Victorian colonial house

Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as…

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Happy Friday & happy Fourth of July! I hope that you all had a great week. Our week has been quite busy & a little crazy. We have had friends in from out of town all week staying with us {yay!} & now tonight we are in the middle of a hurricane here in NC. Say a little prayer that our power stays on! So far it's lots of wind and rain. A great night for netflix, cuddles, & cider. Tonight we have one of my lovely friends rehearsal dinner & tomorrow she is getting married.. excited for a fun

Of all the homes built during the Victorian era, the romantic Italianate style became the most popular. With their nearly-flat roofs, wide eaves, and massive brackets like those seen here, these homes suggested the romantic villas of Renaissance Italy. The Italianate style is also known as Tuscan, Lombard, or bracketed. Italianate architecture knew no class boundaries. The high square towers made the style a natural choice for upscale homes of the newly rich. However the brackets and other…

Zestimate® Home Value: $1,700,065. Meticulously renovated and restored. This beautiful home features gracious and warm living and entertaining spaces, eloquently combining historical details with today's lifestyle requirements, including newer systems, generous rooms, open kitchen/dining, wine cellar, game room. This much admired home is located in Melrose's Bellevue Country Club neighborhood and is within minutes to the T, shops, restaurants, arts and culture, golf, nature trails. Commute…