Help with new doors/windows on colonial style home
Mariah Christensen
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Is this Colonial Revival house style
Comments (5)This house is in Spokane. Our main computer, with interior shots had an emergency exit last Friday, (day after first posting). If I remember I'll post some interior pictures when that computer is back in our office. This house was fairly untouched when we purchased it. One family, and in particular one member of that family lived here for 83 years, She pretty much left it the way it was originally built, inside and out. The wiring, plumbing, and heating system were all 100 years old. Our insurance company insisted we replace these major $$$ystems so it may be ten years before we can afford to repair and paint the outside. We also refinished the fir floors and pinned and replastered all the ceilings and walls. It is now comfortable inside. We are working slowly on remaining interior renovation....See More1960s Colonial Style Home
Comments (7)It's a 1960s style suburban house. They are all over the place. Acres of them! What is really important is ... is it well-maintained? Can you afford it? Do you like the layout? Do you like the location? Is it close to work and school? Can you do what's important to you without having to drive a lot? Search Google's Images for colonial homes and look at the windows and porches ... What strikes me as a visual flaw is that the upper windows are so short, and in a classic colonial house they were equal height top and bottom. Installing taller windows would be relatively easy. Doubling them, as Renovator suggested, would be harder, but still possible. If you did that, do upper and lower windows and keep them matching heights. If there is a room over the entry that could benefit from having a window, add one. Fattening up the porch columns and trim would do a lot for the house. The posts are way too skinny - visually - for the width of the porch roof. I like that the porch is big enough to actually have benches on, BTW. Other changes, which unlike the windows are easy to DIY, would be to widen the walkway until it's the same width as the front doorway. I'd lay a brick edging to match the lower part of the house. Increasing the width of the foundation plantings would also add some "street appeal" to the house....See MoreWhich style door for this New Orleans styles home?
Comments (6)Some people have trouble from hteir phones and you have to remember to wait until the grayed pic becomes clear I am not seeing a typical New Orleans hose form that pic and I can’t enlarge that pic to see well enough to advise.These to me are typical New Orleans homes and yours is nothing like them from what I see...See MoreSuggestions for exterior renovation of small colonial style home
Comments (22)At some point in time, cheap "updated/modern" window were installed. Possibly around the same time as the aluminum siding. Just intalling architecturally appropriate sized windows with muntins will restore the colonial character to the facade. This house below reminds me a lot of yours. I grew up a couple towns over from Marblehead, MA. The section of Marblehead known as Old Town reminds me of what your house could be. Here's a site with some pictures of houses in that area: https://historicipswich.org/2016/02/03/colonial_marblehead/...See MoreMariah Christensen
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