Why Everyone Loves the Idea of a New Old Home
Small Farmhouse
P. Allen Smith built a new home with an old soul in 150 days for $150,000. Steal his notes here.
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Creole Cottage
This home, once destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, was designed to look like a 1930s New Orleans home. It’s newness is totally disguised with the tall windows, matching operable shutters, front porch and the curlicue millwork.
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Virginia Farmhouse
Using local stone on the façade mixed with shingles imitates a home that has been added onto over time. The dark metal roof also helps tone down the house’s newness.
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Fish Camp Kitchen
Even a new kitchen can look old. Boat loads of warm copper with utilitarian open steel shelving in lieu of traditional cabinetry remind of an old-time concept of efficiency that today’s roomy kitchens have forgotten. Luckily, Architect Wayne Good remembered it when he built his own new Maryland kitchen.
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The Dog Trot
Texas architects, Lake Flato, made a great Southern home style even better. They took the dogtrot renown for being a self-cooling home in the heat of our summers and built this one using only pre-fab materials on this Texas lakeside.
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English Country House
Small paned windows and a detailed lime wash keeps anyone from betting that this is a new house designed by Peter Block.