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Design Tips For Today's Best Dressed Garage Doors
TURN off your television and throw out your latest fashion magazine.
For today’s latest styles, all you need is the Internet. For information about
your home’s largest and most-visible design element
– the garage door.
Think about it. Garage doors often make up more than one-third of the
home’s front façade. If your garage door is bland, chances are your home
looks bland and boring, too. Look at your garage door. Is it attractive and
distinctive, or does it look like every other door on your street?
THE HOTTEST STYLE TODAY: CARRIAGE HOUSE DOORS
So you’ve got this gaping hole in the front of your house that fits two to
three cars. That’s a huge design opportunity! Carriage house doors are
hot, hot, hot this year! They open just like your old door, but they fool
the eye by echoing the hinged, swing-out door style of quaint and
charming carriage houses.
New carriage house garage doors are available in real wood or wood
composites and can be stained or customized to match the décor of your
home. Steel carriage doors offer a low-maintenance yet attractive and
durable choice. Fitted with all the latest accessories, from gorgeous glass
window designs and wrought-iron decorative hardware that adds a
distinctive period look, new carriage house doors give any home a
spectacular makeover.
A MODERN LOOK: CONTEMPORARY GARAGE DOORS
Does your home boast a sleek, modern style? If so, a wide variety of
contemporary designs are available that will truly make your home the
envy of the neighborhood. Vibrant colors and a range of metallic finishes
allow you to express your sense of style.
Most manufacturers now make an attractive opaque glass and aluminum
door that creates a “screen” effect that would be as much at home in
San Francisco or Phoenix as it would be in the Far East.
If your home has more of a Mediterranean or southern European look, you
might consider French door styled garage doors. They appear to swing
outward, but feature the hinged panel operation of a traditional garage
door. Opaque glass adds to the elegance of these classically styled doors.
RAISING THE BAR: RAISED PANEL DOORS
The most common style is the traditional raised panel steel garage door,
which has dominated the American neighborhood for 25 years. These steel
doors are now available in “woodgrain prints,” beautifully imitating the
rich colors and patterns of real wood. This stunning appearance was all
the rage at the 2008 International Garage Door Expo, and many
manufacturers now offer it. Garage doors can now offer the rich look of
real wood with all the maintenance and durability advantages of steel.
FASHION WITH FUNCTION: INSULATED GARAGE DOORS
This year, insulated garage doors will not only help keep your home cool in
the summer and warm in the winter, but they can also save you money
thanks to a tax credit. The federal government’s “Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008” extends tax credits for energy efficient home improvements. A long list of insulated garage doors qualify for this credit.
That means that a new garage door in 2009 can lower home energy
consumption and costs AND lower your taxes. So if you’re going to
makeover your home, why not start with a garage door that adds style
and value to your home – and could earn you up to $500 off your taxes?
DESIGN YOUR OWN
Fancy yourself a designer? Do you have a one-of-a-kind home where only a one-of-a-kind garage door will do? Some garage door manufacturers will
create a custom door that would look perfect on your home. A warning
to the designers to- be: custom doors are not the most inexpensive way
to go. But since the garage door is usually the largest design element on
a home, this investment can create a showcase garage door that will set
your entire home apart from the rest.
PROTECTIVE GEAR: STORM-STRENGTH GARAGE DOORS
Whether you live on the coast, inland or in the heartland, your home
needs to stand up to the powerful winds that extreme weather brings.
Whether this means winter snowstorms or the howling, battering winds of
more severe storms, new wind-resistant garage doors are tested to face
the raw challenges of Mother Nature.
During hurricanes, tornadoes and extreme winds, houses with an attached
garage can literally blow apart if they’re outfitted with flimsy garage
doors. Wind damage experts know that garage doors are a home’s first
line of defense against strong winds. Weaker garage doors are often the
first to succumb, letting pressure build-up in your house, blowing off the
roof and destroying your life’s investment.
Responding to new, more stringent building codes, many manufacturers
now offer garage doors that can withstand hurricane-force winds of up to
145 mph. This means that garage doors can help maintain your home’s
structure during a hurricane or other severe storm.
TIME TO DRESS UP YOUR HOME!
With today’s assortment of styles, finishes and strengths, garage doors
make it easy to makeover your home’s look, express your own personality
and make fashion headlines in your neighborhood. What’s stopping you
from making your home one of the best dressed this year?
Please Call Advance Overhead Doors, For your Professional Garage Door Needs
770-962-5600
Advance Overhead Doors 1051 Waverly Drive Lawrenceville,GA 30045 770-962-5600 info@advanceoverheaddoors.com |
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