This is the low country white siding cottage we've always dreamed of - nice and compact, just 2,200 square feet, with a metal roof and a live-in screened porch. It's in Bluffton, South Carolina, just a short drive from Hilton Head Island (one of our favorite places anyway!). The cozy family room is centered around a lovely fireplace, with built-in shelving on … [Read more...]
A Pretty Yellow New England Farmhouse
This isn't the first time we've featured Whitten Architects of Portland, Maine on The Modest Mansion. They're masters of Traditional residential architecture, and this pretty yellow New England farmhouse is proof. What a great idea to shoot pictures of this house with a heavy snowfall surrounding it - somehow it makes the house seem even more warm and … [Read more...]
An Updated Colonial Revival Home (no, it’s not a Victorian) in Minneapolis
This handsome home in Minneapolis is the kind of house that a lot of people might call "Victorian" because of the multi-color paint scheme and steep center gable. But it's not - it's another example of the wide variety of Colonial Revival style, America's most popular house style. There are a number of clues that suggest this is an updated Colonial Revival home - the first … [Read more...]
Southern Charm and Modern Amenities Mix Perfectly in this Historic Charleston Home
It's impossible to avoid falling in love with the homes in Charleston, South Carolina's historic district. Many of them stand almost as they were two and three centuries ago, when Charleston was the busiest port on the east coast. But enough history - this historic Charleston home, built around 1830, has been updated for modern living without losing any of the things that … [Read more...]
Completely Remodeled White Farmhouse in Virginia – With an Awesome Timberframe Barn
There's so much talk about "modern" farmhouses these days, sometimes we forget that "white farmhouse" didn't start out as a home style. All over the country, most "real" farmhouses quietly go about their business of providing family home. In this case, it's a home built in 1918 on 14 acres of Virginia horse and cattle land. Many of these original farmhouses have fallen into … [Read more...]
Rescuing a Waterfront Foursquare House In Maine
Whitten Architects in Portland, Maine rescued this waterfront foursquare house from years of neglect and bad remodeling. The Architects wrote, "...Our first order of business was removing and correcting the previous alterations to the house. A lean-to garage had been added to the guest cottage, blocking water views on approach, while paved yard space had created drainage … [Read more...]
Warm and Cozy Vermont Family Lake House
Smith & Vansant Architects in White River Junction, Vermont, designed this warm and cozy family lake house. Everything about it, inside and out, pushes all of our buttons for what a lake house should be. The best photos of this house are closer to the end of this post, so be sure to scroll all the way down! It looks like this house has been there forever, doesn't it? … [Read more...]
Beautiful Natural Stone and Wood in this Colorado Modern Mountain Cabin
Faye Crowe is an Architect in Golden Colorado who specializes in modern homes, including this comfortable rustic modern mountain cabin. On her website, she writes about the house, "Located on Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado and finished in 2014, this comfortable home is tucked against the foothills just west of Denver. The home fits on an infill lot and offers a … [Read more...]
There’s Something “Well Worn” About this Lakefront Cottage that We Love!
It's easy to get excited about a shiny new home, but when we come across a well-worn, well-loved lakefront cottage like this one, we can't help but fall in love. Yeah, it needs a little work here and there, but what lake house doesn't? The only thing missing from these photos is family, but if you look hard enough you can almost see them, swinging in the hammocks, heating … [Read more...]
You’ll Love the Light, Bright Interior of this Santa Fe Pueblo Adobe Home
Maybe it's because of the cold weather here in the Midwest, but lately we've been finding ourselves fascinated with homes in warmer climates, especially high desert homes like this pueblo adobe home for sale in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Like some other adobe homes we've fallen in love with, this one's in Santa Fe's downtown historic district. The interiors of adobe homes are … [Read more...]
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