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Not enough info.
What is the breezeway used for now?Is that how people get from garage to house?
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Yep, from the garage to the house, but also serves as the primary entrance into the house. It's the area you see when you park in the driveway. It's also the way to the loft above the garage.
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When you enter the red door, what's there?
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Cramped entranceway between the kitchen & livingroom, with very small coat closet. A major bottleneck when we have company. That's why we like the idea of a breezeway with lots of room & storage, where people can gets their boots off sitting on a bench.
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Is that the main/only entrance to the house, or is there a main/formal front door somewhere else?
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There's a front door too, but we rarely use it. I'm doing a simple staircase there for now.
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Does your weather suck or is it nice? Where is south, where is the sun? Does wind currently whip through that tunnel or is it sheltered?
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This area faces north west. Nice weather, this area would get the evening sun if it weren't for the 4 maples that shade it a bit too much. We're axing a couple of them in the fall.
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Do you already have plenty of patio space?
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No patio space, but there is a large deck going on the other side.
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Do/will you need ramp (handicap) access?
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nope
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What problem/need are you trying to solve/address? Or are you simply looking to fill the hole with something better-looking?
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As I said above, the side entrance is VERY cramped, and 99% of traffic comes through this area. Having a roomy mudroom/entrance will really improve the flow in & out of the house and garage.
And yeah, where this is the primary focus when you arrive, we want something prettier.
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My 2/10th of a cent, without actually any info, is -> if the house doesn't have a well-defined main entrance, I'd make one. If the wall between the red door and the basement access is the logical place, then the area you've dug up seems big enough for broad steps, an entry deck/porch, something to frame the entrance. Or, the breezeway could itself be the made into a main entrance, assuming the red door leads somewhere appropriate, not to a kitchen or mudroom.
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Bingo, Great!
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My impression is that this is a nice big house with that grand tree and all that beautiful shake. It needs an entrance with some drama and grandeur.
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thanks for your thoughts, I think that's where we are headed but I am not sure I have great eye for design. I've been imagining something like this:
