Please Help Me "Cute Up" my Garage
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please, please .... help me dress up my boxy exterior, lots of pi
Comments (11)I agree with the previous posters. The faux wood garage doors would look nice. I LOVE your front door, very classy! I notice you have 2 large urns you could place on the driveway near the garage doors to add depth and color, I'd use black urns with bright flower colors if you keep the doors, taupe or white if you change them. Same goes for widening your flower area along the driveway and give it some curve. You could add something that stays green in the winter since you get snow in Chicago. Try adding something between your daylilies, every 2nd one put in a shrub that has great fall color and summer flowers to compliment the color of the daylilies : ) You could add a mounded & curved bed to the left (in the open grass space) with a taller flowering tree/shrub and some perennials that flower at different stages. A dogwood or ninebark in the corner near the front window and entrance would look nice since they have nice winter color, great summer green and pretty fall leaves : ) Does the tree at the end corner have flowers, berries or interesting leaves? It seems to have some good height. Do you like clematis? That would look nice on that corner too, both sides. Your house and yard are great! A bit of curves and color is all it should take....See Moreplease help me choose and place garage lights
Comments (15)Which side will the man-door open from, right or left? That might influence your decision on whether to put a motion-sensor light there or not if you need to see the lock. They aren't 'pretty' but those corner-mounted floodlights put out a lot of light, so if you decide to put in something besides motion-sensor sconces, you could mount one motion sensor flood up in the left corner and aim it toward the doors. I agree it would look better balanced to have 3 lights, one to the left of the door and one on each side of the garage door. I'm going to be the outlier and say the lights need to be black. I don't think your siding is so dark that they won't show up. The bronze ones just look off to me. The ORB is a little better since there is only a hint of copper and it comes off as mostly black....See MoreHelp me design a new master closet with my garage addition
Comments (0)Here is my existing floorplan. Master is at the left end of the house, then a hall to secondary bedroom and kitchen and the rest of the home is to the right of all of this with an open kitchen/DR/LR then two bedrooms and bath for our kids at the far right. What this house is missing is more garage space. There is only a 2 car garage and we want more garage and have a space we can turn into more garage labeled rec room here. This master and master bath were an addition by the prior owner. The second bedroom on this view is the old master. We want to turn the rec room into a side entry garage, entry from the left side. Above is the current floor plan. The current "rec room" is unusable due to not being heated and cooled. It is more of an enclosed patio than interior space. We have yard access to turn it to a garage. The existing rec room has a double door to the current master, a single door to the hall by the laundry room, and a current door to the "hobby room" which is a storage room with counters and shelved between the current garage and house. We enter the home through the garage then this "hobby room" that goes into the home via a butlers' pantry off the kitchen (labeled kitchen 2 on the plan) I did not design this home. If we make access from the new garage through the hobby room, it makes the same entry to the home from either garage. I am sure I want to make some type of new master closet using the double doors from the existing master. What I am not sure about is whether to make a long closet with two doors, the second opening to the hall by the laundry room. Or whether to make a new master closet, and then make a closet or walk way with from the garage to the laundry room hall. Or I could also do a closet only accessible from the laundry room. Comments on traffic flow etc with these options? Thanks for some fresh eyes and perspectives. Possible remodel floor plans: All work will be to code and we are aware of firewall requirements between home and garage. Thanks for any comments. lafdr...See MorePlease help me choose a garage door and front door color(s)!
Comments (5)Hi there - thank you for posting! For some added curb appeal, definitely update the color of the garage, front door and two peaks in the front. Make the peaks a fresh, bright white like PPG's Delicate White. The front door and garage door would benefit from a nice, rich navy/gray - like PPG's Silver Blueberry. Best, Meghan...See Morenicole___
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