The idea
Running one continuous woodgrain face across the garage door, the entry and the adjacent wall makes the frontage read as a single, considered plane - a look that feels custom and expensive.
How to use it
Match the cladding and any garage-door infill in the same finish and board direction so the wall reads as one. Vertical boards or battens add height; horizontal emphasises width on a wide block.
Why aluminium suits it
To read as one plane, the colour and grain must stay consistent across the whole wall for years. Aluminium's fixed, UV-stable finish keeps the garage and the wall beside it matching, where timber would weather at different rates.
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