Residential Garage Door Design
Modern home design often includes garages as an attachment to living areas on the front or side of the house. Regardless of your home’s size, garage doors are a larger element of the facade compared to, for instance, exterior doors. This makes them a great design opportunity. Curb appeal makes your home more attractive—to yourself, your guests, and even potential buyers should you decide to sell your house. Here are a few ways your garage door can improve curb appeal:
- Harmony
Whether you’re remodeling the entire exterior of your home or focusing only on the garage door, there is great potential to unify aspects of design. For instance, exterior doors (especially front doors) and garage doors can complement one another. - Texture
Designers use texture to create a new feel for a look. If you’re envisioning a more traditional appearance, wood can bring elements of rusticity and nature. For modern looks, the sleek characteristics of metals like steel or aluminum can do the trick. - Contrast
Contrast applies to both color and texture, and it unifies the character of a home through balance. A careful blend of dark and light colors, rugged and smooth textures, or modern and traditional characteristics across your home’s exterior allows its depth and definition to shine. - Originality
A fundamental aspect of design, originality invites your house to stand out. A garage door allows you to express uniqueness as an accent to larger-scale parts of the exterior like siding.