Housing Characteristics

Bay Window 
Projection from the side of a house into which
one or more windows are set.





Casement Window 
A window that opens by swinging inward or outward much like a door.
Casement windows are usually vertical in shape but are often grouped in bands.




Clapboard
Also known as weatherboard or siding. Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the
outer walls.used in Colonial style houses.



 Dormer
The setting for a vertical window in the roof. Called a gable dormer if it has
its own gable of shed dormer if a flat roof.  Most often found in upstairs bedroom




Eaves 
That portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.



Fanlight 
A semicircular or arched window above a door.




Palladian Window 
A three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.




Pediment 
A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches. A classical style.



Portico 
A large porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by classical columns.



Rafter 
A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. In most houses, rafters are visible only from the attic. In styles such as craftsman bungalows and some "rustic" contemporaries, they are exposed.



Sidelights
Windows on either side of a door.




Turret 
A small tower,often at the corner of a building. Common in Queen Anne styles among others. A turret is a smaller structure while tower begins at ground level

Roof Styles

Gable Roof 

A roof with two sloping sides,forming a triangle at

 one or both ends. 

Gambrel Roof 

A roof with two angles of slope on each of two sides, the lower 

slope steeper than the upper slope.

Hip Roof 

All four sides of this roof slope inward to meet at a peak, 

as here or a ridge.

Saltbox Roof 

A variation of the gable roof, originally created when a low lean-to 

addition was built onto the back wall of a house.

Mansard Roof 

All four sides of this roof have two slopes, the lower four

 steeper that the upper four.

Shed Roof 

A simple, one-slope roof;also called a lean-to roof.

Housing life cycle

This week in interior design we talked about housing life cycle,and the different physical and psychological needs you will need at a house at all the different ages and stages in your life.Some physical needs in a home are Shelter to protect you from and danger.Sleep, you need a good place to sleep nobody can run on no sleep. Food preparation is another essential you need a clean sanitary place too prepare food.Storage you need a storage place you don't want to keep all your stuff cluttered around your house. And the last one is safety you want a home that will provide you with safety and help protect you form someone wanting to hurt you or break in to your house.Psychological needs are privacy, you need privacy form people to do things in the comfort of your own home.Love and Belonging you need a place to put your belongings and be around the people and things that you love. Creativity,You want to have a place where you can be you and be creative in your own way. Identity,The space is yours to be you and find your self .

Apartment 

                      House at age 22 

At age 22 I will be in my senior year of collage and will want to live in  a apartment with friends or by myself.I think for school I will want to go to the U of M Duluth.  Finding an apartment there would be great.

House at age 33 
At age 33 I will be out of school and wanting to live in a starter home.And start a family and stay close to wherever my job is hopefully in Minnesota 

Starter home                        
                                                                                                        

House at age 42

 

Launching Home 

     At the age 42 I would hope to be in a bigger home to live in with my family. And have more space to live and be a family. Still living in Minnesota somewhere
House at age 75 

At age 75 I think I will want to move into a smaller house with not a lot of stairs.To be more comfortable to live in.And stay in Minnesota in a quiet neighborhood

Blogs

Today in interior design we took time to look at a bunch of interior design blogs . Interior designers use blogs to get your point of view and style across to the public. Design milk was one of my top three favorites. It was very modern and colorful.They were the winner of A' design award in 2013.The next one i visited was Houzz. This website had many different styles of many types of rooms and designs and color schemes.They gave great tips on how to make a room stick out or add more color of how to bring different vibes into the room.The last blog i visited was high fashion home this had many different layouts and styles based on your location and your colors. It had advice on how to make your space more unique.I would have to say my favorite blog was houzz i like the designs they used in all the different style homes and it was very my style. Two cool trends i saw when looking at the blogs were, mixing patterns with pillows and blankets and curtains another cool trend was blue and yellow to give the room a calmer feel.




design milk 

high fashion home 

houzz 

Mood board

This week in interior design we learned about a mood board. A mood is used a inspiration board it is an easy way to display you taste and idea for a room. Interior designers use mood boards to display their vision of a room to the client. On my HGTV quiz it said my style was romantic.Meaning elegant and relaxing appeals to the senses and creates a warm inviting feeling.I think my style is more modern,i like very simple furniture with lots of color in the decor. The total of my room was 10,809.93. In conclusion mood boards are an easy way to show your personal style to others. And are very helpful in an interior design career.