Home Design
Home Office Design & Decor
If you work from home, then designing, setting up and decorating your home office will make a big difference in how happy you are with your working environment.
Kitchen Design Trends
From specialized work stations to cabinetry that looks more like fine furniture, trends in kitchen design are changing rapidly. Read more about today's top kitchen trends.
A-Frame Home Architecture and Design Features
The first true A-frame house was built in 1957.
Bungalow Home Architecture and Design Features
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 [...]
Tudor Revival Home Architecture and Design Features
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 Mock Tudor. Tudor Revival homes may be small in size like a medieval cottage or grand structures reminiscent of a [...]
Colonial Revival Home Architecture and Design Features
Colonial Revival homes gained popularity in the late 1800s and remained popular through the mid 1900s. Colonial Revival architecture was heavily influenced by earlier Georgian Colonials and Federal style homes. This style is distinguished from the original Georgian Colonials by the elaborate front door, clustering of windows into groups, and addition of sun rooms or [...]
Shingle Style Home Architecture and Design Features
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 [...]
Renaissance Revival Home Architecture and Design Features
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. [...]
Pueblo Revival Home Architecture and Design Features
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 [...]
Contemporary Home Architecture and Design Features
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. The key to identifying a true Contemporary home is the presence of many tall [...]
