Roof Styles

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

Hipped 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 the house.

Mansard Roof: All four sides of this roof have two slopes, the lower four steeper than the upper four.

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

Housing Characteristics 

Bay Window- A set of two or more windows that protrude out from the wall. The window is moved away from the wall to provide more light and wider views.

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 Siding- Also known as weatherboard or siding. Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls. Used in Colonial style frame houses.

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

Eaves- That portion of the rood 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.

Palladian Window- A triangle crown used over doors, windows, or porches. A classical style.

Portico- A large porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by a classical columns or pillars

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 a tower begins at ground level.

Housing Life Cycles

This week in interior design we learned about the physical and physiological needs in housing. It determines what exactly we would want in a house. The physical needs a house needs to meet is shelter, sleep, food prep, storage, safety. The physiological needs a house needs to meet is privacy, identity, creativity, love and belonging. In this unit we also learned what a life cycle, its stages in life from infancy to old age. It relates to housing choices because you have to include family size, budget, and lifestyle. 

Age 22
 I chose a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment in St. Cloud for myself and another to live in. I decided I would have a roommate to decrease the rent cost sense I will still be attending school at St.Cloud State. Living in an apartment will help me save money, even though the apartment is a little smaller it will give me shelter, storage, a safe place to sleep and to prepare food in. I would also have a lot of privacy and I will be able to create it how I want it to look.

Age 33
 This house is perfect for myself when I first get married it has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. Its a townhome and perfect for starter family's. I would have my first kid here and later move to a big house that meets every physical and psychological needs for myself and the family. This house is very realistic and meets most of my physical and psychological needs. 












 Age 42

At this age I depict myself married for a couple years now and  into a home I can start a family in. It would have 3 bedrooms and include 2 bathrooms. Also my dream is to live in Hudson Wisconsin so I that's how I chose this house. This house would meet all my physical and psychological needs. For myself I would love to have a big backyard and this house meets that needs. This is my dream house.

Age 75
 At this age I would be retired and looking for somewhere to live that would be small and realistic for myself and my husband. I thought that a lake home would be perfect for us to be. Something small but can hold the kids and grandchildren. I would want somewhere that I would be happy and I could still do outdoors activities, this house accommodates all of my needs at the age of 75.


 I learned so much about how at different ages it effects the type of house you choose. All of my decisions are very realistic and that's how I see my future going exactly.

Top 100 Interior Designer's Blog

I visited a website that had the Top 100 Interior Design Blogs. I browsed through a lot of them and found the top three that was my style and that I am looking for in a home. Interior designers choose to have blogs to show their designs off and what there creative juices create. It helps other people choose what they like and they can go off of something to create in there home. They can also contact that designer for more ideas for their own house.

1. COCOCOZY

 This is an interior design blog owned by CoCo. He likes anything that has something to do with houses and homes. It provides a lot of inspiration for people who wish to design there home or just love interior design. I love this style its so comfy and clean but has sparks of color and items that make the room amazing. I die for this look and would totally love living in a home like this. I totally recommend to check out this blog and get some awesome inspiration from CoCo.  http://cococozy.com/



2. Yossawat

Yossawat is an AMAZING interior design blog. You can get so many great ideas for your home. With this blog you can choose which home inspires you, or which one you like, and it goes through the entire house for you. It goes through each room outside, inside, front porch and it also gives a blueprint of exactly how the house is layed out. This blog will inspire you no matter what because it has each persons taste, and they also go through what kind of house it is and what it all has in it. Go give this blog a visit, you wont regret it. http://www.yossawat.com/


3. Like Modern




Like Modern is a very accessible website. It goes by the top 10 ten furniture or the top 10 bathroom ideas for your home. Its very easy to browse and just get a feel for what you would like or enjoy in your home ! It gives you tons of ideas for different rooms in your home! Make sure you check this blog out ! http://blog.likemodern.com/

Out of these three blogs that I have dissected and given a visit the Yossawat is by far my favorite. It breaks down each house that you like to a T. I could defiantly spend hours on this website and figure out my whole home just from that one blog. I will defiantly use this blog in the future to design my own home, and I recommend the same for all that are reading.

Some of the trends I saw was that its very modern but they put a fun little twist with pops of color and different shape and patterns on furniture. They also like to hang fun chandeliers. Also another trend I notice was like "clutter" but in a fun neat clean way and I just love that. Because it doesn't look dirty at all its fun cute clutter and I enjoy that a lot.

In conclusion I loved visiting all of these blogs and getting to see other peoples taste. It gets your creative juices flowing and really wants you to design your own home. I found so many blogs that inspired me and I will be using some of these when I get to design my own home !

Mood Board

Mood board Assignment 1

This week in interior design we are learning about how our style reflects who we are and also how to create a mood board. A mood board is also known as an inspiration board, can be a great way to convey your design ideas. Interior designers use mood boards to show a homeowner what type of atmosphere the new décor will create. My mood board has pops of color with a grey to accent it. I use pops of colors because it portrays who I am, I can be so happy and energetic but also I can get down and upset easily and that can represent the grey accurately. I love the way the coral and blue go with each other it shows how easily I can get along with others. I have some random things on there that go with my personality as well. My grand total for the items that convey my personality is 14,626. In conclusion this board accurately demonstrates the person that I am and all of the little things I love!