apply colonial architectural style to this sketch informed by the historically motivated site sensitive vision of patrick ahearn emphasize formal symmetry organized around a central axis with a paneled front door framed by pilasters and a classical pediment elliptical fanlight transoms and copper gutters where the massing invites them use brick or painted wood clapboard in restrained authentic tones windows should be evenly distributed double hung sash with divided lights and shutters a moderately pitched side gable or hipped roof with well scaled dormers and central brick chimneys should anchor the composition the home should feel as though it has grown from its site over time as if it were an original colonial that was thoughtfully restored and added onto across generations the overall character should balance the romance of traditional new england architecture with the ease and openness of contemporary living render in warm natural new england daylight
