Popular in the Northeast, Colonial style homes are one of the most recognizable home styles with its familiar rectangular shape and symmetry, outside and in. Created in the 1600s by colonists (hence the name) to be similar to the style of aristocratic homes back in Britain, the homes were simple to build and often made of wood, which was plentiful at the time.

Colonial style homes generally are two to three stories with pitched roofs with overlapping shingles and clapboard on the exterior walls to keep out New England’s inclement weather of snow and rain. The Colonial style home’s architecture is characterized by Continue reading →