Advice on 1960s garage conversion
Hello Houzz experts!
We have bought a 1960s terrace. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but we love the house, especially as it's a first-time buy.
However, we have two dilemmas - the front exterior needs some design ideas please to give a little more curb appeal. I'm reluctant to remove the tile cladding, as they are original and consistent all the way down our street and I think with a proper clean, they will improve a lot. I'm debating dark framed windows perhaps, but not sure if they will look odd in the middle of a terrace of white framed windows.
We are also looking into converting the garage in front into a home office - unconnected to the main house and with its own entrance. We are putting in a skylight and we can get rid of the garage door, but I'm struggling to visualise an alternative frontage that looks both contemporary and aligned to the rest of the house. I've thought about a midcentury-inspired door with a full length, narrow, opaque window to one side, but think it then may look too much like the front door. Any ideas welcome, and thank you in advance :-)
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Mary Ketchley
3 years agoUser
3 years agoI've seen garage conversions where the garage door has been replaced with French doors. Maybe that could work for you. There are lots of different designs of French doors.
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3 years agoNo problem, happy to help. We used Velfac for this renovation in London.
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Sonia
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