The Beauty of Craftsman Style Homes

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The Beauty of Craftsman Style Homes
Have you even noticed how rampant the impact of the Craftsmen style has become in film and TV?  It says so much about the lure of this particular redolent design.  It was a that was arguably the star of You, Me and Dupree, and Buffy (of vampire fame) also lived in one.  And so can you ...
From a cinematography perspective, The Craftsman home styles are perfect; being flat and wide (normally a single story or a lowset 2nd floor), modest and yet spectacular, with a welcoming front door often given a sense of splendour by the steps leading up to it.  Seeing that these houses are older, they also have a tendency to have a lot of foliage to shape the home.
Internally, the Craftsman style provides a decent environment too, with signature millwork, furniture and woodwork.
With it's beginnings in California, you could claim that the ratio of Craftsman homes in the Hollywood area has had a bearing, but there is very little question that this important style and understated sophistication has transcended the traditional one to one and a half storey dwelling and assisted to form many an American home.
As the adornment typical of 19th Century Victorian houses of the wealthy began to look a tad disproportionate, and industrialization was regarded as mass producing substandard merchandise, a far more sympathetic style of construction was developed that encouraged simple and easy honest architectural style.
It was "holistic" house design, long before that label even existed, with the emphasis on organic and local options (particularly timber and stone), a natural and rural appearance that merges in with and complements the surrounding scenery, and they were often bought as a pre cut pack to be built by community labour.
These were homes constructed by skilled craftsmen, with a focus on being functional, rather than ornate, and are perceived a symbol of family standards and the aspirations of the working class to create a better life for his family to live in peace.