Perfect Pairs: How to Add Depth and Dimension to Your Outdoor Space While Honoring Your Home’s Existing Style

Outdoor entertainment season has arrived and we’re ready for sunny afternoon cookouts, peaceful nights on the patio and fresh, warm air. When winter melts away, many homeowners get reacquainted with their outdoor living space and notice a thing or two that needs refreshing.

Improving your outdoor space now gives you plenty of time to enjoy it this spring and summer. Reinforce and revamp front porch columns with new PVC column wraps. Enhance curb appeal when you dress up your windows with shutters. Create texture and draw inspiration from surrounding nature with beadboard. Evolve your home’s unique style by incorporating enduring residential design trends.

With Boundless™ building products and solutions to bring any project to life, we’ve got the perfect pair to recommend for your home.

Curb appeal counts, whether you’re considering selling your home or looking to add value to your investment. Either way, column wraps offer the opportunity to customize your porch design to reflect your personal tastes with a variety of sizes, shapes and decorative elements. More practically, they also help to extend the lifespan of columns, reducing maintenance (and associated costs) over time. Designed with versatility in mind, Royal^® Knock Down Column Wraps are easy to install over existing columns, pictured above with Royal^® Board & Batten siding in Midnight Surf.

Royal^® Knock Down Column Wraps are resistant to moisture and are not susceptible to issues found in traditional wood columns like warping, rotting and insect damage. Made of durable cellular PVC, Knock Down Column Wraps are a bright white color and smooth texture that can be used to contrast your home’s siding and accents, as part of a multi-textured facade. Plus, they can also be painted in boundless colors to match your home’s aesthetic.

Looking for an easy DIY project? Knock Down Column wraps feature best-in-class lock miter joints for easy assembly you can do yourself, and slip seamlessly over existing, outdated columns.

If windows are the “eyes” of your home, shutters are the “winged eyeliner.” Shutters add character and charm to your home’s exterior while remaining an affordable option to upgrade your home’s facade without extensive renovation or construction costs. Plus, many shutters are typically made from durable materials, requiring minimal maintenance compared to traditional wood shutters—a practical choice if you’re looking to balance beauty and convenience. If your home is historic or period-style like a Victorian, Colonial Revival or Craftsman home, decorative shutters can honor the authenticity of the architecture while contributing to the overall charm and appeal of the property.

Mid-America vinyl shutters are available in a range of profiles including open louver, raised panel, board &batten and louver/panel combo to pair perfectly with any home’s exterior. New this year, four dark colors have been added—Treated Cedar, Platinum, French Roast and Storm Cloud, to fill the rising demand for darker accessories. These new shades complement the current trends in siding colors. The new Platinum shade pairs well with Portsmouth™ Shake and Shingles and Royal^® Vinyl in Ironstone.

Mid-America shutters install easily on vinyl siding, like Grayne and Foundry^® Siding, poly ash siding, like TruExterior^®, and stone veneer, like Versetta Stone™.

We continue to see classic beadboard incorporated in new and creative ways. Whether installing beadboard on the lower half of interior walls to add texture, visual interest or simply to protect from scuffs and scratches; to a room’s ceiling to cover ceilings, adding a cozy, cottage-like feel to rooms; from affixing to cabinet doors, drawer fronts and furniture pieces such as kitchen islands and bathroom vanities; to installing as a kitchen or bathroom backsplash that adds texture; to high traffic spaces needing a durable, easy-to-clean opportunity, beadboard remains a popular type of decorative paneling for good reason!

Adding beadboard protects your home and adds charm and character. Beadboard can be used to hide leveling irregularities, cover exposed rafters and give soffits a finished look. Easy to install with its hidden nailing hems, this line features a 6” v-grooved plank, beadboard, crown and bed moulding. Available colors include American Walnut, Oak Ridge, Natural Cedar, Smoke Grey, Weathered Oak and Charred Timber, there is a perfect shade for any home.

As you migrate outdoors this season, notice where your home can use a little love. Small additions like column wraps, shutters and beadboard make a big difference when it comes to curb appeal and your overall enjoyment.