Before and After: A Rustic Facade Adds Curb Appeal to a Plain Jane Ranch House - Gardenista
Photography by Mimi Giboin. Tucked inconspicuously among a block of innocuous stucco ranch houses on a side street in St. Helena in Napa County, CA, a reclaimed wood facade attracts instant notice. You can’t tell from the street that beneath the wood siding lies a stucco house. Here’s what the house looked like when homeowners Kevin and Jessica Hague bought it. After covering the front facade with wood, the Hagues began working on the side walls. On the back wall of the ranch house, a window is framed in reclaimed wood: step one to covering the entire wall. Ready to be installed: 1-by-6-inch planks of weathered wood, previously used on a fence The Hagues’ house has a board on board facade. Additional planks are cover the gaps between boards. A climbing rose is at home on the reclaimed wood siding, which came from Centennial Woods in Wyoming. To install the siding, the Hagues first screwed horizontal boards into the stucco facade. For lights similar to the pendants flanking the doorway on the Hagues’ peaked-roof barn, Outdoor Wall Lanterns in a bronze finish are $495 apiece from Visual Comfort Lighting.