Choosing a Stylish Garage Door
Garage door styles are not likely to be a hot topic of conversation, but with so many to choose from today, they could well be! If you have decided to purchase a new garage door, suddenly you take notice of every door you see! You may be quite surprised at the variety of styles and materials to be had!
Take a good look at your house. Does it have arches and curves, or is it boxy and straight-lined? Match the garage door to the home! If your home features wood trim or panels, a matching garage door would be an excellent choice. A carriage style door, with its graceful curves looks terrific on a home with curved windows. A Spanish villa style house will look fabulous with a new rustic looking garage door! A modern, contemporary styled home begs for a sleek look, incorporating more glass or wide horizontal panels as opposed to boxier square panels. Garage doors come in a plethora of styles; Colonial, Tudor, Mediterranean, Country, Spanish, and many others.
Panels come in horizontal, vertical and even chevron angles. Panel styles are available in Georgian, which are the raised square panels, Tudor and Winsor, which have sloping curved tops to each panel, and Stuart, which have horizontal panels, in Craftsman or Mission style.
Before putting up your money, spend a little time doing due diligence before you buy! Choose carefully and you can have an attractive and functional entrance to your car's domain! Drive around your neighborhood to get a good idea of what fits, and what looks best. Search online for comparison pictures. Keep in mind that a street-facing garage makes up of about a third of your home's visible appearance, making the garage door design a matter of importance!
Garage doors, like most things, come in a variety of price ranges, beauty and quality. Stock garage doors come with the lowest price tag. If you're looking for a functional door without hitting your budget, you can find an attractive door that will fit your needs amongst stock doors. Stock doors are especially smart when the door is not facing a street or on a little used garage.
Semi-custom doors are the next level, and make up the vast majority of garage door sales. Semi-custom doors allow the home owner to choose materials, colors, and windows based on set styles and materials. The number and shape of panels, materials, insulation or not, and hardware can be selected to form a near custom garage door for less than the cost of a custom door.
Custom doors are the most expensive garage doors. These are the doors that are designed to the home owner's specifications, and can be built to fit odd shaped or custom garages. Typically these doors are made of high quality hardwoods, and incorporated lots of architectural interest.
Get online and visit garage door manufacturers - many of the larger companies offer images that allow you to see what homes similar to yours would look like with a variety of different door designs.