Saturday, June 17, 2017

Dry Fit With Roof

Okay!

Today has been...odd.

Let me explain... No...there is too much. Lemme sum up.

HVAC pulls moisture from the air.  North TX has a lot of humidity so far this summer.  Drain pipes get stopped up, overloaded, whatever.  This stops the AC so the water doesn't overflow.  If that safeguard is bypassed water overflows. 

Into the bedroom closet.

I spent the first few hours of my day rug vacuuming water up.  Four buckets later it's...reasonably dry.  Not dry. But better.

And we've put a call in to have the pipes blown out with compressed air.

Hard work done, I then got to play with the dollhouse.

I've done a dry fit with the new slanted roof. 


I had to extend the main roof so I had overhang past the chimney wall.


Once I add finishes it won't even show.

I'm a bit concerned with the area over the front porch.  I liked it in theory but looking at it altogether... it looks a bit heavy to me.  Though with the posts and porch floor its better.


I'm wondering if white trim around the bottom, where the flat roof meets the siding, will lighten it up? 

What do all of you think?  I've got to start painting trim and I'll try to paint a few pieces and see how it looks before I take the whole house apart again.

I think part of the issue might be that the porch is small compared to the roof.  I think I want it to be a bit wider since I want to do the half stone and tapered columns on it that are so characteristic of the Craftsman style.


See how these are slightly tapered going upwards?


The other option to make it look less heavy would be to use shingles or something besides the blue siding.

Here's a quick test run of the shingle look.  Obviously not colored or stained.



They're only taped on but having something besides the siding seems to lighten up the area a bit. 

The other thought is doing something similar to the top half of the house to break up the blue.  It's a lot of blue now that the house is together.  Its really BLUE.

I love the color but now it seems a little overwhelming.

Opinions? 

I'm going to start painting trim.

25 comments:

  1. HI Sheila, I love what you are doing and with the roof on I can really see A Craftsman's Cottage- WOWEE!
    I also like the continuity of the roof overhang, but have you considered moving the step to the left side of the porch? My thoughts are that if you do decide to widen the base of the columns then it will narrow that pass-through space up to the front door, but by moving the step to the left, you would still be left with plenty of room.

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    1. Thanks! I'm still thinking about doing a cedar shake look for the half gable portions of the walls. Not sure.

      I figured make the porch base wider, so I'd have room for the stone half columns, that way it wouldn't feel like the path up the steps is too narrow.

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  2. Hi Jodi. I agree with Elizabeth's comment re the steps. A larger porch would be in keeping with the style. I think the porch roof looks good, and perhaps if you added a canopy over the large window, you'd reduce the visual bulk of that wall. You could also add some eave brackets. Well, they were the rafter bits poking out weren't they? Anyway, hopefully you know what I mean!

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    1. Thanks! I'm definitely making the porch larger, basically to match the size of the flat part of the porch roof. Give it some more heft.

      I keep staring at the house and then at pictures of craftsman houses though and there's always something that breaks up the front gables, trim and a different type of siding, even if its the same color. So I'm debating. Still.

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  3. How about just having it be an opened beam porch? Like this one? https://300spmyachwpagaj-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_20130725_214429.jpg

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    1. Well part of the issue is that I like having the flat roof as the porch ceiling. It makes it feel more finished to me.

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  4. The two sloped roof lines are really cool Sheila! And a really good fit for the craftsman style! I really like the look of the porch roof with columns. I think it balances it out that way and as you mention really adds to the style. I like the shingles too on that part. I think the blue is alright and once you get the roof done it will balance. Most homes I've seen with the shingles on the sides are actually still the same colour as the rest of the wall? But it does add texture...
    Hope the big house issues stay fixed!

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    1. Thanks! I wanted it to look a little more balanced.

      I'm debating the whole shingles vs siding issue. My big problem is the lack of interest for the upper portion of the walls. It's just a lot of the same thing.

      I might mock up some different things and see if I can figure out anything better.

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  5. Heavy columns with a stone base should do the trick. What about stone half walls on either side of the porch?

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    1. I'm trying to avoid blocking the view of the front door too much, mostly because the craftsmans I've seen don't have much in the way of railings on small porches.

      I'm still debating the whole different texture/different color for the 'gables' part of the walls.

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    2. I like shingles on the 'gables'.

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    3. Yeah I was thinking of something like that in brown, like that picture that got me so in love with the blue a few posts back.

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    4. You don't think more of the same blue with a different texture would be just as overwhelming?

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    5. I don't think the blue is overwhelming :). I love the blue.

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  6. sheila, how about not extending the roof on the side of the porch? or at least not that much? It probably would balance it out a bit better..

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    1. I'm mostly trying to make the small roof match the big one.

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  7. I love the idea of half stone/tapered columns for the porch. I think painting the overhang white will break up the blue visually as will the window frames but I don't like the shingles :0/ If you're desperate to break up the line of the sidings, how about turning that siding panel vertically? Glad I don't have to make all of these decisions.
    Sorry to hear about your mini flood :0(

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    1. Thanks, I'm really excited about the columns.

      That was my other thought, some vertical siding with white trim to divide it from the horizontal siding

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  8. Once you get those half stone columns in and the remaining trim, it might not seem out of whack to you. Also, you will have windows in a different color, a striking front door and some landscaping, yes? :]

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    1. I'm hoping. Today I'm going to paint the window trim and start work on the porch and columns. Hopefully with a bit more detail things will seem more balanced out.

      Otherwise I'm going to be taking some siding off. Not looking forward to that.

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  9. Hi Sheila! I LOVE the Blue! (But I am a Blue freak) And I think the porch will look more balanced once the bottoms of the tapered posts are in.... wit rock for the basees it will out-weigh the added roof section. I would just stick with the clapboards too.... they will not stand out as much once the base is supporting it right. Just my opinion... but you asked! I think it is all looking wonderful!

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    1. Thank you! I love blue too... I'm just trying to balance it aesthetically.

      I need to get my trim painted and the porch built. As it is I goofed up the front door opening so I have to redo some siding anyway.

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  10. I really like the roof change. I think once you have the columns done and white trim, it will look much brighter.

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    1. Thanks! I just could not deal with that flat roof.

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