As an interior designer I have tendencies towards ignoring the exterior. ESPECIALLY when it comes throwing some major coin at it. Enter Mike and his all too practical approach to our project. He decided that before we make any further attempts to spruce up the inside we needed to prevent the outside elements from destroying everything. I know, hope does not spring eternal in the Caponi mindset. FINE, we'll get a new roof - but it's going to scream 'major design forces at work inside'.
We decided on a standing seam metal roof for a number of reasons:
A of all: it looks really good
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2: it has a 30 year warranty and is super duper sturdy
For those reasons among others it was spendy! But our MO for this house is 'quality first' - we're not interested in doing things over and over and over again. The next roof going on this house will be paid for by future chumps who pry this house from my cold dead hands.
To remind you, this is the jewel of Sherwood Forest as it existed:
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BEFORE
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And during installation:
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| DURING |
drumrollllllll.........
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| AFTER |
The color is dark bronze - which is a really dark, cool toned brown. You may notice that the sparkly new roof exasperates the ugliness of the rest of the house. Future exterior improvements are planned and include: painting the brick an off-white (a la Nana's house), new windows & front door (including a proper landing), replacing the cedar shakes with something the woodpeckers will ignore, and major landscaping. We also took care of the A-frame, it's ready for the next tree to fall on it:
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| BEFORE |
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| AFTER |
Now that thats over with, back to the inside.
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| KITCHEN: BEFORE |
Let's just say we're gonna have enough firewood to last the life of the new roof.
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