Cape Cod Front Door Trim

Many cape cod style homes were built before the civil war.

Cape cod front door trim.

Front doors and dormers are two major focal points. Paint your front door an accent colour. Often referred to as the classic american cottage the cape cod is a design that dates back to the 1600s. Corner boards gable trim boards eaves door and window trim and often porch railings and steps are major trim pieces.

Although the style faded a bit it found a resurgence in the early to mid 1900s when it was called cape cod revival. Oct 28 2016 explore ellen conaty s board cape cod front doors on pinterest. But even with new siding and windows it still looks unfinished he says. The houses were designed to withstand the stormy weather of the coast of massachusetts and most designs still draw from their colonial counterparts.

See more ideas about house exterior doors house design. I love the way this orange door relates to the fading hydrangeas and the bench on the porch. Apr 24 2019 cape cod front door. For the past couple of years mark digiovanni has been slowly upgrading the exterior of his 1956 cape cod in wilmington massachusetts.

Even though the styles were separated by about a century they still share several commonalities including a conspicuous lack of exterior details. See more ideas about house exterior front door curb appeal. For cape cod and colonial houses using just one trim color is fine. Traditional cape cod styled houses are quite simple consisting of symmetrically designed central front doors which are encompassed by a couple of multi paned windows on either side.

My front door pinterest board will give you lots of inspiration or you can simply purchase a front door edesign consultation here. Most people in the cape had a front door painted in a great colour. Cape cod homes feature steeply pitched roofs with side gables and occasionally a bowed or gambrel roof. Touches of textured siding like shake and trim are the perfect accents to this unassuming design.