Looking for pictures of Country French home exteriors
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Comments (4)That's who I was going to suggest. We built a Jack Arnold home, working with both Jack and his son, Trey. Ours is considered a European Cottage, not French Country. The big flat stucco front What are you going to do with the sides and back? I've seen a pretty purplish brick - tumbled look, so it has that "old world" or handmade feel to it. I'll have to hunt down the name and manufacturer. Since different areas of the country have different brick manufacturers, your best bet is to go to your local brick showroom to see samples. They'll have a list of addresses where the brick was used so you can see it built out....See MoreFrench Country Kitchen-pictures, prices & phone numbers
Comments (5)I LOVE it! Works perfectly - nice to have high & extra low output. We spent a long time going back and forth between the Dacor and the Wolf. As far as outputs, they were about the same. The Wolf was $300 more expensive. Honestly, it came down to looks. I didn't love the way the Wolf looked. And I didn't like or want the red knobs (they would have looked terrible in my kitchen). I felt the Wolf was too industrial looking. I wanted the pro function, without the heavy pro look. The Dacor is softer....See MoreLooking for inspiration for french country kitchen
Comments (3)Hello, I have a shop and an online store for French items such as furniture, accessories and also French food. I think you might find some ideas or some items on it. Sorry for my English, actually, i'm French. Here is a link that might be useful: French country home decor...See MoreHow to make by country house look country, not suburban
Comments (33)Yardvaark, thanks for your comment. I wrote a reply earlier that ended up in the internet ether, so I’ll try it again. I am beginning to think that scale is key in the look I’m searching for. Large trees rather than small (especially small ornamentals) and large shrubs as specimens, or large, mass plantings, are found in acreage (country) rather than on suburban lots. I suppose what I’ve been focusing on is my experience in Central New York, where we lived for several years. Most of it is rural, and houses are old (sometimes several centuries). Invariably, those houses originally had very large deciduous trees planted quite close to them, obviously for shade, in an era sans air conditioning. What we’ve found is that contemporary homeowners often are terrified of trees, and dislike deciduous trees and plantings as well, so the old, majestic trees are cut down, or new ones that are planted are taken out as soon as they get to be roof-height. (One of the most common phrases we heard in CNY, I think, was “that tree is too big”.) Then, to correct the lack of green in winter, evergreens are planted, including trees, and also in the form of the ubiquitous yew hedge to serve as a foundation planting. It seems to me that these things may have to do with a difference in tastes as well as knowledge between people a hundred years ago, and those today. I do think that very few people realize that there are wonderful varieties of large trees that can be planted close to a house –not all trees are the same! People used to plant trees with tap roots and ones not susceptible to breakage. Those trees not only protected the house from sun, but “ensconced” the house, often to great visual advantage from the outside, and to a wonderful effect from the inside as well. And: Overall, I think there’s less appreciation for the various forms of natural beauty that many deciduous plants can give; whereas, most folks I talk to today think only about green leaves and colorful flowers. I love evergreens, but they seem somewhat out of place, or at least a preponderance of them do, in regions outside of the Northwest and upper reaches of the entire U.S. In summary, I suppose I associate certain plantings, especially evergreens, with the suburbs due to my experience in New York, where all the rural homes had an emphasis on the deciduous. Also, I think scale, as you mention, and type of trees, such as the small, ornamentals, are to be avoided in the look I’m going for. My vision is a classic sort of looking house (such as Georgian or Greek Revival) without a lot of the detail that I associated with a “city” look, set off amid some well-placed enormous trees. (Unfortunately, I likely won’t be around long enough to enjoy them as “enormous” trees!)...See Morekaydles
16 years agoWe're doing a French Chateau style...
Here's the artist rendering of the front elevation.
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16 years agoThanks for the nice comments all...
I know that my builder got the inspiration for this home from a house in South Carolina, I think...but I have no idea if the floor plan is online.
We are building in Utah.
I loved this floor plan because when we were searching for a lot, for me, my main priority was a view. Our builder found us the perfect lot as it sits on and backs a golf course. We wanted the view to be the main focal point as you enter the house so we have HUGE windows in the back that overlook the golf course. I actually like the look of the back of the house better than the front!
It is a very open floor plan (2-story foyer and great room, kitchen is open to the great room and the windows make it very light and bright.) The master is on the main floor and the kids' bedrooms are upstairs. We are finishing our basement as well.
This is a gigantic house - including the sport court below the basement, it's about 7800 sf. I know pricing is all relative...we came from overpriced Southern California...so from what we're used to, what we're paying in Utah is a bargain for what the same money would get us in Southern Calif. Before we decided to move out here, we were looking at some communities in Cali - close to LAX where dh works, and for MORE than what we're paying for to build this house, we could only afford a much smaller TOWNHOME with NO YARD.
Below are more pics...
The back from the house in SC...it looks really big because it's a walk out basement so you don't see the bottom floor from the front.
The back of our actual house taken over the holidays...(golf course is great for winter sledding!)
Our Floor Plan:
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