Top 5 elements that will transform your home.

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One of the most satisfying aspects of our work is to take a homely house and make it beautiful.  We have done many transformative renovation projects over the years.  There are a couple of tricks which we use over and over that have a huge impact on how a house looks and feels. I'm going to share 5 really important elements that can transform your house into a beautiful home.

1.  Roof pitch:  It is really important that your house have the right roof pitch.  The house below, you've probably seen something similar, had a really low pitch roof that dated the house to the 1960's.

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2. Eave details and overhangs:  Every style of architecture has an appropriate eave condition.  Figuring out what it should be, what kind of mouldings to use, how deep an overhang you should have has a huge impact on the look of the house.  The house above had no rake overhangs and no detail on the eave overhangs.  We added crown mouldings and overhangs on the rake to create a more authentic looking home.

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3.  Windows:  You also must have the right windows for the house.  Most traditional homes have vertically oriented windows, casement or double hung depending on the style.  The house below had awful square sliding windows...in the corners.  We added more appropriately sized vertcal windows with a traditional light pattern. 

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4. Siding: This house had extra large irregular shingles that screamed 1960.  We removed that and added a smaller clapboard siding. What you use depends on the look  you are after.  Here it was Colonial, so clapboards were appropriate.

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5. A great Entry: A beautiful entry porch or trim detail can add a lot of character to a home.  We added a Shingle Style/ Colonial Revival front porch to help transform this contemporary into a Shingle style home.

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You can see that in each of these projects we implemented all 5 elements into total transformations.