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    Pictures of your carriage house style garages

    My house was built in 1893. Here is a photo of it. I built the low roof addition on the house. Then I built this garage. I wanted it to match the house. There is a half story over the main building. If your building a garage/carriage house. Be sure to keep it in scope. My garage had 10' walls...
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    Post them Modern Jetset exteriors anything close to mod

    Wow! Small World! Hey Elliot! Yes it's running and I hope to see you at the Howard Dranow Memorial West Coast Ramble. This year it's over 350HP. I have a subscription to Atomic Ranch. Very Cool. Oh, BTW All, I decided on an attached garage. Here's the basic Idea. Instead of a carport we...
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    Post them Modern Jetset exteriors anything close to mod

    See, That's what I'm talking about. Not the same old gable roof line. Anyone else? How about someone with drawing skills? What cha gots?:thumbup:
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    Its only been finished 9 months

    My theory on sizing a garage: It always turns out to be half as much as you need and twice as much as you can afford.
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    Post them Modern Jetset exteriors anything close to mod

    Thanks for posting. Do you have a link? There may be some other posts in that thread of real buildings. Or I could do a search. Didn't search that. Shipping containers are shipping containers. I hate those things! What's up with that? It's a steel box. It absorbs the heat from the sun in the...
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    Post them Modern Jetset exteriors anything close to mod

    I'm a new guy here. I have a lake lot I'm clearing to build a new house. I'm really interested in the Modern style. Has anyone seen the Magazine "Atomic Ranch"? I'm into the Jetset Modern style and looking for ideas. I want to build a Garage on the property first. (what else?) So post what cha...
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    Land ISSUES - Lawyers advise

    Couple things. Others have mentioned as well. It will be interesting to see what the surveyor turns up. What if over time the farmer nicked off a little more land than he leased? Second, Who is paying the property tax? How much is it per acre? I bet the other neighbors would like to see what...
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    New guy looking for modern style ideas

    Hey all, Just signed in. I have a lake lot I'm clearing and hope to start building a new home on in the next couple years. I plan on building the garage first. (of course, what else..) I'm looking for style ideas along the modern or minimalist style. Anything futuristic or jetset mod. Now I...
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