by Brennan + Company Architects
ellicott city, MD, US 21043 · 193 photos
a house in a garden
http://www.brennanarch.com

 
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sisly wrote:
How can I get the look of a craftsman style home in my cape cod style home? »
· Comment · 2 years ago
Ronique Gibson Craftsman style architecture and interiors are very geometrical. There usually is a repetition of shapes such as squares/rectangles, strong horizontals in molding (exterior and interior) and symmetry throughout.

Craftsman style also uses a lot of natural wood applications. Trim, moldings, custom wood detailing. (Think of a craftsman - and this is the aesthetic characteristics).

Here is an example of a natural interior home, and one that painted most of their interiors white, both Craftsman style idea books.

2 years ago ·
sisly Thanks! I am such a Greene & Greene fan.
2 years ago ·
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Florida entry
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Outside lights
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Eclipse window
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Dark window color light trim
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Lights
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North facing golf course
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Narrow Craftsman
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Pergola entrance and window
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Lights
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exterior finishes
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Porch
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rook for porch
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Exterior/Porch Lighting
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piergola
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Pergola
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My heaven
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lights on posts
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❤❤❤
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Porch
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window
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Exterior
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rafters and lighting
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Front porch
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front porch -- room above
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huge covered front porch with bedroom over it!
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This porch looks amazing!!
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love this
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Porch and windows and columns
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Addition
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entrance
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Porch, trellace
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Lighting.
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Windows and porch
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Craftsman
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Beams to house
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Like porch area
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Like this look
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back porch?
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pergola
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Porch and lights
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THIS IS WHATI Want
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Windows
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2nd floor
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window in dormer
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lower level covered porch on two story addition
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4 lights
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porch design, could tie into open pergola
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Pillars
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cool pergola
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Windows
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Nice back porch
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Roofline
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porch
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Windows
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craftsman back yard
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Love
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Porch
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front porch
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pergola
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TABLE
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something covering steps, sitting area and step down from porch
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big front porch
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like the arch on the upper story windows
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Windows are black!
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Cool trellis over back patio
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Idea for front of house
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Ext
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Sweet
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pergola
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Quite an entrance
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Windows
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Love
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poch 6
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Lighting
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This looks so inviting in the night light. Would such a porch work on a one story design?
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Inviting lighting
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Woods and awesome house.
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Extended second floor
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love windows coloums and pergala
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dream everything
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Elevation
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I like the symmetry
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backyard
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Like porch area. Don't like roof line.
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pergolado frontal
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pergola look -- over lower level patio
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windows
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Inset porch used as a recreational area
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front porch
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pergola
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Patio