A Tuscan style bathroom should use natural materials and can be either understated like a typical farmhouse in Tuscany or grand like an Italian Villa. Colors of the sea, earth and pastoral fields of the Tuscan countryside are typical.
Function is first when designing your home office!More and more people are working from home these days.
With technologies like Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), broadband Internet connections and On Demand Software, the home office trend will only continue to expand, making our lives easier with less commute time and more flexible work schedules that allow [...]
Like clothing fashion and car models, kitchen design trends change at blazing speed these days.
What was popular in the 90’s (light maple or oak cabinetry, lots of granite, ornate crown molding and other trim) can seem stale if you walk into a kitchen showroom or 21st century designer show house!
Modern or country styles have become [...]
The first true A-frame house was built in 1957. Since then, it has become a popular style for cottages, particularly in cold regions with a lot of snow.
The distinctive roof with its steep slope make it well suited for snowy climates. However, the roof shape makes the interior fairly small, so the style isn’t well [...]
Bungalow style architecture has many offshoots. This style developed in the early 20th century and was heavily influenced by the architecture found in Indian summer homes.
The Bungalow is defined as a small home, one and a half stories tall, with an affordable and efficient floor plan. Design wise, it can be influenced by almost any [...]
The Tudor Revival style of architecture is quaint and unique in the mixed use of decorative half timbers on the exterior siding.Tudor Revival homes first gained popularity in the late 1800s and are still commonly built today.
Because it integrates many medieval elements, the style is sometimes called Medieval Revival. It’s also sometimes called Tudorbethan or [...]
Shingle Style homes were popular from the late 1800s into the early 1900s.
These homes were much more streamlined than the popular Victorians of that period.
Shingle Style borrows elements from a variety of architectural styles, including Queen Anne Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor, Gothic, and Stick.
Shingle Style homes integrate these elements into an informal and casual house [...]
Starting in the mid 1800s and continuing into the early 1900s, a fascination with Renaissance style spurred Renaissance Revival architecture in North America.
This style borrows heavily from the architecture found in Renaissance French and Italian homes and is sometimes called Neo-Renaissance.
Renaissance Revival homes became increasingly ornate: homes built after 1900 were particularly elaborate.
These structures are [...]
Pueblo Revival homes are a seamless mix of Contemporary design and the original Pueblo homes built in the Southwest.
Since they’re usually built with adobe, they’re sometimes called Adobe homes. Pueblo Revival homes incorporate elements of native architectures of American southwest pueblos such as the famous Taos Pueblo, as well as features brought to the US [...]
Contemporary homes first gained popularity in the mid to late 1900s and have become increasingly common since then.
This architectural category includes a lot of different house shapes and styles. Some Contemporary homes have Postmodern influences and others have Neoeclectic elements.
Tall windows and sleek lines characterize the comtemporary style of home architecture.The key to identifying a [...]
Ranch Style homes go by many names, including American Ranch, Western Ranch, and California Rambler.
These homes first gained popularity in the mid 1900s. Ranch Style is a direct descendant of the Prairie Box home design.
Post war suburban sprawl increased dramatically with inexpensive, one story ranch homes being developed widely in the western United States.As with [...]
Italianate style was inspired by the Italian villa and became popular in the United States during the late 1800s.
The style first gained popularity in England, and American soon followed suit with an Americanized version.
Italianate homes were the most common new architectural style in Victorian America.
They are cost effective without sacrificing attractiveness and adaptable to a [...]
Arts and Crafts homes, also called Craftsman homes, were popular in the early 1900s, particularly in California.
Arts and Crafts homes stress the use of handcrafts and natural materials for a scaled down, comfortable look.
The style is also heavily influenced by Chinese and Japanese architecture.
One of the most popular Arts and Crafts home styles is the [...]
Most Gothic Revival homes in the United States were built in the mid to late 1800s in rural areas.
The style is based on popular European home designs of that period.
It’s also heavily influenced by designs seen in medieval churches and cathedrals.
The most famous example of Gothic Revival architecture is Lyndhurst, an estate in New York.
Gothic [...]
