America's colonial period encompassed a number of housing types and styles. For more information about Colonial styles, see Cape Cod,...

It’s a feeling of pride in ownership, a way to let your personality shine on the blank canvases that are your walls. So naturally you...

Some of the first houses built in the United States were Cape Cods. The original colonial Cape Cod homes were shingle-sided, one-story...

These narrow, rectangular one and one-half story houses originated in California during the 1880s as a reaction to the elaborate...

Gable dormers have a gabled roof, with two sloping planes that meet at a central ridge. During the English Tudor period in the 16th...

Most people have no idea that their water heater is about to fail. But there are signs to watch for (and we’re not just talking about...

The 1925 Paris Exhibition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs launched the Art Deco style, which echoed the Machine Age with geometric...