Dear Homework,
We want to replace our front door and remove the pediment above it. We also would like to add a covered entry. Having removed some overgrown bushes, we now like the view from our front porch much better, but we still would like some help with the overall look.
Sincerely,
—Enhance My Entry
Dear Enhance My Entry,
The Georgian style of your home suggests that a portico with a gable roof and simple, white Doric columns would be a good solution to your covered entry needs. This will reinstate some architectural detail that will be lost when we remove the split-pediment door case. A red, six-panel door draws the eye to the entry.
A low evergreen hedge finishes off the area below the ground floor windows, and taller upright evergreens frame the corners. The empty planting bed opposite the front door has been filled with ground cover and brightly colored flowers that reflect the front door color, They won’t grow so tall that they block the view you now enjoy.
Hope that helps,
—Homework
Homework is penned by Paul Doerner, founding partner of The Lawrence Group. If you would like your home critiqued, contact us at homework@townandstyle.com.
