What are carriage garage doors?

Garages make up a large percentage of a home’s appearance and have often been an overlooked element of a home’s design. Carriage garage doors are one of the fastest growing trends in current home design and many builders have chosen to incorporate them into their homes. In addition, many homeowners have chosen to improve the curb appeal of their homes by replacing their existing garage doors with carriage-style doors. Before the advent of the automobile, horse-drawn carriages were often kept and stored in buildings known as carriage houses. As the era of the horse and buggy faded, people developed a sense of nostalgia and fondness for the carriage houses. Carriage garage doors are designed to replicate the classic and historic look and feel of the carriage house doors of the past; adding an element of elegance and class to a home’s design and appearance. There are essentially two styles of carriage garage doors. The first are doors that not only emulate the appearance but also the ...  more