Colonial Homes

Happy Friday my friends!
Hope you enjoyed the first of many
Christmas posts I have for 
this December.

Today's post is my 
Colonial Tree adaptation,
with candy canes, hooked houses,
stockings and hat boxes.

The original Colonial home

consisted of a two story home,

with one big room on each floor.

Besides the English Colonial home.
there was the Saltbox and the Cape Cod ones.

I always thought a true Colonial home

was the Saltbox.

Boy was I wrong.

 Colonial homes were influenced
by those who settled in the Colonies.

English, Georgian, French.

Mid-Atlantic, Dutch, Spanish and German.
Each brought their own twist to their homes.

English Colonial- 

traditional 2 story one room on each floor.

Georgian Colonial-

Brick with wood trim. 

French-

Heavy upright cedar logs set vertically

with double pitched roofs.

Mid- Atlantic-
Chose I-Plan homes in that letters shape.

Dutch-
Gambrel roofs with stone foundations.

Spanish-
White washed with lime mortar
and cooling porches.

German-
Half timber bank houses
built into hillsides.

Even log cabins in the 18th century
were not built the same as settlers
of the 19th century.
Swedish cabins were all the rage.
These were made from planed logs and stone.

If I could win the home of my dream...
it would still be a Saltbox one.

Which would be yours?

Colonial Home Blessings To All!
Janice