Adding entire 2nd floor to cape cod style home
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Comments (3)We're doing a full second story on a cape cod with the master over the attached garage. its a full gut renovation of the existing reconfiguring the downstairs and entirely new upstairs. its costing a small fortune. i don't have a real sense of how much the completed second story would cost as I'm doing too mch to everything. I would say if you're paying someone to do it, consider doing the full second story vs partial, depending on the amount of space you're modifying. basically if you're already doing the bathroom and adding more space, the additional space for other bedrooms is "realitively" cheap. I think you'll probably be surprised at what it costs to do what you want, I know I was, but the key is to understand what is driving all the costs and your alternatives. Don't settle for smaller just b/c you "think" it will be cheaper. it may be, but it may not be that much cheaper. I didn't want to get done with a long involved project and find out that if I spent the extra $5-10K (used as an example)I could have had what I really wanted instead of a real compromise....See More1951 Cape Cod style
Comments (8)I think that typical postwar Cape Cods need a limited scale to the items in the interiors. You can't let yourself do a grand scale in anything--it will always look out of place. Modest is the name of the game, except perhaps in paint colors and fabric patterns but even then you gotta be willing to compromise. These houses were extremely common before and after WWII. Think Depression economics--gotta maximize a small space by multi-functioning, keeping out of cook's way, using back yard for summer cooking and entertaining, adding a porch or pergola for more space. Use that dining room--don't let it be an unused space. It was intended for use and must have seen many many meals. I grew up in a neighborhood full of these, in the Midwest--homes of professional people, professors, businessmen. Gotta have an easy chair with a man reading the newspaper positioned by the front window. You can put in good quality wood furniture of the arts and crafts period or colonial antiques or "transitional" or modestly proportioned new upholstered pieces or Danish modern or oriental stuff or.... (No massive sectionals or monster big screen tv's would fit the houses I'm thinking of.) Better to recess a detached garage to the back of the property than to attach a humongo garage to this house. Landscaping is going to be an important part of the whole impression....See MoreCape Cod House..exterior paint? White or gray?
Comments (16)Hmm... interesting. I have a traditional white cape, too (two dormers, no roof overhang as shown in that photo, and dark grey asphalt shingle roof... black shutters, red front door.) I love my white, and the whole color scheme, but have wondered whether I might change it whenever we re-side. My top two choices for my own house are cedar shakes which will weather to a grey (although they'll weather to more of a black here in central NH than they would if I were right on the coast) or grey clapboard. There is a grey cape in my area which I really like. Having lived in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, I have to say that I prefer very traditional siding colors. White is about the most traditional (with cedar shakes being popular actually ON Cape Cod and the Islands) but grey is a good runner-up. If you're straying from white, I'd go with Grey, white trim (but what color shutters?)...See MoreCurb Appeal for Cape Cod Home
Comments (41)The one permanent part of the whole equation is the warm burgundy red brick. It won't change, even if you change everything else. And the blue color of the Grey Mist is way too cool of a contrast with the warm brick. It's pretty dreadful, actually. If you must choose a grey, the darker Monterrey Taupe would be a much better choice as it has the right undertones to work with the brick instead of against it. The other warm color choices to consider would be one of the creams. I don't think any of the browns are right. And when you do the roofing, you do not want a true black or gray, you want an extremely dark brown that reads black or gra. Something like the popular "espresso" furniture color. That little hint of red-brown will keep the whole first impression cozy and warm....See Moremillworkman
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