Architecture
Houzz Call: Show Us the House You Grew Up In
Share a photo and story about your childhood home. Does it influence your design tastes today?
Does the house you grew up in influence your design style today? Perhaps you had a conversation pit, wall-to-wall carpeting in the bathroom or one of those intercom systems from the '70s that never quite worked, and now you avoid it (though I've always secretly coveted a conversation pit). We would love to see snapshots of your home; shots with people in them would be even better!
Please post a photo in the Comments section below and share your memories of what your childhood home was like. We'd love to see the outside, but if there is a special feature you remember from inside, please include it as well. Also, please include the name of the city or town. Your photo could be used in an upcoming ideabook about childhood homes and what they still mean to us.
Please post a photo in the Comments section below and share your memories of what your childhood home was like. We'd love to see the outside, but if there is a special feature you remember from inside, please include it as well. Also, please include the name of the city or town. Your photo could be used in an upcoming ideabook about childhood homes and what they still mean to us.
Perhaps your parents were into midcentury modern style or were among the millions of baby boomers who made their dreams come true by purchasing a brick ranch. When I was a kid, split levels with shag carpeting were all the rage. So were sinks randomly placed in family rooms and called wet bars.
The only thing missing from this American-dream Cape Cod–style house is a white picket fence. The flag reminds me of my grandfather, Pop, who would put one out every fair-weather morning and then fold it up the appropriate way each night, like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.
Dutch colonial is another classic style that has been popular in America for almost a century.
While these three are all houses and are typical American styles, I hope you'll share all kinds of homes and that you international readers will tell us about your childhood homes, too!
Your turn: Please upload a scan of your childhood home and tell us about it!
While these three are all houses and are typical American styles, I hope you'll share all kinds of homes and that you international readers will tell us about your childhood homes, too!
Your turn: Please upload a scan of your childhood home and tell us about it!