The house looks deceivingly large because it is a long, boomerang-shaped house, and the garage only amplifies that effect! Half of it is only one-room deep, but from the front it seems massive. However, the shape really works now that it's totally complete. As mentioned in my first posts regarding the lot, the beauty of the garage location is that it transforms what would have been a "subdivision-like" yard into a very private oasis, like so:
in looking above, you can see that no matter where you are in the house, the ENTIRE back yard is private (there is only a treeline on the other side). Perfectly private. One would never know there was another house beyond the garage, and incorporating a more "courtyard" patio system in the back, now that the walls are up, seems like a natural progression in the future.
What Would You Do? That Looming, Big Garage Wall
That being said, it's important to be thoughtful as to how that brick wall appears once the bricks are applied. Since that wall almost functions as a "feature" wall when anyone is out back, it might be good to add some design elements to "warm" that space up. For instance, here's a picture of a newer home that did a similar thing on their back wall. Personally, I'm under the impression that they wanted it to look "old" by making it look like these were old door openings that were bricked in:
... now, I'm not sure that particular look is for our home, but the concept is the same. Perhaps some decorative brick detailing design to amplify that wall as more of a courtyard space when the possibility arises to add a patio over in that area would be nice. Even if it's just a few simple rectangles of slightly raised brick with a herringbone pattern inside, to deviate from the large flat expanse of brick on that wall:
What do you think?
