Housing Style Accessories-Continued

Bay Window: Set of two or more windows that come out from the wall. 

Casement Window: Opens by swinging inward or outward like a door.

Clapboard: Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls.

Classical: Architecture and design that refers to Greece and or Rome.

Dormer: A vertical window in the roof. Often found in upstairs bedrooms.

Eaves: Portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.

Facade: The front of a building, otherwise known as it's "face".

Fanlight: A semicircular or arched window above a doors.

Palladian Window: Three part window featuring a large arched center and rectangular sidelights.

Pediment: A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches. Known as a classical style.

Portico: A large porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by classical columns or pillars.

Rafter: Roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. Most houses, rafters are visible only from the attic.

Sidelights: Windows on either side of a door.

Stucco: A mixture of cement, sand, and lime applied to exterior walls as a covering.

Turret: A small tower, often at the corner of a building. Common in Queen Anne style. 

Housing Style Accessories-Roofs

Gable Roof: The triangular portion between the edges of a sloping roof. In the picture below, this house has a side gable on it.

Gambrel Roof: A symmetrical two-sided roof, that has slopes on each side. Popular for barns.

Hip Roof: A roof style where all four sides come to a peak or point at the top of the house.

(this house also has a front gable on the windows)

Saltbox: A roof that has a huge slant to one side of the house and a small slant on the other side of it.

Mansard: A four sided gambrel-style hip roof that has two slopes of each of it's sides and has dormer windows steeper on the roof.



Field Trip

The James J. Hill house was once the biggest (and most expensive) house in Minnesota. It of course belonged to James J. Hill. The house cost around $931,000 to build in 1891. It is a National Historic landmark in St. Paul, Minnesota. James J. Hill was the builder of The Great Northern Railway. He died in 1916, and now the house is a historic landmark that is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Once getting to the James J. Hill House, we toured Summit Avenue. Which I have seen countless times before. I feel as though the houses on Summit Ave. are beyond beautiful. I love Victorian era houses. I especially Queen Ann homes. Mainly because I love the "Rapunzel" towers that grace the side of these homes.

The last place visited was International Market Square. Which is an extremely good place to get up on all the new trends out there in the world. Though most of the show rooms you need an actual Interior Designer to go with you in order to actually get in rooms. But it is a great place if you are really serious about decorating a room in your house. I Suggest going here if you want to remodel your kitchen. It's the best place for that.

Housing Life Cycle

House #1

 

Victorian Houses get there name because they were mainly built between 1837-1901, which is during the reign of Queen Victoria.They follow a wide range of architecual styles. The Victorian House originated in the UK, but spread to the US later on. One of the most recognized style of Victorian Houses, is the Gothic Style.

  I feel a Victorian House would be perfect for me because they're primarily in the cities. So they'll be close to where I work. I feel as though this house will provide me with Shelter, Storage, Safety, Sleep, and Food Preparation. As well as Privacy, and love and belonging.

House #2

A Beach House is obviously located somewhere warm, like California or Florida. And is either on or near a beach. It's usually used as a second home during vaction periods or on the weekend. The reason it will fit my style is because by this time in my life, I will probably be starting or have had a family. And I would love to live somewhere warm. It will fit all my Physical needs, and the psychological need of privacy.

House #3

The third house I would love to live in is a Log Home. They are of course built out of logs, and are primarily up north in a wooded area. I feel that these style of houses fit all my needs. And the reason I would love to live in one is because my Grandma has a log home. I've always thought they were so beautiful.

House #4



The final housing style that I hope to aquire someday is a Château style home. It is a manor home, that were very popular in France. They usually belonged to a lord or nobility. The word Château means "castle" in French. And when translated to english, it means "palce" or "country house".



Mood Board

My board consists of lots of modern pieces and some retro pieces as well. The colors I use in my style the most are usually dark, but I like to throw in splashes of bright pinks and reds, as well as some white. I love bright colors, and prints, and they reflect in my style a lot. My favorite piece out of all the items I picked is probably the white and red chair. Which is called a "capsule chair". But the vase is another favorite of mine, because of the way the stripes slightly curve around it.