Rodger and Marley It has been a fun journey from a pile of wood to the final touches, as my new front door was installed by Roger Manley, the builder. The door knocker is very special to me since it came from the Writer's Cottage of William Styron, the author of Sophie's Choice. Two of my favorite clients gave it to me when I commented about its quirkiness during a site meeting.  Marley's Ghost I remember [...]
Red Double Door Front doors are a symbolic welcoming gesture to the world beyond. (even if we enter the mudroom door most of the time). A strong, inviting front door is relatively easy to create when designing a new home. Existing homes whose front doors are ill-defined and hard to access often pose a greater challenge. Often, the biggest hurdle is creating a functional front door on a home whose approach is defined by the automobile rather than [...]
A covered entry to a home makes sense. Believe me, on a cold rainy day when I cannot find my keys, my covered entry is worth it’s weight in gold. Shelter is not the only reason to love a covered entry. In addition to protecting whomever is standing in front of the door, a roof above also protects the entry itself. Even if those two great features were not important, a covered entry announces the front door, accentuates a side [...]
The front door is a symbolic welcoming gesture to the world beyond.(even if we enter the mudroom door most of the time) When designing a new home, a strong inviting front door is relatively easy to create. An existing home whose front door is ill defined and hard to access, often poses a greater challenge. Many times the biggest hurdle is to create a functional front door on a home whose approach is defined by the automobile rather [...]
