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Cape exterior
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under-rail led lighting
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Windows
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Window
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Windows
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Dormer window
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Windows around dormer
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2nd floor: roof deck off dormers, cut into roof line (prefer cable rails, would want longer deck). 1st floor: overhang with columns and covered deck, sliders.
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like right dormer walk-out deck and details / small deck on left end of house. first floor deck partially covered, partially open. don't like glass.
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second floor, deck off dormer (don't like white railing). like detail on roofline. first floor like doors and steps.
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middle of house, like dormer with deck (but not deep enough). Like the middle front with columns and covered area
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front overhang with columns; balcony of dormer but not deep enough
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left side of house - first floor sliders, deck (not deep enough?) like dormer / roofline details
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left side of house - doors, covered deck area. second floor deck in dormer (think prefer not covered on second floor though)
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first floor - covered deck area, columns, gradual deck, doors. second floor gambrel, roof deck. could you do this whole thing to scale for our cottage size (one gambrel vs. 2, 2-3 columns
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cantilevered deck? don't like this as much
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like the roofline / window details above the sliders to the second floor balcony
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balcony cut into roofline. Could this be deeper and longer down the front of the house? Also balcony off the right end of house?
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like the roof overhang. offset sliders could be example of how we'd set up if we kept bedroom where it is. (don't like square columns, prefer the round)
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second floor balcony (would like deeper, don't like the railing design. like detail on the roof above balcony.
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style of railing (post, cable)
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looks roughly size of our cottage? like gambrel roof line (and chimney, but assume not possible with energy code?) like cupola detail on top. like window in gambrel. Can you cut balcony into gambrel? what depth can you get
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second floor balcony (would like more depth)
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cantilevered deck? how deep could this be?
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interesting roof line, outdoor shower, deck
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deck railing / cable style
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overhanging roof with dormer built in (is this expanding footprint?)
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second story with cutout and two story deck
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right side of house like gambrel details and first floor room with all windows
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deck railings
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2nd floor long deck cut out of dormer. 1st floor front windows, small roof overhang
under-rail led lighting
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