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Gleaf
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: Serious design help needed. Near FLW |
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Hi folks.
My family purchased a house about 2 years ago and we're in the process of planning improvements. It desperately needs new siding, some window work and a "third dimension" to the long, flat face.
To do:
** Build portico or some "3D" element to the front. Need to keep rain off of primary entrance door (door to the left in the pic). Large flat expanse needs architectural texture. I hope to do this myself.
*Reside house (future material unknown). Color suggestions very welcomed (single, 2 tone, etc). I hope to do this myself too.
See attached pic for raw image, feel free to mod.
We're not too far from Taliesin if that offers any inspiration.
Thoughts so far:
Portico over door on the left (main entrance). Door on the right opens into a hallway next to garage. Extend a pergola structure across the front of the house including garage door area (using duratube footings and 6x6 or 8x8 verticals).
That's about it. I'm including a picture of a local library in a reply that has some appealing elements too. The main entrance on the library includes a considerable amount of stone...I won't be able to include stone just yet ($). The "welcoming" entrance and the long pergola to the side is nice. We'd have a grass/rock bed instead of chairs under it.
Cost constraints:
I'd like to do most of the work, not licensed by any means...I'm a wannabe amateur woodworker who is without decent tools. I can do miter cuts, sink a screw, run some romex between boxes, etc....average stuff. I'd prefer to have a "coach" along the way or work with anyone who would like to volunteer (payment in beer/pizza can be arranged). Materials will be creatively sourced (finding wholesale sources, etc)
So...thanks much for any ideas you've got. I'll be brushing up on my construction skills and hope to enter the potentially nightmarish permit process soon.
Appreciate it,
-Gleaf
Note on landscaping: Crumbling bricks removed in front flowerbed, jackhammered out the wee sidewalk following the front of the house too (it was cracked/ugly). Cutting back, taming the jungle on the property took the first year. I want to add tall native/decorative grass "clumps" complimented by some boulders here and there. Russian sage or lavender likely as well as tiger lillies/daisies. Simple, strong, perennial, attractive...that's what I'm leaning towards.
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Gleaf
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csintexas
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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I agree this house needs serious help 
Well here is the easiest thing I could think of quickly other than demolishing the entire front and starting over.
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teamjdc
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:00 am Post subject: |
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The first thing you need to do is get the setback requirements from your city/county. You may not have much room to work with.
If you can build out, I would widen the porch to roughly where the lamp post is and cover it with a gable roof.
Seach "california bungalow"
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adailide
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