Can you post a pic of your house so we can accurately determine scale?

Look's like an inexpensive diy project if ever there was one.

Sorry, I should have thought of that! Here is my house. I think that putting them all the way around all three rooflines would look best, but that would be a HUGE project and expense.

You either go in hireing a contractor,buying pre-assembled,diy or a combination. I fail to see where you are getting stuck if as you mentioned earlier "I am not adverse to making my own, as it would be a really simple design." Perhaps if you phrase your question(s) different we can be more objective and less subjective.

Before you put them on I would do some research to see if your house ever had them. To my eye it doesn't look like yours would have had them

You realize it's a very different proposition to add them to a wood-sided house than to a house with nice, flat brick walls ?(inspiration pic)

The knee braces would be triangles, and need to mount not on top of the siding, but directly to the sheathing underneath, then the siding put back fitted around them. If the simply float on top of the siding they will look fake and be subject to well-deserved ridicule.

Maybe your local library/historical society/museum/ historic preservation group has or knows where to look for historic photos. That's the best place to start if you want to find out if it had those braces originally.

If that's the original siding, look for paint shadows or other traces.

Casey

I'm happy you showed up Casey,I have a question relivant to what OP is thinking about here. Were these type braces origionally used to support overly wide overhang,appearance or both? OP seem's to think braces will improve appearance and I tend to agree but my question isn't about appearance.

Eave brackets are cosmetic and I doubt they were ever on this house. I don't think they would add anything to the appearance even if installed well.

The idea for adding corner braces everywhere blossomed with the Stick Style, one of the rarer and shorter-lived Victorian architectural fads. The idea of referencing the skeleton/structure was retained as a tenet of the arts & crafts style.

Stick:

Homeowner mentioned that the house did have brackets, and that the previous owner removed them.

Maybe your home had "rafter tails." Most of the homes in our neighborhood were built in the 1890s-1920s and those which have a similar look to yours have rafter tails going all the way around under the eaves. I agree with the other posters that mentioned that brackets similar to the ones in your photo might not be right for the house. Do you have an old photo that shows brackets like that?

I have found a great resource online for for every conceivable sort of bracket and corbel. I bought some large ones to support a portico over my garage door and some small ones to support some large window boxes. I wish I had known about them years ago, as I've also had brackets custom made and that route was more $$. The place is called Pro Wood Market. Lots of good inspiration photos from other people's projects, too.

I swear I have no affiliation--just a good resource for those of us with old houses!! (-:

Your home is lovely, OP!!

rafter tails: