(ARA) – An old adage says that if you live with a spouse or even a pet long enough, you may begin to look like your significant other or precious pooch. While it seems a stretch to some, there’s a fair amount of truth in the notion that people tend to surround themselves with other people and things that capture their own looks and personalities.
It’s fairly common to see one well-toned person on a tread mill at the local gym alongside his or her equally well-toned spouse. A feisty international traveler might enjoy a kindred spirit with an eager, well-groomed poodle. And a couple of warm-hearted grandparents who like an occasional afternoon nap probably pair well with a basket of happily purring cats.
Some people may even look like their homes. Like the people and pets in our lives, our surroundings say a lot about who we are, what we like and how we strive to look. If you’re the cutting-edge type, you probably fit well with a sleek, modern dwelling. For those with more traditional personalities, you would be right at home in a Victorian, Craftsman or other historical home.
Your home, its furnishings and exterior style, probably are more reflective of your personality than anything else in your life. Only the clothes on your back would come close to matching the relevance of your home in terms of making a visible statement about your style and personality.
Even the style of garage door that you select is reflective of your personal tastes. That’s right – you may look like your garage door. Think about it. Your garage door is probably the largest accessory you’ll ever select. With the enormous variety of garage door styles available today, there’s a look for every distinctive personality.
“A generation ago, most garage doors were fairly plain and largely reflected their functionality. Flat white doors with occasional windows were about all that you saw on Main Streets across America,” says Vickie Lents of Amarr Garage Doors. “Around 1990, it all changed when garage door manufacturers began offering a much wider range of garage door styles, colors and options. Suddenly people began caring about the design of their garage door and how it fit in with the rest of their personal and architectural leanings.”
For those who have an old soul, garage doors with a European Old World design and wrought iron decorative details are a perfect fit. People with more traditional, rustic personalities often find themselves accenting their homes with solid wood garage doors made of mahogany, Douglas fir and Spanish cedar.
For all the non-conformists out there, Amarr recently introduced a residential full-view garage door. Full-view doors have the modern, glass paneled look of a door you might more commonly find on an auto showroom or fire department. Lents says that non-conformist personality types often take it a step further by using the glass full-view doors to divide rooms inside homes, particularly downtown lofts.
Who says you have to select a sleek, glass-paneled or decorative wrought iron garage door to make a statement about your personality? If you’re the quiet, no-frills type, there’s no need to worry. There’s a garage door for you, too. Garage door manufacturers still make the durable, plain white garage doors that do their functional jobs day in and day out almost without notice.
“In fact, time-honored plain garage doors continue to be one of our best sellers,” says Lents.
Want to find a garage door that matches your unique personality? Spend a rainy afternoon with your significant other or family pet at your side perusing the scores of garage doors styles available at www.Amarr.com to find one that is reflective of your own flair.
