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Residential Homebuilding: Your Guide to Styles

When you’re considering building a residential home, the number of styles can be overwhelming! You may have always imagined yourself living in one particular style of home, only to find the layout and aesthetic do not meet your needs after all. At Dahl Custom Homes, we work with a variety of clients and specialize in several different elevation styles throughout Marion, Cedar Rapids, and the Iowa City Corridor.

Here, we will take a look at some of the most common and help explain them in detail.

Craftsman

The Craftsman style is one of the most iconic and well-loved out there. The style has been around since the beginning of the 20th century, and has withstood the test of time because of the design’s ability to blend it with its surroundings.

Some of the hallmarks of the Craftsman style are the low, broad proportions. This style also lacks a lot of ornamental detail short of the overhanging eaves, low-slung gabled roof, and the iconic wide front porch with tapered, pedestal columns.

Prairie

You may not immediately recognize the Prairie style by name, but you certainly will when you hear who fathered it. Does Frank Lloyd Wright ring any bells? This style continues to be widely popular throughout the Midwest, with sleek lines, low-pitched roofs and wide eaves.

Prairie homes are either boxy and symmetrical, or they can be low-slung and asymmetrical as well. Most of these homes are built with brick or clapboard, and hallmark details include one-story porches, rows of casement window, and floral or geometric details around the windows, doors or cornices.  

Ranch

The Ranch style has been around since the 1930s, but really rose to fame in the 1950s and 60s when homebuyers moved from city centers into the suburbs. Ranch homes were (and still are) ideal for larger lots with their sprawling one-story construction.

Often times, they are styled after Spanish Colonial, Prairie or Craftsman homes. Another feature is the built-in and attached garage, large picture windows, pitched roof, and sliding doors that usually lead to patios or gathering spaces.

Shingle

Sometimes referred to as “Cape Cod,” the Shingle style perhaps unsurprisingly got its name from cottages dotted along coastal towns in the Northeast during the late 19th century. This style is extremely popular throughout the country, with wide porches, asymmetrical lines, steeply pitched roof lines, plain doors and windows, and their hallmark, a continuous display of wood shingles.

The Shingle style is also sometimes referred to as the “Queen Anne” style as well, and both incorporate what look like towers, however, they are generally just part of the roof line.


At Dahl Custom Homes, we love working with our clients in designing the home of their dreams! If you are interested in learning more about custom homes in Marion, Cedar Rapids or the Iowa City Corridor, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you!

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