But look around a wine shop and you'll see something funny: Many commercial wines are shipped - and often stored in the merchant's back room - in cardboard cases of 12 bottles turned upside down with the cork on the bottom.
Add a shed roof dormer to create an attic bedroom for one of the most beneficial additions. Figure dormer additions at $80 to $120 a square foot, usually a total of between $5,000 and $20,000, depending on the size and roof style. Remodeling magazine pegs an attic bedroom addition at about $49,000, but determines it will add 80 percent of that in value.
When you build a dormer, there's more to consider than its style alone. It needs to fit in with the general design of the house. If you are adding more than one dormer, you also need to decide how to link or separate them. Proportion and Scale. A dormer should be a detail on a roof, not its dominant feature. To help ensure the right sense of proportion, dormer windows are usually smaller than windows on the walls below. Another good rule: Don't let dormers occupy more than half the width or depth of the roof. Pages. 1. 2.