6 Old House Features Making a Comeback in New Builds

6 Old House Features Old House Features Making a Comeback Making a Comeback in New Builds in New Builds

Post-pandemic, many families have shifting views and are moving back to divided living areas as more people work from home. Post-pandemic, many families have shifting views and are moving back to divided living areas as more people work from home. 1. Divided Living Areas 1. Divided Living Areas

This old house feature is making a comeback as homeowners look for more ways to organize the kitchen area. This old house feature is making a comeback as homeowners look for more ways to organize the kitchen area. 2. Butler’s Pantry 2. Butler’s Pantry

With more Americans looking to age-in-place, laundry chutes are once again showing up on lists of must-haves for new builds since they’re practical and can make life easier. With more Americans looking to age-in-place, laundry chutes are once again showing up on lists of must-haves for new builds since they’re practical and can make life easier. 3. Laundry Chute 3. Laundry Chute

New trends include plenty of variety in materials, including false ceilings, rafters, carvings, and wood. New trends include plenty of variety in materials, including false ceilings, rafters, carvings, and wood. 4. Ceilings With Texture 4. Ceilings With Texture

These porches originally were designed to beat the heat, as the screened windows allowed evening breezes to pass through, but fell out of favor as air conditioning became more common. These porches originally were designed to beat the heat, as the screened windows allowed evening breezes to pass through, but fell out of favor as air conditioning became more common. 5. Sleeping Porch 5. Sleeping Porch

They can be clear, colored, or come in various glass designs and add plenty of character to a home’s exterior, and some even offer a ventilation option. They can be clear, colored, or come in various glass designs and add plenty of character to a home’s exterior, and some even offer a ventilation option. 6. Transom Windows 6. Transom Windows

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