Choosing the best style is a pivotal decision in designing your new garage door. But between traditional, carriage, and modern garage doors, how do know which one will complement your home and give you a great curb appeal boost? Let us help!
Here is our guide to the top four modern garage door styles and leading options from our favorite brand, Clopay Garage Doors.
What is a Modern Garage Door?
Modern garage doors focus on minimal details and clean lines. While carriage and traditional garage doors tend to feature raised or recessed panels and exterior hardware, modern garage door styles emphasize simplicity. This means flush panels, clear glass accents, and a neutral color palette.
Modern garage doors are perfect for contemporary, farmhouse, modern minimalist, and ranch-style homes. They will complement the clean lines of your home’s architecture without detracting from its beauty.
Top 4 Modern Garage Door Styles
Full View Glass Garage Doors
The most popular modern garage door style is full-view glass garage doors. They are built with durable aluminum frames and full sections of glass. These incredible modern garage doors welcome copious natural light into your garage and create incredible curb appeal.
Glass garage doors are also widely customizable with various glass treatments, frame finishes, and insulation or energy efficiency upgrades. This means you can customize your full-view glass garage doors to the unique style and preferences of your home.
Our Favorite: Avante®
If you love the look of full-view glass garage doors, then the Clopay Avante® is the perfect modern garage door for you. The sturdy aluminum frame is fitted with large glass or acrylic panels to make your garage an airy, light-filled space. Plus, glass treatments like tinted, obscure, and etched are also widely customizable to give your garage more privacy. Frame finishes include brown, bronze, white, black, and clear to suit your home’s exterior.
Flush Panel Garage Doors
While traditional garage door styles feature raised or recessed panels to give the door’s surface depth, modern garage doors have flush panels. This means the surface of the garage door is one even plane, creating a clean, minimalist design. Many homeowners choose flush panel garage doors with a faux wood finish or a neutral color like white, black, or gray.
Flush panel garage doors also look great with unique window arrangements. Wide vertical windows on two to four panels of your garage door ensure a minimal but striking look that is sure to boost your home’s curb appeal.
Our Favorite: Modern Steel™
Our favorite option for flush panel garage doors is from Clopay’s Modern Steel™ collection. These incredible garage doors offer a simple modern design with minimal upkeep, making them a great choice to upgrade your home. They are available in eight unique designs ranging from wide flush panels to narrow grooved panels and with multiple options for window arrangements. You can also choose from ten standard colors, four premium colors, and six wood grains. It’s easy to design your perfect modern garage door with all these great options!
Custom Wood Garage Doors
Another fun way to craft your new doors is by putting a modern twist on classic real wood garage doors. You can’t beat the look of real wood garage doors, and they add incredible value to your home. Custom wood garage doors bring this to a whole new level! Popular options include flush panels, vertical window arrangements, and wood species like redwood, cedar, and mahogany. Wood garage doors also offer great energy efficiency and durability for added benefit.
Our Favorite: Reserve® Wood Custom
If you’re looking for complete freedom in designing your modern garage doors, then you need to learn more about the Clopay Reserve® Wood Custom collection. From a simple drawing or a professional sketch, the experts at Clopay craft your real wood garage door from scratch, allowing you to curate a modern garage door that is completely unique to your home. They have numerous wood species, stains, and paint colors available to capture your vision and make it an incredible reality.
Farmhouse Modern Garage Doors
For a warmer, slightly rustic take on modern garage door styles, we love farmhouse modern garage doors. These focus on natural materials like wood and muted colors to bring out the beauty of your home. Mimicking a barn door’s exterior, these modern garage doors have a diagonal X crossing on the exterior and windows along the top section. Farmhouse modern garage doors add charm and character to your home while still displaying a simple, modern appearance.
Our Favorite: Canyon Ridge® Carriage House 4-Layer
When it comes to farmhouse modern garage doors, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better option than the Clopay Canyon Ridge® Carriage House 4-Layer garage door. The four-layer construction features a steel base, insulation, a steel exterior, and then a composite overlay. The faux wood overlay creates the farmhouse look of your garage door, creating both beauty and realism. This overlay is available in multiple colors, including walnut, slate, black, white, and primed to give you the best exterior finish for your home.
Contact Us to Explore New Garage Doors
Are you ready to explore options for modern garage door styles? Doors Plus More would love to help! We are a local garage door company based in Walworth, NY, and serving the Greater Rochester area. We have a full line of material and style options to help you select the best new garage door for your home. Contact us to learn more or book your consultation today!
