Upgrade Your Garage Doors and Stay in Style

Do you realize how much of your home’s curb appeal is consumed by the one thing you probably don’t give much thought to beyond opening and closing it so your car can get and out? Yes, the unsightly garage doors that you have never upgraded even if you remodeled the rest of your home. Yes, the same door that is covered with all of those unsightly dents from Jr. learning to drive, but not learning how to stop in time and the basketball hitting it instead of the hoop above it.

Face it your garage doors say a lot about your home and maybe the message your door is sending out to the neighbors is, “they don’t take care of me.” Wouldn’t you rather your door send a message that your home is not just another cookie cutter home on the block and that look starts here?

Depending on what you actually use your garage for, the type of doors available for you to select from are endless. If you do more living than storing in your garage for example you may want to utilize some natural daylight and opt for a glass door. This radical choice works well if you have a garage interior that you don’t mind being seen and you have a good source of natural light hitting it. Of course if Jr. is still trying to learn to park you might want to wait for this option until after he has mastered that skill.

Other door options that are popular include a carriage house look. This style emits class and can create a look to your home that makes it the neighborhood stand out. If you decide to go with the carriage style doors you can either choose doors that open as most traditional doors do as roll up doors or you can decide to have the doors open on hinges just like the real carriage house doors did in the horse and buggy days of old.

Whatever style of door you select, just make sure it goes with the style of your home as well. You want the garage doors to blend in with your home or make it pop, you don’t want your garage to look like it belongs to another home all together.

Finally just as important as style is the material of the door itself. Regardless of the climate you live in, the chances are pretty good you need a door that is weatherized. Whether you want to keep the cold air out or the hot air out, you need a door that can do both effectively.

Make sure whatever material of door you end up with you also end up with the best type of weatherization to go with it so you can enjoy not only your new look but lower energy bills as well since your garage doors can be a huge source of undetected energy loss in your home.