This is the house of a client of mine, Carol. I designed several rooms in her home.On my first trip to the house to measure the roomsshe said to me. "I hate my house.It's not my style at all."She had only been in the house a few years and I laughed and asked - "Well,why did you buy it if you didn't like it"" Well turns out this little newish craftsman house sat right next to her parent's house.That's why she bought it.But she likes things very modern and more sleek.She had added the large rectangular concrete plantersin front of the home. Which I wondered that first day why the landscaping planters were so modern when her house was so not!I asked if she was open to painting the brick and she said yes that is what she had been considering but didn't know whatcolor.I suggested white or black. I took photos of the house and told her I'd present photoshoppedphotos of how it would look in either color.  This was the first one I showed her imagining it in white.At this point I was trying to keep costs down and only suggested painting all existing. Or it could be painted black. The garage door would be a wood tone.She loved the white. She wanted a modern garage door and front door.I photoshopped that in. At this point I realized she was prepared to spend some money on making it the house of her dreams.So I suggested enhancing her porch with additional beams.She found online a porch swing she fell in lo...