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Move Aside

The original front door on this ranch-style house benefit ted from a

roof overhang, but frankly, that was the extent of the entry's good

points. Hired to update the Fairway, Kansas, home inside and out,

architect/builder Greg Rot hers and architect Matt Berislavich

realized that a change for the sake of the interior layout— shifting

the entry doorway about 7 feet to one side—would instantly

improve the outlook outside.

For starters, the door's new location made the facade more

symmetrical. The architects capitalized on the effect by adding a gable

above the new wood door and incorporating a series of painted cedar

posts to define an inviting porch. The back wall of the porch is set

off with locally quarried limestone. Although technically considered

a veneer, “ it's real stone, about 5-6 inches thick," Rothers says. £t

inspired deep stone sills for the new windows, left shutterless for a

classic, streamlined look. The Stone also contributed the siding paint

color and replaced the old brick on the chimney; uniting outdoors and

in, thinner pieces face the living room fireplace.

A new gable adds

in terest to the long,

low -pitched roof of

th is 1951 ranch and

establish es a focal

point entry.

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PHOTO BY BOB GREENSPAN; PRODUCED BY SUSAN ANDREWS