We had felt our house was missing something on the front porch. Our architect David Whitney designed four railing options, and we went with the flat stock profiles. Tom and Norm used a template to cut the balusters on site. The new railings have been installed on the front porch and will soon be painted to blend in with the house, improving the front facade.

1. Dressing Up the Front
Dressing Up the Front
We had long felt that our house was missing something in the front. It had many lovely details, but
the front porch was a bit bare. So we asked our architect, David Whitney, to work up some options
for a railing (or balustrade). Here are the four options he came back with.

2. Personally I liked the way the Geometric scheme picked up the angles of the house, but I was
overruled. We went with the flat stock profiles, and handed the design over to Tom and Norm to take
a crack at making them on site.
Here's a photo of them cuting the balusters with a template that Tom made. (Photo courtesy of
Tom's Twitter feed.)

3. And here is what they look like in place on the porch.

4. Soon they'll be painted and look like they've always been part of the house. We couldn't be happier
with the result!
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