening.

All white home during the day.

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I love the coastal style and the crisp white exterior.  It’s definitely a lot more modern and current with clean lines but still maintains that classic Nantucket styling.  Joel and I both love it!  And of course I’ve been pinning all sorts of all-white houses on Pinterest to get more inspiration.  Here’s a quick idea of what our home would look like with the roof lines squared off, all white, and without the shingles.  Not sure yet if I’ll square off the top of the garage doors like I show, but I was just playing around to see what it would look like.

New sketch of our home without shingles & stonework.

Here’s an updated sketch which shows what it would look like if the garage doors are arched…pretty sure I like this option better.  I think it ties in with the front entry and dining room window better than the first option.

Updated sketch to show arched garage doors.