Expand Your Home Now! – Adding a Home Addition, the Possibilities of Growth
Putting an addition on your home can be an exciting way to make your current home a better fit your needs. For most people, the options for additions seem to be simple and clear, but there are a lot of possibilities.
A backyard addition, expanding into the yard and adding onto the kitchen or a bedroom, is the normal type of addition, but it is not the only possibility.
Indoor/outdoor – Adding a living space that connects directly to the outside through a series of doors can be a great way to make an addition feel even larger. With a new living space and an outdoor patio, the addition can feel huge.
Using a different material – If your home is built of brick, try using wood to build an addition, or vice versa. This can add the impression that the addition is even larger and more dramatic than if it simply looks like an expansion of the existing design.
Adding gables - Adding gables, peaks to the roof, can make the upper floor of the home taller and more expansive. Additional roof space can allow a living room ceiling to be converted to a cathedral ceiling or a bedroom to have a small balcony added.
Adding a dormer – More of a lateral raising of the roof, to make a peaked roof flatter, a dormer can add space and height all along one side of the house. This can make otherwise useless space that was cramped under the peak of the roof into complete rooms ready for a bedroom or a den.
The key to deciding what kind of addition you should put on your house is usually controlled by the shape and space in your lot, local ordinances and personal preference. No matter what choice is made, an addition can be a great way to add space and value to your home.