Vol. 2, No. 1
Summer 2009
- 1920s Living Rooms
- 1924 Southern Pine Homes
- Gallery of Interiors 1900 – 1920
Spring 2009
Winter 2008–09
Autumn 2008
Summer 2008
Summer 2009 at Antique Home & Style
Summertime ... and the living is easy?
Well,
maybe not so much. With an old house there is always something that needs
an update, a repair, or a replacement.
We had some ambitious projects slated for our spring home page, but as with most things, time got away from us. Sooo...
We've continued to collect many more images and successfully posted new catalogs by the Harris Brothers of Chicago (1918) and Standard Homes (1923). And we've continued to add to our Flickr collection. We have some new ideas for complete galleries of images, but that might take some time to organize. We'll complete the catalogs we intended to finish for Spring and look for new and interesting material to publish.
In the meantime, we've been enjoying researching one reader's old Ladies Home Journal bungalow ... at least that's the story. We'll see how that saga plays out. We've also found a new house catalog from Seattle by Hewitt Lea Funck (1915) that describes a town nicknamed Ladies Home Journal-ville because of the number of house plans used from the magazine.
Send us an email if you are looking for specific information on a subject near and dear to your heart. We'll do the research so you don't have to!
Mid Century Home Style
If you haven't already, check out Mid Century Home Style. Even though it focuses on the homes and interiors of the mid century, there's a lot you might be able to incorporate into your home. Colonial style, for example, spanned a full five decades before the Ranch and more modern styles pushed it into second place.
Interior Color Schemes
We've managed to collect quite a few interior color schemes from advertising and articles in a variety of publications such as Ladies Home Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, House & Garden, and House Beautiful. They span a period of about 35 years and illustrate some of the most common style interiors including Craftsman and Mission, Colonial, and some of the revival styles popular during the 1920s. Read more ...
1929 Home Builders Catalog
One of the largest plan books during the 1920s was the huge Home Builders
Catalog. Broken out into materials from roofing to kitchen sinks as well
as sections on planning and financing a home, it's a cornucopia of information.
Half the catalog are small house plans in every style including small Storybook
and European influenced styles. More ...
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