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Facelift for our 100 year old backyard
With two small kids, it was time to make our backyard a little more inviting and less hazardous. I added new siding, four windows, deck, and doors have been added. With great help from a...
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Inspired Entry
This woodland home is nestled atop a ledge overlooking the valley below. Instead of using columns as supports for the front entrance, arched walls were constructed and sided to resemble a...
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Abundant Details
A magnificent shore home features trim details galore: pre-dipped cedar shingle siding sweeps out beyond the stone veneered foundation; a side entry is given elegance with columns and pergola...
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Contemporary Cape Cod
A classic Cape Cod-style home became a remodeled contemporary with the removal of the Cape’s traditional central front door. A window replaced the door and a dramatic new front entry was...
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Refurbished Greek Revival
1 commentThe homeowners of this shore home desired a whole house renovation to add authentic exterior details to their 1900 Greek Revival home. The work included: new windows; pre-painted cedar siding...
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Cedar Timbers
Harvested in the Adirondacks Mountains of New York, hand–peeled White Cedar timbers support the porch roofs of this contemporary woodland home. The trim was purposely kept simple in order...
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Decorative Gable
2 commentsMy client wanted something special on her home because she felt that by going with vinyl siding she was giving up too many details, but maintainence had become too much on her older...
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Elliptical Bay Windows With Entablature Trim and Panels
2 commentsThis is a project that we did in Beverly Farms MA. this spring. We, Red Phoenix Construction, did the rough and finish carpentry and the exterior trim. The project was managed by Windover...
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Hemingway's Cottage
2 commentsThis custom home was designed to reflect a coastal cottage feel. It had a ton of interior millwork as well.
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Grand Slam
2 commentsThis custom home was designed to reflect the feeling of a high-end mountain lodge. The inside has so much millwork it's crazy. We had 7 guys working 2 months on the interior trim alone.
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Decorative Front Porch
1 commentBuilt the porch addition over an existing concrete slab with enclosed ceiling and added decorative posts with turned spindles and handrails, then painted to match the house trim. In all, the...
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Exterior Trim and porch
1 commentThere are 18 columns on this porch that I built out of cedar 1x8. Each column was framed up with 2x4s and then wrapped with cedar. The arches where built 22" wide, with uniform...
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Front of house facelift
These are renovations I made to the front of my home on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. I am an amateur. Made and installed pedaments over ground floor windows to hide rolldown...
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Stone Mosaic
I made a stone mosaic on the bench and transferred it to the gable end of my house
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portico
2 commentsOriginal portico was centered on window but not on the door. The columns were too close together and crowded the door. The portico also was too low blocking the beautiful spider web leaded glass...
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Portico with Corbels
3 commentsThis portico supported by corbels is a reproduction of the original which was built in 1930 and was falling apart due to water inflitration through the rusted tin roofing. The exposed material is all...
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1880's Brick Rowhouse Bay Window Restoration
2 commentsMy brick rowhouse was built in the late 1880's and is located in Jersey City NJ, just outside Manhattan. After decades of exposure to the elements the woodwork on the bay window had rotted and then...
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Ranch Conversion
1 commentArchitectural interest was added to this ranch through an attached shed and gable dormer addition. Steep roofs are a Nantucket style. The trim was sized to match the existing housenbsp...
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21st Century Neo-Classical Sunroom
4 commentsThe challenge was to take a mid-19th century schoolhouse with Greek Revival architecture and add a 21st century sunroom modeled after the original structure. The details on the new sunroom...
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Gingerbread House
3 commentsOur "Gingerbread House" is a complete restoration of a 1869 Carpenter Gothic style cottage. Acroteria and Winglets were made from laminated honduras mahogany. Working your way down, the...
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Red Cedar Entry Roof
4 commentsThis is the new entry I built onto our new addition. I used clear western red cedar and wanted something that reflected some timberframe elements, particularly a through tenon, which I've always...
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Exterior Trim On House Remodel & Addition
Added a 2 car garage with upper and lower floors behind it to our existing house. Vinyl siding, vinyl shakes, and vinyl bead board. Cultured stone. Extensive use of cedar style trim...
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Post and Beam Portico, Shutters, & Window Trim
1 commentI replaced all trim and brick molding around windows with cedar 1x4 (bottom & sides) (top)5/4x5 with ''2 reveal at top, door trim replaced with 2x6 (same reveal as windows top...
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4 Season Porch Conversion
2 commentsConversion of screened porch into 4 season room with radiant heat. Framing, electric and plumbing by certified contractors. All finish work done by myself, including all cabinets, trim, desktop and...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
Contest Details
Update: Congratulations to our winner Fred Eche, who took home the prize with his Ginerbread House.
*Contest is closed.
Beginning August 16 and running through September 29, Fine Homebuilding readers can submit photos of their favorite exterior trim details for a chance to win the new Senco Fusion cordless nailer.
We’re in search of those crowns, casings, and columns that separate the instant classics from the cookie-cutter homes. It may be a carefully reproduced railing on a historic home, or it could be the subtle proportions on those new widow casings that make the front of the house pop.
Contest ended on September 29, 2010.
Winners were announced on October 8, 2010.
