Craftsman Home Styles

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Craftsman Home Styles
Perhaps you have seen how prevalent the power of the Craftsmen style is on TV and film?  It says a lot for the charm of the evocative design and style.  A was probably the headliner of You, Me and Dupree, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer lived in one too.  And you can to ...
From a filming standpoint, Craftsmen homes are ideal; being wide and flat (usually a single floor or a low-set second story), humble and yet impressive, with a friendly entrance frequently given a feel of grandeur by the stairs leading up to it.  Because these homes are more mature, they also tend to have lots of vegetation to frame the house.
Inside, the Craftsman style home gives you a good background too, with trademark millwork, home furnishings and bookcases.
With it's origins in California, you could potentially argue that the prevalence of Craftsman property in the Hollywood neighborhood has had a impact, but there's little doubt that this influential design and subtle elegance has transcended the classic 1-1½ storey home and helped to shape many an American residence.
As the ornamentation common of 19th Century Victorian-era homes of the rich started to look somewhat excessive, and industrialization was considered as mass-producing inferior goods, a more harmonic type of architecture was formulated that inspired simple trustworthy design.
It was "organic" home design, well before that term even existed, with it's importance on natural and localized materials (especially wood and stone), a all natural and rustic look that blends in with and balances the nearby landscape, and they were frequently purchased as a pre cut package to be constructed by local crews.
These were houses built by experienced craftsmen, with an emphasis on being sensible, rather than lavish, and is seen a expression of family principles and the ambition of the working man to build a more attractive life for his family to live in comfort.