You can't go wrong with the classics! In fashion, a crisp white shirt or a little black dress are must-haves that you can depend on. The same is true with home designs. A colonial-style house is a ...

Discover the key features of this trending look and how it compares to traditional Colonial style. Among the top design styles last year, ‘modern Colonial’ ranked second, according to data on trending ...

One of the more interesting developments in the building industry over the last 30 years or so is the rise of “mass customization.” This phenomenon raises the lowly tract house up to the level of a ...

While house hunting, you may have come across a mention of a “saltbox” and wondered: What the heck is a saltbox house? Well, wonder no longer! Named for the shape of the container used to hold salt in ...

When historian Jon Butler looks at early America, he sees the lineaments of contemporary secular pluralism. In many respects, the unrestricted vistas of Butler’s home prairie offer an apt metaphor for ...

MANY of the spectres of modern civilization, supposedly banished by the Treaty of Versailles, have returned to stalk their old haunts. Of these, the question of colonial expansion is one of the latest ...

'Colonial Modern: Aesthetics of the Past, Rebellions of the Future' is a very timely look at the impact of Western Modernist architecture on the colonial and post-colonial countries of North Africa, ...