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Design Dilemma Exteriors entrance

how should we finish off our new entrance?

3 years ago

last modified: 7 months ago

Hi. We’ve had a new entrance created for our house as previously you had to walk past the back of the house, round to the side past the back door to get to the front door. We have had a new entrance lobby created but we have not got a step, changed the driveway or landscaping. We also knocked down the existing single garage which was behind the house and built a new double garage behind where the existing one was. What should we do to finish it off?

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kazzh
3 years ago
Your entry is currently a blank face - so a proper entry step and a porch structure to greet you is definately needed.
Clarabel
Original Author
3 years ago
Yes, I was definitely missing something but I’m just not sure what to do.
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kazzh
3 years ago
Could you post some photo's taken in better light and from a little further away?...A couple of your distance pics were a little hard to see.....I found it hard to get a feel for the overall building style ...
kazzh
3 years ago
some ideas....you could go for white on the wood work as natural oak may not sit well with the house when viewed in a broader context from further back. 2nd example might seem 'boxy' but I included it as a more of an idea of using glass in a more modern style. A comination of angled awning with glazed side panels, in white, with a broader step ?
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E D
3 years ago
Can that white (energy?) box be moved?
Sophie K
3 years ago
A porch and some tall pots with topiary on either side to frame the entrance would do a lot for the curb appeal
Patrina
3 years ago
As suggested below your entry needs definition. A porch would reall help to define and create a welcoming entry to your home.
Daisy England
3 years ago
After carrying out all that work and the expenditure I would not bother adding more to the workload by adding a porch. You have a modern fronted dwelling so IMO there’s no need to clutter the front by adding a porch especially one with Oak beams as it’s not in keeping with the existing house. That is more suitable to period properties which yours is not.

You do need some steps for ease of entering the front door and I would make this a feature perhaps by having a large semi circle double height step if it allows. Perhaps add the step in a blue brick which would tone in nicely with the front door.
keiblem
3 years ago
Definitely a porch with steps to break up that flat uninteresting entrance but I agree that an oak cottage style would be wrong. Something modern to enhance the existing architecture and connect to the garage doors. Consider disguising the meter box with a cupboard before moving it. I recently had mine moved. It took no time at all but it cost a packet!

Hard landscaping to lead you to the front door and garage and of course soft landscaping lots of soft landscaping.
Clarabel
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks for your ideas - a good few for me to think over. I do like the idea of soft landscaping.
Carolina
3 years ago
Hi, sorry, haven't read the other comments, but here's my 2 cents :-) I'd add a modern canopy and large/wide front door steps. Some large pots with plants will soften all the hard materials.
Carolina
3 years ago
Ignore the colours and two cute dogs are optional, but maybe something like these:

If possible, a black electricity box would look better, I think. It would look even better if you could move it. But maybe you can hide it behind an evergreen shrub in a large pot
keiblem
3 years ago
Is there such a thing as a black meter box? I asked at the time of fitting, which was only last November and the consultant who came to check the job said they didn’t exist. He suggested I paint it!
Carolina
3 years ago
I have no idea. We don't have meter boxes on the exterior of buildings here (Netherlands). If there aren't black ones, there should be! :-)
keiblem
3 years ago
That’s exactly what I said to the consultant. My box isn’t beside my from door. I thought it would be discrete placed on the gable end but it pops right out at you up against the Welsh slate house wall. I hate it!
Carolina
3 years ago
I can imagine. Although other people probably don't even notice it.
E D
3 years ago
You could probably paint the box. If you can’t move it.

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