Architectural Attraction, How to Choose Your Home Style

Lowell Custom Homes, Lake Geneva, WI., Scott Lowell, Lowell Management Services, Inc., Home Architecture, Craftsman. An impressive comeback is in progress for the Craftsman Style, which emerged in 1905 from the Arts and Crafts Movement. This style is characterized by modest yet meaningful carpentry details and the use of natural materials. It is uniquely American with a nostalgic reference to the home kits sold in pattern books and catalogs. Style Features • Wide porch with tapered columns on shingled, stone or brick piers • Low-pitched roof with exposed rafter tails • Emphasis on rustic qualities using natural and local materials Style Attraction • Relaxed atmosphere that encourages togetherness for families or entertaining • Organic quality with gentle transition between indoor and outdoor spaces • Open floorplans with built in niches for convenient storage