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" When Steve Rasnick, an interior designer, and his partner Todd Porter, a bank executive, purchased an 80-plus-year-old center-hall Colonial in Charlotte, North Carolina, their goal was to give their new home a fresh look but preserve its architectural identity. &amp;quot;We injected our contemporary taste into the house, which has all these wonderful details,&amp;quot; says Rasnick. &amp;quot;We could have changed it, but simplicity is what we&amp;#039;re all about.&amp;quot; Staying true to that philosophy, they made a subtle fa\u00E7ade renovation with thoughtful details that retained the house&amp;#039;s Southern charm. The result makes a handsome first impression.  Fine Points Keeping the integrity of their home&amp;#039;s architecture, Rasnick and Porter made these changes: \u2022 Had the fa\u00E7ade power-washed, then scraped, to remove years of multiple colors. The brick exterior was then spray-painted a warm white and given a hand-rolled treatment for a smooth texture.  \u2022 Tore off the old pediment and added a classic covered portico that has round columns, stately crown molding details, square pilasters and a hand-pressed copper roof. Two old large lanterns were replaced with a single overhead light.  \u2022 Removed the wooden storm door with glass panels, but kept the original front door, replacing the brass mail slot and door hinges with a new slot and hinges finished in satin nickel. The old brass lockset was replaced with a new Baldwin one, and the door was painted a rich red.  \u2022 Painted trims and shutters a deep green to complement the new white brick. Pulled off storm windows but kept the divided leaded glass panes.   \u2022 Jacked up the freestand garage, which gave the existing brick foundation an extra foot of height to accommodate automatic custom-designed carriage doors. New windows were added to the side of the garage. The doors were painted the same red as the front door of the house. The garage roof, covered with the same architectural shingles used for the roof of the house, was topped off with a copperroofed cupola and a weathervane.  Photo: Gridley and Graves "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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