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Elevations - at 1/4" or 3/16" and the side and rear elevations at 1/8" scale. The elevations show and note the exterior finished materials of the house.
These house plans are still expressly styled with many features that designate them as Colonial plans without distracting from their unique beauty. Quite often, open floor plans find the master suite located on the main floor of the home to include a luxurious spa themed master bath, an enormous walk-in closet and private access onto the rear outdoor space. In today’s busy lifestyle, this private oasis with close proximity to the outdoor space and kitchen area provide the homeowners with luxury and privacy while also offering a connection with family and friends. Conversely, there are open floor plans where the main level of living is wholly devoted to entertaining or relaxing as a family.
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However, hiring an architect to create and draw a colonial home plan from scratch is somewhat expensive and takes a lot of time. To avoid the delays and high costs, savvy homebuyers invest in ready-made, custom stock house plans. These houses borrow heavily from European culture, and they consist of two to three stories with gable roofs and symmetrical brick or wood facades. The kitchen and living room are on the first floor, while the bedrooms are on the second and third floors.
While this won’t replace a nice-size mudroom, being able to easily get groceries and children from the car into the house will be well worth adding this door. Just make sure that you do things according to the building codes . Just make sure that you have an architect draw up the plans for this work. While you might be able to actually do the construction yourself, you’ll definitely want to know beforehand if that wall is load bearing.
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Compared to earlier 18th century style homes, today's versions stand tall and grand against the backdrop. They have numerous windows lining the facade, including three or more dormers in the front. It's also common to see two chimneys jetting toward the sky from the dual interior fireplaces. The New England colonial home has been a popular style in the U.S. since the early 18th century. These houses started out small with a central chimney, a large room and either one or two stories. As has been the case throughout our history, The Garlinghouse Company today offers home designs in every style, type, size, and price range.
For a more modern feel, choose a statement color for trim or the front door. Yellow, grey, blue, deep red, and beige are popular colonial colors as well. Colonial homes are traditionally thought of as being two-story homes with more rooms than some other styles. However, tiny homes can be built in the Colonial style as well. The style looks impressive no matter how big the structure.
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However, today’s Colonial homes are designed to fit a more modern lifestyle, so open concept Colonial floorplans are available. The open floor plan is a hallmark of contemporary architecture, so it doesn't really fit with traditional furniture and decor. If your tastes run to colonial, Victorian, or Georgian furnishings, skip the open concept.
Reproductions of the illustrations or working drawings by any means is strictly prohibited. No part of this electronic publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form by any means without prior written permission of Direct From The Designers. One argument often used in defense of the open floor plan is that it allows parents to prepare meals and keep an eye on the kids at the same time.
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Most concrete block homes have 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 exterior walls on the 2nd story. A vaulted screened porch and separate deck are reached through a pair of French doors off the breakfast area. Across the home, a bedroom and full bath are ready for guests.
These detached garages provide a visual focal point to the home’s architecture and many new homes may still incorporate a detached garage to the plan as a purist nod to the original architecture of the home. While not common, some Colonial homes may incorporate drive under garages to the home and these can be truly welcomed, especially when dealing with challenging or sloping property lots. Usually, homes with drive under garages are three tiered and have, in some manner, been able to incorporate a basement foundation into the plan. This added space can result in being able to blend additional recreation, entertainment and possibly bedrooms and baths into the floor plan.
Traditionally, most Colonial style homes have two or three stories. The staircase is in the center of the home, and many have formal entryways. Modern Colonial homes often follow this floorplan as well. Colonial homes cost approximately $250 per square foot.
It’s as if the designers are playing some kind of cruel joke on us all. A big living room that’s a formal space and cut off from much of the house is a feature of these houses. And while rooms like this worked well for how families lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries, they’re often just wasted space now. Photographed homes may include modifications made by the homeowner with their builder. These basements are often used as a recreation area given the spacious layout that differs from the more compartmentalized main floors.
We needed a place for the television once these black boxes invaded our houses. Enter the family room, where the life of the family really did happen, whether it was the kids’ watching cartoons or the gang’s enjoying the Super Bowl. If that’s the house you live in or are thinking of buying, fear not. From a few smaller moves to a wholesale renovation, you can make the house into a home that fosters the way you really live — whether your budget is minimal or the sky’s the limit. Here are some examples of what you and your architect or designer could do.
Build a small powder room and a laundry room addition. And while you’re at it, create a nice-size mudroom between the garage and the house proper, like here. Moving the powder room will allow you to open up the foyer, like here, creating a place to tell some of your story. A new combined laundry and mudroom will work wonders, as there will be a place for coats, book bags, boots etc., as well as a much-needed area where you can spread out and do the laundry. And with the room’s proximity to the garage, a utility sink here will keep a lot of mess out of the house proper.
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