Cape Cod Front Door Trim

Front doors and dormers are two major focal points.

Cape cod front door trim.

The houses were designed to withstand the stormy weather of the coast of massachusetts and most designs still draw from their colonial counterparts. Paint your front door an accent colour. My front door pinterest board will give you lots of inspiration or you can simply purchase a front door edesign consultation here. Even though the styles were separated by about a century they still share several commonalities including a conspicuous lack of exterior details.

But even with new siding and windows it still looks unfinished he says. For cape cod and colonial houses using just one trim color is fine. A third or accent color would normally be. I love the way this orange door relates to the fading hydrangeas and the bench on the porch.

Minor trim or accent color goes on doors shutters porch parts and decorative trim related to major trim. Most people in the cape had a front door painted in a great colour. See more ideas about house exterior front door curb appeal. For the past couple of years mark digiovanni has been slowly upgrading the exterior of his 1956 cape cod in wilmington massachusetts.

Many cape cod style homes were built before the civil war. Oct 28 2016 explore ellen conaty s board cape cod front doors on pinterest. Although the style faded a bit it found a resurgence in the early to mid 1900s when it was called cape cod revival. See more ideas about house exterior doors house design.

Touches of textured siding like shake and trim are the perfect accents to this unassuming design. Often referred to as the classic american cottage the cape cod is a design that dates back to the 1600s. Shed or gable dormers are often aligned with windows on main floor and large chimneys are lined on center with front door and linked to fireplaces in each room. Corner boards gable trim boards eaves door and window trim and often porch railings and steps are major trim pieces.