By Design: Entrance Options

The main entrance to a home is one of its most important features. A well-designed entry symbolically welcomes visitors and provides an early indication of what they can expect inside, making it a sort of transition zone between the exterior and interior of a house. In fact, the experience of passing from the street to the pathway to the front door can be the most memorable part of a visit to any building. Types of Entries Like houses themselves, entries are infinitely variable. Generally speaking, though, there are three broad categories to consider: flush, projected, and recessed (see Figure 1). Flush entries lie flush with the plane of the surrounding exterior wall. They can be extremely plain, as was