7 Easy Ways to Have Your Shed
Match Your House

Coordinated Shed Design

If you are building a new outdoor shed or upgrading your current outdoor shed,  this is a question that comes up often.  Should I match the look of my shed to my house? Some people like their outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed to have a completely different look than their home. This idea works well if your outdoor structure is a fair distance from the main house. But if your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed is close to your home we’ve found that it’s best to match the look of your outdoor structure to that of your home.

Your backyard shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed  is not just a shed but a reflection of the looks you like and aimed for with your home. So to give your outdoor structure the same look and feel as your home from the outside, we have some simple tips for you today.

Match Your Siding Choices

This seems like a simple idea, but one that many people skip when planning their outdoor shed. If your home is brick, it would look disconnected if your guest shed was T1-11. Likewise if your home is shingled your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed would look like it matched youse house and taste if your outdoor building was shingled also. It’s the details that count in extending the look of your home to your outdoor structure. When your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed is built to match the look of your home, it feels like an extension of your home and is more likely to increase home values.

Coordinate Colors

Painting your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed  to match your home is the second step in unifying the look of your outdoor structure with your home. This includes exterior paint color, trim color and door color. With the colors coordinated between your home and outdoor structure your outbuilding looks like an extension of your home and creates a unified look.

Put A Deck On It

Most homes have a front porch or deck. To continue that style and extend the usability of your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed put a porch or deck on it. Once again it unifies the look and feel of your outdoor structure, but also if it is a guest shed, office shed or entertainment shed it extends it’s purpose and allows extra seating, a place to relax. Porches with an overhang allow for swinging benches or a barbecue area.

Trim Your Shed

Most all homes have trim around the windows, roof, doors and sides, coordinating that look to your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed is very important to continue the look and feel of your home. Trim also makes your outdoor structure look more finished and professional. Trim helps both your home and outdoor shed stand out and be distinctive. Trim is very effective when you choose to paint 2 or 4 inch wide molding or planking a contrasting color from that of the main house or shed color. Trim and trim color help give a shed that finished look and extra appeal.

Install Unique Hardware

Some of the unique hardware we have at Shed Windows and More can help your backyard structure, outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed match the look of your house. Matching your backyard shed to your home is all about the details! Your backyard shed’s hardware; the hinges, handles, latches, and locks on the doors can all be matching points to make your shed resemble your house. Wrought iron is a beautiful choice or hardware with a colonial look is perfect for carriage-style doors or the newer barn door look that is so popular.

Add Finishing Touches to Windows

If your home has shutters, we have shutters that are shed size at Shed Windows and More. It’s also fun to add flower boxes under your windows to add a little greenery and flowers to your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed.

Add A Little Landscaping

Giving attention to the landscaping between your house and backyard shed can help coordinate the look of your backyard shed and your home. Continuing your landscaping look from your home to your outdoor structure will help give it the feel that it belongs in your backyard. You can treat the area around your shed much like the landscaping around your home.

If you home has a wrap-around deck, you could add one to your outdoor structure. If your home has a hedge it could continue out to your backyard shed. The plants you have chosen for around your home you can continue the look with your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed. If you want shade for your outdoor shed like you have for your house, plant scrubs or trees that will grow to a height that will provide the shade you need.

Matching your outdoor shed, playhouse, office shed, or guest shed to your home’s look and feel is really simple and a great DIY project. You can count on Shed Windows and More for everything from windows to shutters, to flower boxes to door hinges to pull together a look that will have your home and outdoor structure matching.