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Wilder’s team removed the home’s antebellum-era pillars and photo by: GETTY IMAGES
replaced dated shutters with warm wood frames to elongate
the front of the home. The key with a split level, he says, is to
implement visual tricks, such as they did with the windows, to
prevent the home from looking like it’s cut in half.

In the case of that home, the removal of a few exterior
elements, the addition of modern hardware, and a new paint
job brought it out of the nineteenth century and into the

twenty-first century.

Areas of Focus
While architectural changes can make a world of difference,
you don’t necessarily have to go dramatic when making exterior
improvements to your home if you don’t want to or feel that it
isn't needed. Simple changes, such as a fresh coat of paint, new

lighting fixtures, and beautiful landscaping, can work wonders.

Painting
There’s virtually nothing that a new coat of paint can’t fix.
Wilder notes that, for many of the projects his team has worked
on, painting the home’s exterior has made one of the biggest
visual differences and casts a home in a completely new light.
In their renovation of a brick colonial in Potomac, Maryland, his

photo by: PAUL BURKE

Before After

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