Show me a house with lots of steep-pitched gables, and I’ll show you some old house love.
Condition is irrelevant.
I fall just as hard for the ones losing the battle.
Maybe harder.
I have a friend who once told me she’d really wanted her custom-built home to have lots of gables—but her husband only saw their risk: Too many intersecting angles/valleys; too many potential leaks. And so she got her cookie-cutter house.
I don’t want a cookie-cutter house.
I want a Folk Victorian Farmhouse.
- one-story (though my heart skips a beat over the two-story beauties)
- big front porch
- bay window
- 2/2 double hung windows
- corbeled chimney
- decorative woodwork
- metal roof
- plenty of gables
And I want my NEW house to look OLD – and added-on over time.
Here she is!
What do you think?
Meets the criteria!
When it comes time, I’ll work directly with the carpenter to work out final trimwork details. 🙂
Until then, we’ll celebrate accomplishments and keep moving forward.
- Final elevation drawings ✓
- Soil mapping ✓
- Staking out the house ✓
- Septic permit
- Final blueprints (being printed)
- Building permit
- 911 address ✓
And for those of you who are wondering . . . we’re doing just fine, thank you, in our temporary housing. It’s amazing what we can live without.
Life is an adventure. Make the most of it!
Hi Susan! Love the house plan! I’m sure it will be so gorgeous with all your planning and attention to detail! I too wanted the built on look except my house is more the southern plantation style. I found a plan, customized with an architect as you are doing and we have loved our home for 15 years now! Good luck can’t wait to see the finished results!!