Dec 15, 2013 | Design Styles
Adobe construction is one of the first building materials used by ancient human beings, and is a good building method in warm, dry climates such as the Southwestern portion of the United States. Variations of adobe built structures go back thousands of years, and...
Dec 1, 2013 | Design Styles
The comfortable feeling of a ranch home in the Western U.S. has been a popular architectural and design style in the last half of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century. It might be viewed as the western equivalent of the eastern and Midwestern farmhouse style....
Nov 29, 2013 | Design Styles
The Tuscan interior design style is full of simple, rustic charm and inspired by the country homes of central Italy’s wine country. Traditionally, the farmhouses in this region were made out of readily available materials such as straw, limestone, clay and wood....
Nov 12, 2013 | Design Styles
Traditional interior design is based upon the styles of Western homes built during the 18th-and-19th centuries. Furniture is the commanding characteristic of traditional design, drawing heavily on Northern European design styles from that same era, such as Queen Anne,...
Nov 1, 2013 | Design Styles
Transitional interior design is a combination of traditional and contemporary design which results in a classic, timeless style. Furniture has a simple yet sophisticated quality to it featuring both straight and rounded lines paired with diverse fabrics. The scale of...
Oct 20, 2013 | Design Styles
The Territorial style is considered to be a blend of Pueblo and Victorian styles. European settlers in the 1800s combined traditional Pueblo architectural elements with their familiar Victorian design styles to form the Territorial style. Wooden posts, or portales,...
