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Photo of a mid-sized traditional two-storey yellow house exterior in Chicago with wood siding, a gable roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and clapboard siding.
12/12 Architects & Planners
12/12 Architects & Planners
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Traditional Front Porch

Traditional Exterior, Chicago

This 2-story home needed a little love on the outside, with a new front porch to provide curb appeal as well as useful seating areas at the front of the home. The traditional style of the home was maintained, with it's pale yellow siding and black shutters. The addition of the front porch with flagstone floor, white square columns, rails and balusters, and a small gable at the front door helps break up the 2-story front elevation and provides the covered seating desired. Can lights in the wood ceiling provide great light for the space, and the gorgeous ceiling fans increase the breeze for the home owners when sipping their tea on the porch. The new stamped concrete walk from the driveway and simple landscaping offer a quaint picture from the street, and the homeowners couldn't be happier.