Old house design

Unique home designs with attractive locations. Today is a modern era. The old house designs that were just that, are now increasingly abandoned. If you look at the designs of this house, you will definitely be amazed. #modernhouse #homedesigns #home

How one family brought their 1920s bungalow back from the brink.

A decrepit homestead was theirs to interpret in Victorian fashion when this couple stepped up to save it (and the barn) from ruin. Now it’s exquisite.

Bloomington's Old House Society Annual Home Tour is great opportunity to peek inside homes of the past, and to imagine what it was like to live in them.

Twenty-or-so years ago, during a fluid period in my career, a girl I knew suggested we rent a mansion together in Stockbridge, Mass. Had we done so, either a single or a double homicide - depending on whether, or which, of us escaped - would surely have ensued, so it was a lucky thing we dropped the plan. One of the places we looked at was a fantastically decrepit pile in nearby Lenox called Ventfort Hall. When I moved in to where I live now, it didn't look a lot different than Ventfort did…

1895–1945: from architect-designed mansions to planbook homes.

Romancing a Twenties home.

INSPIRATION PHOTO/PLAN: ACTUAL PLANS: First Floor Second Floor Third Floor ORIGINAL FLOOR SKETCHES:

These English-inspired houses are part of the same architectural movement that spawned the English Queen Anne style, the Shingle Style, and American Queen Anne houses. They mark a transition between late Victorian sensibility and the beginning of modern architecture, including Arts & Crafts.

reminds me of old indian houses built mandatorily with courtyards in the middle of the house....love them!