Battle of the Teens,

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Todays Battle,
Homes built in the teens.

Lets hear which you might choose, and how you would change them.

1.) 1919 Colonial



2.) 1911 Modernist Bungalow.

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The colonial for the lovely big open room; I'd put Art Deco furniture in it.

I thought bungalows were single-storey?

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

A lot about that house does not add up to bungalow, however, that was the description. In marketing, you can call it whatever you like. McMansion? Nope, just a small home with a little more room lol. Yikes!

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

From Wikipedia A bungalow is a type of building. Across the world, the meaning of the word bungalow varies. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow was popular after the First World War. In North America and the United Kingdom a bungalow today is a residential building, normally detached, which is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows (one-and-a-half stories).

When I was house shopping every house they called a bungalow had a second floor with sloped roofs. The second home does look like the roofs on the second floor slope, especially toward the back of the house.

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

#2 1911 Modernist Bungalow. I like the arched entry way. I like the flower boxes and how they work with the shape of the upstairs windows. I like the fencing with the gates and how it works into hedges. And I don't like the Great Room look in the first house.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

This is odd. Am I the only one who expects the interiors to be the other way around? I feel like the somewhat cozier living room in the second belongs more to the also cozier-looking first house, while that ostentatious parlor in the first seems more in line with what I would expect to find in the second.

In any case, I prefer the second, both in interior and exterior. I would only change the pattern on that armchair, but the rest is fine.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

It looks like the sofa is missing its seat cushions…?  Sit down and you sit down.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You are not alone in thinking that.

[hutchlover.livejournal.com]

Definitely the Colonial.

The 2nd id too plain outside (that's no bungalow), and has a screened in sun porch.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

At first glance that Modernist Bungalow looks like it's taken a direct hit.  Unfortunate use of ivy, what I mean to say.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Seconded, on the ivy.

[cheesygirl.livejournal.com]

Oooo, the Modernist bungalow for sure. I'd fill it up with things ranging from Edwardian Arts and Crafts to Art Deco to sleek Bauhaus. Gimme gimme!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

I'd go with #1, the colonial, though I far prefer the interior of the bungalow. I've just never been very fond of those big ol open room designs.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Gotta go for 2, cuz it's more interesting. I like those gates on either side, but, gotta say, it seems uninviting to visitors, with that big planter wall on the front. I'd replace that with a porch, and ---the architect would be pissed but--- I'd change that rounded rooflet over the front door to something squared. Take the squarishness and go with it, sez a real bungalow.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I like the look of the earlier home but the decorating in the second one. The prices are amazing!

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Yah, but the $64 question is, Which one is easier to deal with when you're rolling drunk?  I gotta go with the 1919 Colonial on that one - not only is the front door easier to find, but the interior is easier to navigate - you're not going to do a Dick van Dyke and take a header over some gawdawful heavy chunk of furniture.

[That famous opening to The Dick van Dyke Show was a comic pratfall, but it was Truth in Television - he was frequently blotto in those days and did actually fall over furniture on set.]

[memnet.livejournal.com]

They're both nice IMO, although I like the room in the modernist bungalow better than the room in the colonial. Great ceiling in the colonial though. Also love the entrance in the modernist, but also like the bay windows in the colonial.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

#2, definitely. And I would skip the ivy. Maybe paint it pale blue or something.

[ireflect.livejournal.com]

I wish they still built homes like this (not at the request of someone building their own home) lol

[bradygirl_12]

Both are pretty interesting. :)

I would have to go with the Colonial. It looks like a dollhouse I used to have! ;)

Hmm, the interior of No. 1 is pretty fancy but I could live with it. No. 2 looks more comfortable, though.

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

I'd go with #2, the modernist bungalow. It's unusual and I like that.

[hibiscusrose.livejournal.com]

I like the outside of #2, definitely--so long as it isn't stucco. 1 is fairly traditional and I wouldn't object to it, but I prefer an overhang for the front door, for protection (no matter how scant) from the elements, etc. However, the room shown for 1 has aspects that I really like, especially the fireplace.

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

The bungalow!