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Help with weird front entry

vfgtucker
2 years ago

Hi all- We need help desperately with creating a front elevation and entry that makes sense. Our house was built in 1963 and since the original house was built, the carport was converted/enclosed and a garage (to the left of the house) was built using a breezeway to connect the house and garage. So what has happened is that the driveway is very far away from the front door, and the sidewalk to the front door is super long and narrow.

In addition to the the long trek from the driveway, the front door is not obvious, because there are 2 doors that both look like front doors. The first door (blue) is the one we've been using the last couple of years, as it is closer to the driveway/garage and it enters into the TV room (which is now doubling as an office.) The "real" front door (yellow) enters into a very small entryway and the main living room/dining room and kitchen main space - so the yellow door works best for guests. BUT, no one walks past the Blue door because it looks like the main/first door you come to. We are going to be changing some things inside the house and really want the yellow door to be the main entrance. We may be closing up the Blue door, so it might go away all together, or it may remain but needs to no longer look like the front door.

We need the Yellow door to stand out as the main door, and we need help to make it more welcoming and get the horrid white supports out of the way, widen the walkway and just make it inviting. As you can see, we have green space, but no landscaping since we just haven't been able to figure out what to do with getting folks from the driveway to the Yellow door so we've been hesitant to try and do anything with landscaping. We would love to widen/make deeper the entry to identify it as such, and to make everything look cohesive and welcoming. We'd love to get rid of the white columns and the rock columns and have all supports look the same (plus I don't think we really need that many in front of the garage!)

Your ideas are very much appreciated!








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