A house can be designed and built in such a way as to compliment the landscape. When that happens a house becomes more than just a place where people live, it becomes a work of art.
Originally posted 2015-10-22 17:55:09.
I can’t help but notice that no board on this cabin is cut exactly right… each is to some degree a little too long.
Better too long than too short.
I know from experience that when building a home with the aid of a handsaw, rather than an electric one, that work is often performed “good enough”… not “perfect”.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 15:51:46.
A house that is cute… and shy.
Just barely peaking above the fence line.
A modest home… even for it’s day… yet it has two masonry chimneys, a metal roof, wood siding, a large front porch, and attractive windows… all features missing in most new homes today selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Originally posted 2015-10-19 14:45:49.
The smallest house in Charleston, South Carolina.
As cute as a button.
I’m sure it’s admired and loved by everyone there.
And, I’m equally sure it’s now illegal to build another one as small as this.
Go figure.
Originally posted 2015-10-18 14:57:07.
Three sisters, all in a row.
Originally posted 2015-10-15 19:51:52.
Light the fire and bring on the food!
Originally posted 2015-10-15 18:59:23.
I’ve always admired a steep pitched roof, but this roof would likely split a rain drop in two that landed on her peak. Can a roof be too steep?
Originally posted 2015-10-14 15:31:23.
“Back in the day” there was no heavy equipment available to easily level out a house site.
Larger homes would adapt to steeply sloped sites by incorporating walk-out basements on one side of the house. But homes of more modest means would be built to conform to the site, as seen in this house.
BTW… this home, with the aid of two stone chimneys is quite the charmer isn’t she?
Originally posted 2015-10-07 13:00:43.
A ladder leading to a loft is visually appealing, and it certainly takes up a lot less room than a staircase… but the thrill of climbing a ladder to get to another living space quickly wears off.
Originally posted 2015-10-07 12:47:59.
The simple elegance of a 6 over 9 pane window combined with aged wood flooring… oh my.
The most attractive windows are an odd number of panes wide… the panes need to be taller than they are wide… and all of the panes on a house, regardless of the size of the window unit, should be matching as close as possible in size and proportion.
Originally posted 2015-10-01 13:40:25.
