Old House Styles

Old houses come in all shapes and sizes. The style of a house is greatly influenced by its location, when it was built and if it has undergone renovations. Explore Victorians, colonials, Greek and Spanish revivals, foursquares, Federals, bungalows and other design motifs.

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19th Century Italian Styles

Romantic details for Italian styles: villa, row house, or in a rural vernacular.

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20th Century Storybook Homes

A Hollywood take on Medieval and European domestic architecture.

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A Cherished 1774 Colonial Restored

The large center-hall Georgian was built as an inn. After removing 1940s accretions and reconfiguring rooms for residential use, the current owners decorated it in fine Colonial Revival tradition.

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A History of Cape Cod Design

This early regional house style caught on like wildfire, and Cape Cod design is arguably one of the most recognizable house styles today.

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A Prairie Home Library

Prairie style books recommended by OHJ editors.

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American Foursquare Architecture & Interiors

The epitome of the post-Victorian “comfortable house,” the Foursquare is about dignified self-containment.

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An Interior Inspired by Wright’s Taliesin

Inspired by his time at Wright’s Taliesin, architect Gerald Lee Morosco creates a warm and quite classical Modern environment in his own Pittsburgh row house.

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Architectural Highlights of Old Louisville

We unearth the old-house treasures of this genteel Southern city.

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Arts & Crafts Architecture and How To Spot Arts & Crafts Homes

Informal yet eminently cultured, the Arts & Crafts movement served to influence a range of house styles that still grace the architecture. Here are ways to spot an Arts & Crafts home.

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Beaux Arts: A Capital Idea

The Beaux-Arts style, also called the American Renaissance, is about as formal as architecture can get.

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Beaux-Arts Style

Architecture and opulence of the American Renaissance, 1885-1930.

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Bungalow Heaven in Pasadena, California

Bungalow heaven in Pasadena.

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Bungalows of the Arts & Crafts Movement

Artistic naturalism in the architecture and design of the Arts & Crafts bungalow.

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Chalet, Lodge & Bungalow

1885–1925: Picturesque wood details have roots in European chalets.

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Colonial Revival Interior Design

Colonial interiors are characterized by grand entrance halls, polished wood floors, simplified paint and wallpaper palettes, and light approach to millwork and wainscoting.

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Colonial Revival Revealed

The timeless approach to decorating that’s also known as Traditional.