Watkins Hobby Barn
Near Asheville, North Carolina, Watkins Hobby Barn isn’t just a dream workshop. It also serves as an office and superlative entertaining space, all the while showcasing the glorious Blue Ridge Mountains, thanks to Clopay’s Avante® glass garage doors. With their clear, insulated glass, the doors create a large expanse of natural light, provide functional accessibility and add the definitive touch to mixed materials and textures.
Constructed to house 12 cars, motorcycles and miscellaneous off-road vehicles, the workshop contains pneumatic air hoses and floating stainless steel cabinets. A loft was designed to accommodate a separate office or home gym, and a bathroom was created from a tin roof.
Project by:
Living Stone Design + Build
Charming Chandler Farmhouse
Staying true to the feeling of a century-old family farm guided every decision in designing Chandler Farmhouse in northern Ohio. With their grooved panels, dark Ultra-Grain® faux woodgrain finish and optional decorative windows, our Gallery® Steel doors delivered exactly as desired.
Read more about this project in our blog here.
Photos courtesy of
@chandlerfarmstead
Doors That Make A Strong Statement
Kirstie Kay’s home in Tyler, Texas perfectly demonstrates how much of a home’s frontage can be occupied by its garage door. While a modern or even a rustic carriage house door would have been an obvious selection for this home, Kay made an unexpected choice: Clopay’s Canyon Ridge® Louver door, which plays off the front door’s horizontal lines and perfectly bridges mixed architectural styles that come together in this modern farmhouse.
Photos courtesy of
@kirstie_kayyy
A Family Affair
The only garage door manufacturer to offer complementing garage and entry doors, Clopay put the finishing touch on a transitional Iowa farmhouse. Whereas original plans called for black doors, the homeowner felt Clopay’s Ultra-Grain® Slate lent a more rustic, reclaimed wood look consistent with the home’s architecture. The door’s polyurethane foam insulation helps keep the house comfortable during frigid Iowa winters.
Photos by Andy Frame
Sweet Sugar House
When Sugarhouse Ceramic Co. artists Natasha and Brett purchased a Vermont homestead, their studio was the first building they put on their land. “It was an empty shell when we got it, bare stud wall interiors, no insulation, plywood floors and the ugliest metal brown garage door you ever saw.”
Total transformation came with the installation of Clopay’s Avante® glass garage door. Its clear, insulated glass floods the space with natural light and lets the artists take in the beauty of the natural landscape while working by the warmth of a wood-burning fire. In the summer, they can open the door to let fresh air in.
Read more about this project in our blog here.
All photos courtesy of Sugarhouse Ceramic Co. To see Brett and Natasha's work, visit
sugarhouseceramicco.com.
Need more inspiration? Our Lookbook has even more projects to peruse. Download it now to find the perfect door for your home.