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ANGLES

6 Home Entries That Make
A Good Impression

By Brenna Malmberg, Houzz
Editor's Note: The following is a guest contribution from Houzz, a leading platform for home remodeling and design.
Make the front porch stairs part of the entry experience, not
solely a means to the front door. Here are six ideas to consider
when elevating a home's entryway steps.

Credit: Echelon Custom Homes, original photo on Houzz

2. Find balance
Credit: Lawrence and Gomez Architecture, original photo on Houzz

1. Lead to the door
The curved shape of these front porch stairs leads guests from
the paved driveway to the front door. When designing the steps,
Juana Gómez, principal at Lawrence and Gómez Architects,
considered the scale and use.

Staircase size and materials help this coastal Delaware home
find balance. Matthew Adler, designer at Echelon Custom Homes,
decided to use a wide staircase in the middle of the home to
balance out the garages and porch.
For the steps, he picked Fiberon treads and PVC risers because
they are durable in an ocean environment and require little
maintenance. "The stairs also needed to tie in with the porches
and decks on both sides of the front of the house to give it uniformity," Adler says.

The tall roof over the entry, the wide door and the large light
fixtures required stairs that fit the grand scale, Gómez says. She
decided on 7-foot-wide stairs that fill the space between the
columns and stone piers, and added a wrought iron handrail to
repeat the curve of the stairs.
"They are suitable for everyday access, and leave space for sitting
and talking to the neighbors," she says.
These statement stairs were created from one pouring of colored
and stamped concrete. She chose these materials because they
were durable and because they complemented the patterns in
the stone and the color of the stained wood.
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