I posted this from Nancy's Bathroom plan post. Too lazy to think it out again for you. Do you know how to do a print screen? Paste it to your paint program and save as a jpg. There is a print screen KEY on keyboard usually upper right corner. Just press key like typing. Nothing happens you will notice but it will put the whole page on your clip board. Then open paint, new window, and click paste and your whole page will come up. Crop and save as JPG and then you can load it up here. If it is too large in your Adobe then go to top and reduce down to?75% or whatever you think we can still see then do the print screen. Learn it you are gonna love it. :^) Once you have done this then go to CHOOSE File just above this post box and browse to your file click on it and it will upload it to your post box here. you might not see it but it will be there when you post. Some one here quite awhile ago did a long shed like dormer on her house. It was really pretty. Trying to remember who it was. At the bottom,almost of the main post page is also a search feature. You might try searching for dormers. Or shed roof dormer and see what comes up. I personally think it is a great idea. chris

I think as long as you keep the exterior color consistent, it's fine. The window over the foyer isn't going to match unless you're going to get up and down a ladder every night to raise or lower a shade, which you're not. In that case, I'd just use a fully retractable window cover, like the roller shade or duettes so that, at least, during the day when you're most likely to see them, the windows will be largely clear. If you do choose to put a valance over the bedroom windows to hide the shades, then you may wish to put one of the same shape over the foyer window as well...they don't need to match color on the interior, but make sure the exterior lining is the same.

So there you go. Problem solved. Glad to know DH is acting as GC. This way we will know to blame everything on him. I have built a home with a similar elevation. We used a shed dormer on the back to the house over the garage rather than dormers on the front. I'm not a big fan of dormers because of the potential of roof leaks and the lack of usable space. I suggest that the original elevation with the two larger windows aligned with the dormers is more pleasing than the three little window version. The three little windows seems busy and cramped to me.

If you're set on livable space above the garage, the pitch of your existing roof looks insufficient. The only other option, for what you want to do, is to remove the existing roof and reframe using pony walls and a new roof structure. The existing footings will need to be checked to see if they can support the live and dead loads of a second floor. Where will the stair to the second floor go and how will you access it from the first floor? Hint: more remodeling to the first floor may be likely. Is your electrical service sufficient for the additional load? How will you get the HVAC to the new area? Will there be a bathroom? If so, how will supply, and service and waste drains be handled? Hint: A second floor addition is more than carpentry and dry wall... Good luck!