What Style Garage Door for a Shingle Style Home?
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Comments (20)Yes, well that is why we are trying to give the front the look of 1 1/2 stories while not putting living space in the attic. There is a full, walkout basement of which 2/3 to 3/4's will have windows due to the slope of the lot. From the rear, it is a 2 story house. This is typical of many homes in the area we are building (Greenville, SC), particularly in the Cliffs. This is a home for our retirement, so we want to have all of the everyday living space on the main floor. I wish we could have kept the footprint smaller by going up for some of the living space, but we're just being realistic about living on one level as we age. And, we don't need 2600 sf on the main level, plus a 2nd story, plus another 2600 sf in the basement. That amount of square footage would not be justified for resale. The basement will have my sewing/crafts room and, eventually, bedrooms & a rec room for when we have grandkids. It had been suggested to us that we leave room for an elevator so we can get down there if we have trouble with the stairs. My contention is that if I have trouble with the stairs, I will have just as much trouble standing at a table to cut out a pattern so I won't be using the sewing room much, anyway. OTOH, if we hit granite when they go to dig the foundation like our next door neighbor did, then we will end up with a two story house to accommodate our future expansion plans. I think this plan will be flexible enough with the gambrel and the Dutch gables for the main roof if we need to go to a backup plan. We know that this will not be an authentic Shingle Style house & we've accepted that. We just didn't want another brick sided traditional or faux French or Craftsmen-esque or "Mountain" style which is so popular Upstate. We decided to take our inspiration from the Shingle Style and be as true as we can to the aesthetic....See MoreWhat style and color garage to go with our 1920s house?
Comments (5)Thank you for your comment. I hadn't thought about the noise of the doors. I'll look into that, and talk to other people who have garages under living space. I think the house, including the porches must be 50 ft long, and the garage will have to be small, maybe 25 by 25, or a little smaller. Not much living space but we will try to make it very nice. I'll get exact dimensions from dh and post them. I'm very eager to have a garage again. You really don't know what you've got til its gone. I am so enjoying the warmth from our pellet boiler, for example, on this minus 10 morning particularly after going without heat this fall in the transition! Kathy...See MoreInterior door style for Craftsman style home
Comments (15)Beautiful doors--thanks for posting them! As I recall, the U.S. arts and crafts movement often preferred and used walnut because it was an "American" tree and wood, as opposed to oak which was commonly used in the craftsman movement in Britain. Regardless of historical usage, walnut is not a species one would want to pay for and then paint. For painting, one would seek a much cheaper wood and one with a closed grain, not an open grain. Staining and accentuating the beauty of the Walnut wood grain and color would be the preferred finish. Drop dead gorgeous doors in the right setting......See MoreSeeking advice on a garage door color for a maroon Gambrel-style house
Comments (18)Ask how long the paint will last. Quite frankly, I don't see a problem with matching your trim color, if it is an exact match. The garage is only a one car; it isn't that big. Hope you are getting one with windows....See MoreUser
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