view inspirational website here and video here
- the doorway to the left should be front entrance – no covered porch or columns etc – just a carve out with just one window along the loft above the door. (Books along loft wall) and as can be seen here (we are smaller but you get the idea…)
- the doorway to the kitchen hall entrance should be the same, a small enclave – we can move the door to the pantry closer to bathroom, with the pocket door sliding towards the outside parking area rather than towards bath door – should give us the room we need for the enclave carve in – – rather than a gabled end set above posts –
- and the light dormers above should be 2 rectangular areas with three windows each – not dog house dormers – please like here… (please note the slick way the roof folds out from roof) or – a cleaner boxy window(s) here like you can see here…
- the roof line from den/kitchen through to above covered patio should be one even rafter – and I see that as i increase the pitch the roof rises higher as you explained – maybe for that roof line we go lower? I really like the look – as we look east to front of house alvah’s at our back – of basically two stone gable ends left and right and a lower roof line running between them – more humble – lower than the gables – like a bastardized “H” – but if it has to be higher i would prefer the roof lines to be equal – if that makes sense, like here (I imagine it costs less too)
- Regarding the master suite and the dining area and the wall by kitchen basement stairs down, i think we should eliminate the extra windows above and go with as tall as we can and as wide as we can like shown here… and here in this photo
- The wash dryer and pantry areas – are we doing 2 windows aside?
- the roof should be all black standing seam – I am looking at some fake slate options – would really match the below pictures but probably a lot more money that steel…?
- the entire house exterior and elevation should match the links above and the photos below. Let’s try for the total stone exterior – wide black windows – (more glass = less stone) roof lines (except for porch) ends right at walls – and all crisp clear sharp lines, no trim – I call it modern Cotswold
- the covering for the porches, also steel , on the north side (these are actually east elevations, not north – we are looking at these with alvahs lane at our backs) should be a run off from the roofline above (if possible) – the study porch should have an open structure like this that we can frame out in black wood
- windows all black – and composite or metal interior and exterior – I do not want wood interior – which limits us with Anderson only one line has interior that is not wood see this link – https://www.andersenwindows.com/windows-and-doors/windows/single-hung-and-double-hung-windows/compare/
- here is the Pella comp – both black fiberglass – https://www.pella.com/shop/windows/double-hung/?options=Products=Windows|product-type=double-hung|material-type=fiberglass|Interior%20Finish=Black|Exterior%20Color=Black
- Speaking of the windows, save for the occasional upper lintel (I assume for rain protection – please note there is no trim – windows are flush with walls as can be seen here…
- please note on the below photos that the end walls are just slightly wider than the side walls as you can see here : and you can see here and even see here
- I have no idea what I am looking at here…











































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