How to enhance your exterior wall design?

Exterior walls give a sense of identity to our homes. They are what we would call a first glimpse to the home-owner’s personality. Nowadays, there are many ways to do up your exterior walls. Some people choose to create unique designs to give exterior walls a new look. Here are some ways you too can do up your exterior wall design.

Choose a textured finish: You can create unique designs on your exterior walls by using a cement-based wall texture composition that allows you to create textures on your exterior walls. The superior adhesion and tensile strength of the white cement-based composition can be used to make quirky textures which are durable and won’t chip off easily. In this case, many tools are used like rollers, trowels etc to create patterns. Birla White Textura is a white cement-based wall texture composition that can be used to achieve unique looks for your exterior walls.

The durability it brings, along with ease of application and the variety of design options, makes it ideal for homes, offices, bungalows, outhouses, farmhouses, stadiums, shopping malls, technology parks, educational institutes, airports, railway stations, theatres, exhibition halls, and so on.

Birla White Textura is available in two varieties –

(i) Spray/Roller Finish (RF), which is ideal for interiors

(ii) Trowel Finish (TF), which is ideal for exteriors.

Use exterior primer: The usage of exterior primer gives a new look to your exterior walls on which you can use paints to create unique designs. Birla White PrimaCoat is a white cement-based liquid primer that gives better coverage than acrylic-based primers available in the market. It prevents peeling of the topcoat and stays durable for a longer period. Its opacity gives you an opportunity to let any colour of paint bring out its true tone.

Create quirky murals: Exterior primer can be used as a base to create quirky murals on your exterior walls. This primer will help you with smooth walls and bring out the best possible colour of your paint. If you are the artistic type, you could definitely try your hand at this and unleash your creativity on your exterior walls.

Exposed brick work: Sometimes a rustic look elevates your home exterior on many levels. In this case, you can leave the brick work exposed and make that a highlight of your exterior walls. Make sure that the bricks are laid with durable cement of good quality. This needs a little level of maintenance as you wouldn’t want the red bricks to chip off in places as that would immediately make the exterior walls look drab.

Add props for attention: Now that you know what to do with your exterior walls, you can use a few props to elevate the overall look of the exterior walls and bring attention to its design. Carefully concealed lighting or a bright coloured park bench can do the trick. You can also try and match your roof to your exterior wall design so as to achieve a kind of a balance in the overall look and feel of your house. You can also re-do your main door to complement the newly done up exterior walls. Choose a colour or a design of your liking. You can also use a statement door.

Decorate with climbing plants and creepers: A good way of doing up your exterior walls is to add creeper type plants and vines around your main entrance. This lends an old world charm to your home exterior and can also help camouflage any chips or faulty surfaces. However, it is important to bear in mind that plant maintenance especially when in the form of creepers and vines is a great deal of work. One must pay attention so that the plants do not inflict any damage on the exterior walls. Some plants that work for this kind of a look are: Bougainvillea, Blue Morning Glory, Devil’s Ivy, Star Jasmine, Bengal Clock Vine, Sweet Potato Vine and Bleeding Heart Vine.

Enhancing the look and overall design of your exterior walls is not a difficult task. However, you must carefully consider what to choose and what not to because you don’t want the exterior of your home to look like a hodge podge of ideas. If you decide to use climbing plants, keep the other elements muted. If you decide on using exposed brick work to beautify your exterior, then use a muted colour on your main door. Or if you are planning on a quirky mural, make sure the other elements like door, the porch etc are kept low key so as to draw attention to only the mural.

Birla White has the right products if you are considering giving your exterior walls a new look and feel and enhance your exterior wall design.