What design style would you call this house??

5 years ago

I’m in the process of buying this house from the 1950s and hopefully flipping it. It hasn’t gone through yet, but I’m still getting my ideas together so I can hit the ground running hopefully. The thing is, I have no idea what to call this to search for inspiration… it’s not modern, when I search for cottage it doesn’t really fit that either even though I thought it would…. WHAT IS IT??? It’s one of those things where I feel like I know it, but for the life of me I can’t think of it lol.

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houssaon

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

It is a ranch with a storybook or Norman entry.

I would put dark charcoal raised panel shutters on all of the windows. I think there is a little one by the front door. I would take off the railing. It looks like a barrier.

Remove all bushes in front of the stone section, just have annuals and ground covers in that area. Trim all bushes so they are lower that the window sills. They might not look good for a while, but yews recover well. Then add some other interesting evergreens and flowering shrubs.

Replace the window on the left to match the others with muntins.

Hope you get it. It is charming.

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ericalynn523
5 years ago
English cottage??
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party_music50
5 years ago
@houssaon, I never knew it was called a storybook entry, but the name sure does fit!
jck910
5 years ago
It is charming. Please don't flip it with gray floors, walls, etc. Keep to the period of the outside and keep it charming
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BeverlyFLADeziner
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
The gable entrance is Tudor, but the rest of the home is a ranch house.
suezbell
5 years ago
The story book whimsy corner on the right of the entry suggests a beginning for a porch roof on the front and right side of the house if you are more inclined to view it as a contemporary ranch than a Tudor wannabe.

Would move the two shrubs in front of the front stoop stone section of the house and use them to fill in the spaces in the shrubs on the left side -- trimming all of the shrubs to below window sill height.

Generally wouldn't change out the windows for "looks" if they're in good shape but that left one does seem oddly out of place. Depending upon what room that window is in (such as over a kitchen sink or bathroom), you might consider a small bay /garden window rather than cutting the brick to install a longer one to try to have it "match" the other windows.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/30751209944822919/

If you're keeping the wide white front door trim as is, in lieu of adding charcoal shutters (as houssaon suggested), you might want white shutters or even adding white trim around the windows -- keeping white as your one trim color .

Agree with houssaon that the front railing should be removed. If you're not adding a front porch, the front stoop/landing could probably use more attention -- perhaps enlarging and reshaping it to create an arc as is over the door.

If you do add a front porch, bring the under floor vent forward, too, and see if you can match the existing brick to face the vertical edges of a concrete porch as well as to outline the walk path.

Let us know how your project is going.