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DOORWAY & ENTRYWAY sa ATTIC ENTRYWAY sa BASEMENT ENTRYWAY x ARCHWAY x ENTRYWAY xx DOOR xx HALLWAY xx HOUSE Photo shows how a dramatic stone stairway with tile steps and landing and a door of 2x2 strips painted flat black can give a facelift to an older ranch style home. Photo shows how rough-sawn cedar trim and trellis add sparkle to a doorway. Photo shows how wood screens and overhangs can update the entrance of an older ranch style house. Photo shows how to spruce up a plain entry by building areas of vertical screening tied together with overhead lattices. Seven entryway decks that have enough space to accommodate a table and chairs and will add an eye-catching appeal to the front of your house. First impressions. Makeover ideas for the front door and entryway of a house. Includes instructions on modifying an existing exterior door to install a larger window in the door. How to convert an existing rectangular doorway into an archway with curved corners. Tips on selecting a contractor to build a period doorway. Included in an article on Connecticut River Valley doorways. Tip: Two inexpensive features that will update the entry of your home. How to add decorative arches near the roofline and a few feet of plank fencing. Colonial style entry is built from stock moldings. Great-looking entries for small homes. (1) Landscaping, privacy fence, awning. (2) Add a front porch. (3) Build an entry foyer. Unmask hidden style at your front door. Three handsome entrance treatments are viewed. (1) Molded millwork surrounding doors and windows. (2) Compact plantings and island planter gives house a patio-like entry. (3) Faux marble finish on entrance door. Do-it-yourself dress-ups for windows, doors, and porch. Ideas include shutters, window boxes, door surrounds, replacement columns, etc. How to scribe an arc for cutting an archway, making a valance or other large semi-ellipse. How to install a new front door with glass sidelights and fancy trim work. Convert an ordinary rectangular opening between two rooms into an ornamental archway. Use flexible moldings and old-time carpentry tricks to create an ellipse-top archway. Tip on using a mirror to warn you about low doorways. A formal entryway, complete with a carved shell and a copper-clad roof, is a challenging adaptation of traditional designs. Connecticut River Valley entrance. Reproducing a famous 18th-century broken-pediment entrance with double 24-in. wide doors. Advice on building a recessed entry over floor trusses. A Greek Revival-style addition. Joining stock and custom-milled trim to add a formal entryway (airlock) to a Cape Cod cottage. How to layout large arches that need to have specific heights at the ends and/or center. How to calculate the radius of an arched doorway or head casing. Designing a gracious entry for a house, starting at the street. How to build a canopy over your front door. Styles for various types of houses shown. Remodel your entrance. Six entry face-lifts that offer lots of ideas. How add-on porches, paths, arches, columns, trelliswork, roofs, etc. can improve a home's appearance. Create an arched doorway by installing prefabricated polyurethane curves and covering with joint compound. Tip on installing a shallow closet with bifold doors and matching molding in a narrow entryway of a 19th-century house. Well-rounded door conversions. How to install an arched transom window over an existing exterior door or a combination door-and-transom replacement unit. Elegant entryways. Design ideas for vestibules to provide an energy-saving air lock for your front door. Homes that help. Designs that give disabled people mobility and independence. Design ideas and dimensions for accessible entries, kitchens, and bathrooms. Improving your entry. Strategies and designs for making a foyer (vestibule, entrance hall) into a home's most welcoming place. Indoor architecture. Using arches, curves, columns and other architectural elements to add style and interest to a wall or doorway. Photos show how to make problem entrance halls inviting. Seven graceful entrances to create with walks and planting areas. A pediment, installed over the entrance door to your house, can improve the appearance. A look at various designs. Four styles of air-locks which are added to your front entrance in order to save energy. How to design and construct an entry porch that is safe and convenient. A vestibule to save energy. How to construct a temporary vestibule for the front door of your house. A portable roof and two walls bolt together, along with a second storm door, to provide additional heat saving when going in and out of your home. Built of simple framing, plywood, and siding to match your house. How to add an entryway to the front of your house. How to add a columned entryway (small, covered porch). How to create a grand front entrance. New life for an early doorway. Restoring a Federal door surround using wood repair techniques that can be applied to many old-house projects. Make your own colonial door frame for about $15. Includes fluted side pilasters and a built-up pediment. Create an elegant entrance by remodeling a standard front door with translucent panels and adding a filigree-paneled archway. How to create an entryway or minifoyer in your living room. Three styles are shown: (1) a floor-to-ceiling divider wall, (2) a semi-enclosed vestibule with coat closet and (3) a two-sided room divider. How to re-style the entry or front-door of your home without costly structural changes. Emphasis is on landscaping, painting, porch and deck, lighting and other simple changes. How to remodel an entry hall to give it a bright, inviting look. Seal out cold drafts with a new entry (vestibule). Improving the looks of the front entrance to your home. Improve the looks of your front door. Suggestions include replacing the door, restyling the existing door, adding a sheltering roof or porch, and adding lights or shutters. Four home additions: a carport, a covered entry, a fence and a deck. Decorative doors. Upgrade your front entrance with doors which you can buy or make yourself. Further enhance it by adding a canopy, enclosing with trellis, adding seating and other ideas. How to construct temporary or permanent airlocks (two door entry ways) to keep cold air out of your house. Four ways to incorporate an add-on air-lock entry to your home. Designs for a glass-enclosed air lock that prevents outside air from entering the house when the inner entry door is opened. Entry dress-ups. (1) Add decorative moldings to front door casing. (2) Back door concrete-slab patio is enclosed with a privacy wall made from vinyl lattice attached to a 4x4 and 2x4 framework. Mudrooms make sense. Easy-to-build addition is a place to shed dirt, store coats, remove boots, etc. Entryways. Suggestions from designers on ways to correct situations where entryways open directly into a main room of the house. Insert shows how to install a ceramic tile insert in a hardwood floor in an entryway. How to install a stone foyer using slabs of various stones. Photos show how a boxy bungalow was given a new appearance by the addition of new front and back vernandas of concrete and railroad ties. Tip: How to turn one end of a living room into an entry hall by adding a false ceiling, diffused lighting, and a slate floor. An open, but covered entry, is a welcome transition from outdoors to indoors. Whether a porch or landing, it provides visitors with protection from inclement weather while waiting for the door to open. 5 ideas shown. Tiny porch becomes outdoor vestibule with the addition of a small roof, two columns, and lattice gates which fold inward against lattice sides when not in use. Grand openings. Advice on selecting from various front door styles and materials. Front face-lifts. Advice on adding distinction and curb appeal to your home without spending a fortune. Architectural art. Introduce a classic look by constructing an archway flanked with wooden columns. Front-door conversion involves adding a pediment at the top and fluted columns on each side. How to update a front entrance. Classic put-downs. Build an entryway put-down shelf. A collection of ideas for places to lay objects so that you can free up your hands and arms to unlock and open an exterior door. | |||||||||
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