A new garage door is a significant investment, but if it’s done right, it’s a solid one. It’s well-known and agreed-upon that the cost of a new garage door is over a 95% return on investment in terms of home value and equity. There are always trends going on in home design, from Victorian gothic to mid-century modern, craftsman, bungalow – there’s always the latest and greatest something. A huge part of the face of your home is the garage door, so it can’t get lost in the noise when considering home design.
But what’s in style when it comes to modern garage doors?
Farmhouse/Barn-Style Garage Doors
This one shouldn’t be surprising, since cottage-core and vulture-culture aesthetic are all the rage right now. Farmhouse-style garage doors lend a homey, rustic vibe to a home, but still give a contemporary feel. And the great thing is that you can get that barn-door look without having to actually get a wooden garage door; fiberglass doors can be engineered to look just like wood, but without the susceptibility to UV rays and moisture.
Windows & Natural Light
As it’s become more common for people to use their garage for purposes other than car parking, adding windows to garage doors has become a way to let more daylight into the garage so it’s not so dark and dim. Whether the windows are a row at the top, on the side, or the garage door is full-view glass and aluminum, a garage door that allows people the flexibility of using the garage as a hangout or workout space is definitely on-trend, and likely will be for quite some time.
Super-Mod Garage Doors
Seamless-looking, smooth garage doors with clean lines, minimal framing and long, thin windows are on the rise. They take mid-century modern to post-modern with their clean lines and almost brutalist style. You’ll often see them in black or grey on newer homes, but there are definitely older homes you can update the look of with this style of garage door.
Bold Pops of Color
While it used to be that garage doors came in standard trim colors and stayed that way, that design aesthetic is quickly on its way out. It’s not just the super-mod garage doors that people are painting black, and black isn’t nearly the only color people design garage doors in nowadays. The way you might want to paint your home’s front door a bright yellow or a royal blue to give a pop of interest to the face of your home, people are doing this to their garage doors now, too!
Garage doors don’t have to be purely utilitarian now, and they don’t need to be plain. If you’ve been wondering how to give your home a facelift in a financially-sustainable way, getting in on these trendy garage door designs might be the solution!