01Two-bay with a suite aboveBoard-and-batten in charcoal, a shed dormer for the suite, and a covered walk to the house. The standard scheme, done properly.
02Three-bay with a workshopTwo for cars, one for the bench, the mower and the bicycles — each under its own gable.
03Side-loaded bayOne door turned off the street, under a timber-braced roof. The single biggest thing you can do for the elevation.
04Exterior stair to the suiteCheaper, and it eats no floor area. Here it becomes the centre of the elevation, with a deck off the suite.
05Carriage-door stylingPanelled doors with real hardware and a standing-seam awning over them, specified to the house.
06Four-bay motor courtBrick piers, black carriage doors and lanterns on a dimmer. The garage as the front of the property.
07Dormers for headroomThree of them, which buys standing room under the roof and gives the elevation something to do.
08A gable of glass in the suiteFull-height glazing in the end gable and a run of windows down the side. A loft that reads as a room.
09Barn-style shopTall doors for a boat or a lift, a lean-to on each side, and a suite tucked into one of them.
10RV bay with flanking baysA tall centre door for the camper, two standard bays either side, and it still reads as a barn, not a warehouse.
11Covered patio attachedA roofed outdoor room off the side of the garage. The cheapest square footage on the whole plan.
12Exterior matched to the houseTwin gables, stone piers and shutters taken from the residence rather than the catalogue.
13Suite on one levelA modern farmhouse with the living quarters beside the bays rather than above them — no stair at all.
14A private entry porchIts own front door under its own little roof, so guests and family come and go without walking through the house.
