What Style Is My 1911 House?
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Comments (11)Colickyboy, I studied this in college. The home you describe could be very close to the stickley style within the craftsman umbrella or really the mission era. Homes built around the 1900s had natural woods such as maple and oak on the floors. Stains were medium not dark but that does not mean dark was never done. I am sure there was one person on the planet who painted their floors a dark green or dark brown in 1911. But this was not the norm for this period. Knotty pine or wide plank wood floors also fit that time period. A great on line source for information is.... http://www.oldhousejournal.com/stowicism_the_legacy_of_arts_crafts_builtins/magazine/1572 I would ask do you want to follow the history of your home or do you want to create your own style? Go from there on what color you want for your floors. And the advice to talk to a realtor is good but keep in mind that if you plan to stay for more than 5 years you should make your home what you want. You are going to live there and unless you are doing something nasty (purple and orange polka dots with puce green) make your home a place you love. A house priced right will sell in any market. Priced right. As for Dark floors making a kitchen smaller?? Not at all. I used to believe this but not anymore. Dark floors are beautiful and can actually create a sense of space because it is a flat surface. Dark walls all around you might close in on you but a floor does not do that. Here are some images of traditional craftsman floors... Wait I should say updated for modern times of 2010 Thomas Conway Craftsman And here are two photos of dark floors. This one below is Spanish Mission style in the Arts and Crafts period. The one below that is not craftsman at all but it shows dark floors in a small kitchen. It can look lovely. Spanish style Mission River Rapids Paint by Ralph Lauren I don't think I helped you decide. Sorry. I just wanted you to see there are options that look beautiful either way. Make your kitchen a place you love to be in. ~boxerpups Here is a link that might be useful: Blog of a craftsman home with dark floors...See Morekitchen cabinet help, redoing 1911 home
Comments (8)I am almost finished renovating the kitchen in my 1910 home, so our houses are contemporaries! I'm in a traditional PDX bungalow house, and also tried to keep the overall look and feel of the period our house was built in. Inset cabs were too much $$ for my budget, but I did end up going with "mission" style (full overlay) doors from Medallion. They are being installed right now, and I think they do a good job of balancing budget with a period "inspired" look. They aren't period reproductions or anything, but they maintain the traditional feel of the house. The materials (Quartersawn oak) and finish (light hazelnut) do as much for evoking a particular era as the door style (inset or whatever). One of the things you can do is look at the rest of the trim and doors of your house. Unfortunately, there was no kitchen to speak of in the house when we bought it, so we had to look elsewhere. Our carpenter noticed that all of the interior doors in our house were original, and the raised panel on the doors and moulding on the windows were used to inspire the cabinet styles and type of crown moulding we eventually chose. We have 99" ceilings 8 1/4 feet, and we took the cabs all the way to the ceiling. Part of the reason we took the cabs all the way to the ceiling is that my husband is pretty tall (6'5") and we wanted more space between the countertop and the bottom edge of the wall cabs. But, our kitchen is also pretty small, so taking the cabs all the way up makes it feel a bit taller, or at least I think so....See MoreWhat architectural style is my home? Porch has 3 brick columns.
Comments (6)Oh, I think it can matter. Because if you know what the style of the house is, it can direct you with appropriate cues if you are adding on, or, in this case if you were trying to make this house in question look more like something specific, it's helpful to know what it looked like to begin with. Right now it doesn't look like a specific style because the changes were made without paying any attention to what the house looked like, they were purely functional. I agree that there are very few pure examples of styles out there, there would be no mistaking a post War cape cod style with a 19th c. house on Cape Cod. But the million post war cape cod houses that went up between 1945 and 1960 --complete with picture windows and other non-cape cod elements--are fairly pure and consistent examples of themselves....See MoreIntact Progressive Era house (1911)
Comments (19)I'm curious about the front entry and room. Is this where callers would be entertained? It appears the "family/living room" is on the second floor. My grandparents' home was built around 1900-1905 (small town in southwestern Wisconsin). The entry area was large enough for a large hall tree and a settee but not an actual conversation area. To the right as you entered, through double pocket doors, was the front parlor. This was where they would have entertained callers. Off that room, through another set of pocket doors, was the back parlor that was less formal and used as the family living room. And then directly off that through another set of pocket doors was the dining room....See MoreLaura Hurst
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