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Jan wanted a little something to give the front of the house a little more 'depth'. Admittedly, the house is just a plain box. She scours design magazines and catalogs for ideas and cuts out pictures for a scrapbook. Hence my never ending honey-do list.
This was a rather simple design for over the front door. There is a beefed up version coming (probably next spring) for over the garage door.
Simple construction from 2x lumber. Attaching to the house was the only challenge. I really did not want to cut into the siding and deal with "J" channel, etc. rather I scribed the siding onto a piece of poster board and used that as a pattern to cut some 2x4 to follow the siding. As the siding that this is attached to is very short, and I verified that there was plenty of expansion space at the opposite end, I had no qualms about screwing through it. Just have to plug a few screw holes and touch up the paint.
I was a little restricted because of the low roofline in relationship to the door, so it might seem a bit low, but it think putting it much higher may have put it too close to the soffit.
Before
And after,
This was a rather simple design for over the front door. There is a beefed up version coming (probably next spring) for over the garage door.
Simple construction from 2x lumber. Attaching to the house was the only challenge. I really did not want to cut into the siding and deal with "J" channel, etc. rather I scribed the siding onto a piece of poster board and used that as a pattern to cut some 2x4 to follow the siding. As the siding that this is attached to is very short, and I verified that there was plenty of expansion space at the opposite end, I had no qualms about screwing through it. Just have to plug a few screw holes and touch up the paint.
I was a little restricted because of the low roofline in relationship to the door, so it might seem a bit low, but it think putting it much higher may have put it too close to the soffit.
Before
And after,
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does two things at once, dresses up the house a bit, and keeps the wife happy! 
