Dutch lap siding is a variant of clapboard siding and has been a popular exterior covering for homes since the late 1800s. When Dutch settlers established homes in the United States, they ...

Too much pressure will gouge wood siding and could crack windows, while insufficient pressure won’t get the job done. You can ...

This Connecticut country estate was built with attention to detail that harmonizes with the natural surroundings ...

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Historically, Cape Cod homes have incorporated clapboard or shake siding, but modern homes in this style have switched out that siding for board and batten. While contemporary homes vary wildly in ...

The late Jimmy Buffett's Palm Beach cottage, listed at $7.25 million, is under contract. Two other Buffett-family houses are ...

Very charming home built sometime mid to late 1800's, retaining the original wavy glass windows, heart pine floors and ...

This timber house in the Netherlands by Moke Architecten and landscape practice LA4Sale is topped with a greenhouse that has views of nearby lake IJmeer. The house itself is formed of two square ...

The update included a full refurbishment of the house's envelope, including replacing the roof, siding, doors and windows and removing an interior wall in the kitchen to create a more open living ...

The house was originally built on block piers and surfaced with wood clapboard siding. It is one of the oldest examples of so-called “frame vernacular” buildings in Palm Beach, and the ...

Many of the old dogtrot homes and clapboard houses can be found around the state. Common and less majestic, they are much more reminiscent of life in Arkansas than are plantations.