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Oh I know, the basic house I'm in was built in 1932, with real dimensional lumber (which feels petrified right now, from how hard it was to cut to put in attic access) and wood trim that was still not prefab.
Yes, the addition was 600 SF over a 2 1/2 car garage and engineering was required to be done by the county. Can't just say, Oh, here's the beam size for the span, it needed engineering sign off showing that it could support the wight of the upper floor and upper walls. And I'd want that for any open span with a floor above, as well as engineering beams to replace load bearing walls in a remodel.
I suppose given how shady or incompetent a lot of contractors can be these days, it wouldn't hurt to hire an engineer for that. There are no codes or inspections in the town my property is in.
I hope the Tuscan/Pueblo/Georgian fusion style dies a horrible death in the Southwest.
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That's heritage/tradition more than 'trend', I'd think. When we were considering retirement to New Mexico, Tuscan/Pueblo were the only houses I would have ever considered buying there.
In the desert southwest, I think that some of the Spanish revival style works as does the Pueblo revival style but by combining those with an elaborate tile roof, a tower room, and Palladian windows and various Mediterranean bric-a-brac it goes off the rails into some Frankenstein fusion that doesn't work. Flat roof designs are common since it is mostly an arid climate with little rain or snow and because of the stress from high winds in some areas. We began seeing "regional modernist" styles developing more recently with something that resembles Pueblo revival but sleeker in design and without so many protruding canale drains and exposed vigas. They will likely still have the traditional covered outdoor spaces and usually the solid surface stone or stucco exterior. Google has some examples...
In the desert southwest, I think that some of the Spanish revival style works as does the Pueblo revival style but by combining those with an elaborate tile roof, a tower room, and Palladian windows and various Mediterranean bric-a-brac it goes off the rails into some Frankenstein fusion that doesn't work. Flat roof designs are common since it is mostly an arid climate with little rain or snow and because of the stress from high winds in some areas. We began seeing "regional modernist" styles developing more recently with something that resembles Pueblo revival but sleeker in design and without so many protruding canale drains and exposed vigas. They will likely still have the traditional covered outdoor spaces and usually the solid surface stone or stucco exterior. Google has some examples...
Im sorry but these look like office buildings to me. No warmth or charm. Can’t imagine being comfortable in these. To each their own. Jay
Actually, I think this needs an image so everyone can visualize the much more recent phenomenon being talked about here.
Unfortunately, most of the available images of this design trend are copyrighted, but I did find one on Wikimedia Commons. This photo is of a shower stall with a tub inside it from a hotel room in Las Vegas:
Bathroom in Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, by Sarah Stierch via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0)
These are also called "wet rooms." More commonly, the tub within them is not embedded in a tile nest the way this one is but totally freestanding within the shower enclosure.
Do a Google search on "shower with tub inside" and you'll find tons more images.
Seems odd, but makes a bit of sense. Take a long, soaking bath, and then get a shower without using the faucet of the tub. Easy to rinse the tub out after using it. You can step out of the tub without dripping water across the floor. And your soap/shampoo is always where you need it, not at the tub when you're in the shower or vice versa. And takes up a little less space (perhaps anyway) than two separate units. I like this better than the free-standing ones in the shower-how do you clean the side back against the wall?
I'm hoping white painted cabinets. I like the look of real, nicely finished wood, not painted MDF.
I like the light, airiness of white cabinets. I hate dark wood, and the look of clear finished or unfinished oak. This was my kitchen before and after my DIY remodel last month. Even without lights on it's much brighter and cheerier than the old dark wood (and the old cabinets were falling apart which is why I replaced them and decided to make the change)
I like the light, airiness of white cabinets. I hate dark wood, and the look of clear finished or unfinished oak. This was my kitchen before and after my DIY remodel last month. Even without lights on it's much brighter and cheerier than the old dark wood (and the old cabinets were falling apart which is why I replaced them and decided to make the change)
I like the light, airiness of white cabinets. I hate dark wood, and the look of clear finished or unfinished oak. This was my kitchen before and after my DIY remodel last month. Even without lights on it's much brighter and cheerier than the old dark wood (and the old cabinets were falling apart which is why I replaced them and decided to make the change)
White and black exteriors, with interior colors limited to two: grey and gray.
20 years from now people will look at all that vertical batten-on-board siding, white painted brick (yeah, THAT'S a great idea, transform a maintenance-free exterior cladding to a maintenance-required exterior) grey countertops and grey floors and retch at how an entire population of homeowners could have lemming-like blindly followed that trend.
Painted brick can be pretty much maintenance free if the right products are used
And there are paints that work like stains to permeate the brick’s surface
Board/batten has place in certain styles but I think shiplap on interior is waining
Gray also is slowing down
But we are planning new house and builder is more production than custom
The options for white cabinets and countertops require you to upgrade—designed to take advantage of desire for white Shaker cabinets
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