Home Designs & Architectural Styles

If it has to do with the 'bones' of a house (inside and out), then we're talking about it here -- mostly optional add-ons and fancy design ideas! Homeowners are sharing their personal experiences with a wide variety of interesting interior & exterior home designs, unique floor plans, and clever home design ideas. Plus, neighborhoods & communities that are filled with houses of a particular architectural style.

Classic and Creative Open Staircase Designs

Open staircase designs are one way to improve the floor plan of a home. So many builders and homeowners love the feel of the open floor plan and designing beautiful open staircases is a great way to make an architectural statement. Here are some tips for creating open stairs and a photo gallery of the different options you can choose.

Vern Yip’s Dining Room Design at The Willcox

Vern Yip’s dining room design includes an intricately designed wall covering consisting of wood veneer paneling with a scroll inlay pattern. From a distance you’d think the wall was covered in silk material. It’s creative yet simple.

The Willcox Roosevelt Suite – The Lap of Luxury

The Willcox is an historic hotel located in the heart of thoroughbred country in Aiken, South Carolina. Character abounds in this freshly restored and renovated high-end hotel and resort/spa.

It’s Not A Victorian Home Without A Turret (Tower)

This brand new Victorian style house looks like it could have been built decades ago with all of it’s features that remain true to Victorian architecture. Located in Marietta, GA, this classically-styled Victorian home stands out as a great example. I’ve included over a dozen pictures from start to finish on building a turret.

Great Room Wood Coffered Ceiling

View this grandiose coffered ceiling inside of an even larger Victorian home constructed in 2007-08. Features shiplap wood planks rather than drywall. Very nice photos.

Two Distinctive Barrel Vaulted Ceilings

A beautiful new Victorian home showcasing a couple of barrel vaulted ceilings is the focus of this article. Two distinctively different styles of barrel vaults are shown, radius and elliptical.

Cypress Siding: Naturally The Best Choice For This Victorian Home

Cypress lap siding is a great choice for today’s American homes. Here are some great reasons to consider all-natural solid cypress for your homebuilding construction project.

Frank Betz Craftsman House Plan: The Palmdale

Frank Betz house plans offer many convenient features at an affordable price. This craftsman style plan squeezes a lot of house under a moderate footprint.

Chimney Pots Cap Off Your Home In Grand Style

Looking for a totally unique way to cap off your chimney and add some pizazz to your home’s exterior. Dump those ideas of your of a boring old square clay chimney pot on your chimney and go for the gusto by gathering some great ideas here.

Victorian Style Chimney and Chimney Pots

Photos of Victorian chimneys and chimney pots abound in this post of the home under construction I’ve been visiting and even more pictures from various sources. Lots of great ideas for capping your chimney in style.

RCI Timeshare Sales Tours Really Bite

Taking a timeshare sales tour with RCI is no cake walk. Get ready for a sales attack and some scheming sales practices.

Fish-Scale Shingle Siding Holds True To Victorian Architecture

Fish-scale shingle siding was a great choice of materials for the front gable of this classically styled Victorian home build.

Design Ideas To Enhance A-Frame Ceilings

What follows are some examples of what you can do with an A-frame ceiling to liven it up a bit with an open web, exposed beam design.

Foundation and Crawl Space Vents: Victorian Style

Have you been looking for ideas for a Victorian style foundation vent for your home? This one hits the mark. It is made of iron and will last the lifetime of the home.

Laundry Chute Photos + Tips Before You Install One

Having a laundry chute in your home will save you a lot of steps. Here’s a quick photo shoot of a new one from a kids’ perspective.

Creating A Victorian Queen Anne

Bonner Custom Homes is at it again. This time the style is Victorian and this home should prove to be an extraordinary example of the quintessential Industrial Age style of the late 19th century.

Summerlyn: Frank Betz-Designed Craftsman Style Home Plans

Looking for a craftsman style home plan in thriving Paulding County, Georgia? Summerlyn should make your list of potential neighborhoods to call home.

Two-Story Window Walls: The Big Picture

Photos and ideas for two-story ‘window walls’ as shown in family rooms and great rooms. Great stuff if you’re putting together a dream home idea book!

Designing A Bathroom Floor Plan? Use Common Sense

Be careful when making your water closet floor plans. Give it a lot of thought before you implement and don’t make this mistake.

Christmas At The Historic Tate House

Beautiful photos of the historic Tate House in Tate, Georgia decorated for the Christmas season. It’s a pink marble mansion boasting Taj Mahal quality marble.

Conclusion Of Our Walking Tour Of The Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour

The Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour is an annual event not to be overlooked in this thriving suburb of Atlanta. A select few historical private homes and public buildings are on display once per year. This is part 2 of my article regarding the home tour.

Take A Walk Back In Time On The Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Tour Of Homes

The Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour is an annual event organized by the Marietta Welcome Center & Visitors Bureau and Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society . A select few historical private homes and public buildings are on display once per year. This is part 1 of my article of the home tour.