Comments on: Home Sweet American Culture http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php Writings and musings on the latest web trends and life, advertising, design, fonts, and news from an avid and prolific web designer. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: admin http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-3066 admin Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:05:09 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-3066 I suspect the one shown is more of an extended covered entrance rather than a veranda. You'll find that Federal or Georgian colonial homes don't have front porches, typically, while more country or farm colonial (or even French) style homes have a front porch of some kind. Weather, obviously, is a big deciding factor in its presence. I suspect the one shown is more of an extended covered entrance rather than a veranda. You’ll find that Federal or Georgian colonial homes don’t have front porches, typically, while more country or farm colonial (or even French) style homes have a front porch of some kind. Weather, obviously, is a big deciding factor in its presence.

]]> By: Don Mac Rae http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-3065 Don Mac Rae Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:01:40 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-3065 As stated the Colonial style have fewer if any verandas. I suspect that the veranda shown is not original but was a later add-on. Comment would be appreciated on Colonials and porches. As stated the Colonial style have fewer if any verandas. I suspect that the veranda shown is not original but was a later
add-on. Comment would be appreciated on Colonials and porches.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-2228 Dawn Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:59:30 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-2228 As usual, some well-informed observations. As someone who's been looking for a home to rent (because even in this market, we can't afford to buy), I can say that even among rentals the Dream exists and to find a "perfect" home to play at owning is a major ordeal. As far as homes being too big - as the amount of land in suburbs fails to adequately display a family's wealth in the same way a country house on 100 acres would, the homes on the land must be proportionately bigger so as to attain the same prestige granted to land owners (and there is a difference between land owners and home owners, naturally). As usual, some well-informed observations. As someone who’s been looking for a home to rent (because even in this market, we can’t afford to buy), I can say that even among rentals the Dream exists and to find a “perfect” home to play at owning is a major ordeal.

As far as homes being too big - as the amount of land in suburbs fails to adequately display a family’s wealth in the same way a country house on 100 acres would, the homes on the land must be proportionately bigger so as to attain the same prestige granted to land owners (and there is a difference between land owners and home owners, naturally).

]]> By: Kit http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-2210 Kit Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:20:47 +0000 http://www.rioleo.org/home-sweet-american-culture.php#comment-2210 Strictly speaking, a turret projects from the outer wall of the building, and does not emerge from the foundation (at least in military architecture). Personally, I'm a fan of both, but I find Colonial interiors often speak to me more. Strictly speaking, a turret projects from the outer wall of the building, and does not emerge from the foundation (at least in military architecture). Personally, I’m a fan of both, but I find Colonial interiors often speak to me more.

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