We installed an Anderson sliding french doors two years ago. Love it! It was expensive but worh every penny! If we had the room to do true french doors that swing open we would have done that. Don't give it a second thought! They really upgraded the look of our home and set the tone for our kitchen remodel and updated our whole first floor. The Anderson door glides well, feels solid and looks beautiful.

Not that it really matters but you describe a little house (and include a picture of one), talk about an overhead door (and the picture doesn't show one) and then switch and say "The garage is not attached to the house, and will become my art studio." It just doesn't make a lot of sense. What I gather is that you have an existing detached single car gargae that you want to convert to and art studio and make it look like a little house. Anyway it's all irrelevant as I believe your question is simply "what's involved with replacing an overhead garage door with french doors?" The garage door is easily removed leaving a rough opening in the wall. the new door configuration needs to fill that opening. If you want to use slab doors then the frame/casing to mount the doors needs to be custom made. Any space between the door frame and the rough opening from the garage needs to be filled and finished like a contiuation of the existing walls with finishes to match both the exterior (be it shingles, clapboards, vinyl siding, etc.) and the interior (if you want your studio to have finished walls then then the it would be sheetrock, plaster, etc.) Conversely, the space between the doors and the rough opeing could simply be framed, sheathed with wood and painted to look like a really wide trim/extension the door frame. I guess the short answer is that it would be a custom installation and the level of effort for a carpenter to finish it, would totally depend on the what you want the end product to look like...and no it really isn't a difficult job but it is finished carpentry wrk and IMHO would require the skills of a good finish carpenter. Hope that helps.

You are welcome. I'd use WoW if they were here (same area) for my own house LOL. Anyway, the sliding door is under-serviced no doubt. And it's been replaced a few times as well in the last 20 years. Basically, there is something going on where a lot of debris and water get into the track. I think the exposure directly to the outside and a lot of yard debris (leaves, dirt from the ditch that blows up in windy weather, etc). And that starts the downward decline. Perhaps the last install was bad. But we really want to do away with a slider completely this time and simply avoid having to keep cleaning the track and servicing it. Even with a new sliding door, the shoulder surgeries have left their arms weak and I think it's best to avoid that type of door going forward

Front of house - from the street Back of house - this shows all three windows going on ... original gray on left new black french door 3 year old white picture windows Front door - this is on the side of the house and can't be seen from the street I'm a first time home owner in Denver, CO. My house was hit by a hailstorm and I'm having to make big decisions quickly. I really don't want to screw up - a lot of these decision will have to last 10+ years and each decision might influence the others. I'm very excited not to have a pink house much longer! I'm leaning towards a creamy white with black accents and wood-looking garage doors? Here's what's going on: - the roof has already been replaced and I went with a dark charcoal shingle. From the street you can't really see my roof - New Milgard French Doors were installed in the back. The exterior is black and somewhat modern - There are two big picture windows that are newish - they are white. The 2nd photo shows both - I just bought two black barn lights to over the garage doors - https://www.lampsplus.com/products/warehouse-10-inch-high-black-gooseneck-outdoor-wall-light__9c417.html Problems: - the front of the house is all garage, so the garage doors are very important. Right now they are basic white. - there's no front porch and you can't see the front door to paint it a fun color. - there's not much architectural interest to the house. Will white be too bland? - the windows in the front don't have enough space to put shutters on Decisions I need to make: - exterior paint color - garage doors. It will probably be a couple years before I can afford new ones, but I want to paint my house with new ones in mind. - windows - black or white? I love my new black French doors and I was thinking of getting black windows, but they're much more expensive. Much more. I appreciate any and all help and feedback! Inspiration/things I like: https://www.instagram.com/p/BJXsFp-jPPq/ https://www.clopaydoor.com/coachman https://images.app.goo.gl/TAJAKXYTEFZLqnjW8 https://images.app.goo.gl/72jNykH3pqTGEiGK8 https://images.app.goo.gl/bBfmudPGMhWCEeBx9 https://images.app.goo.gl/vqNjffbF6A5zxu1r9