As you can see, I could spend days looking at bungalow style homes online.
I've never lived in a bungalow. But it is on my bucket list. I don't know, they just seem warm and welcoming to me. I want my future home to look like a place you can go when you want to relax and feel right at home, and bungalows convey that feeling.
Some key traits of a bungalow are a deep covered front porch. The front door is usually pretty wide, made of a heavy dark wood, and has window panels at the top, just above eye level. They usually have a darker exterior, more earth tones than bright or loud colors. The inside is pretty distinct as well. There are usually large dark wood columns for support beams, lots of earth tones, and the windows are a particular style as well, usually large with dark trim and narrow panels along the edges. Here are some examples of the inside of a bungalow.
I also love beach houses. When I was younger, my grandparents had a timeshare at a beach house in cannon beach Oregon that we would go to fairly often. As a result, I developed a love for weathered siding and sand covered porches.
Beach houses have some similarities to bungalows and craftsman homes, but the biggest difference is the color scheme. Beach houses employ the white and distressed motif more often than not. Like a bungalow, beach houses have large covered porches. They use earth tones as well, but usually on the lighter end of the spectrum. They also tend to have a raised main level which means there are usually steps up to the porch or front door.
The interior of a beach house is what I like most about them. I love the distressed and antique look that can be so often found in beach houses. I also love wood paneled walls, which is also quite common in beach houses. There are usually doors to every interior room, and they are usually not painted so they have the natural freshly sanded look. Another common aspect is lots of big windows that usually have views of the beach. I also love the type of window that don't slide open but have the handle in the middle and open out. That's not super common in any type of home, but I still love them :) Here are some interior examples of beach houses.
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I love love love love love love LOVE looking at homes. It may be a really weird obsession, but I just love finding unique architecture and style (which is why I hate cookie cutter neighborhoods that are full of brick houses). I can't wait until I get to find my own home and decorate it however I want :) (I'm hoping I end up in the pacific north west because bungalows and beach houses are in abundance up there :D ).
Since I usually share something personal, I guess I should do that here :) The reason I love looking at homes is because I fantasize about my future family quite often. Will it be big? Small? What will my kids be like? Etc. I want my home to be the house in the neighborhood that all the kids love spending time at because it feels homey. I love the romanticism of bungalows and craftsman homes. I want my teenagers to have movie nights all the time because everyone always likes coming to our house because it is comfortable and welcoming. I will strive to make everyone feel at home in my house. That is something that has been a prominent characteristic of my home growing up. I have movie nights pretty often now and it's come to the point where everyone knows where the things they may need in the kitchen are, and they usually don't bother asking if they can go through our cabinets anymore, which is how I want it. I hope to be a stay at home mom that spends her days refurbishing old and well loved objects like desks and cabinets and lamps. I want my house to be full of successful pinterest projects, old window paneled doors turned and made into picture frames and coat racks, an old sewing machine table covered with old wallpaper and distressed to keep the vintage look, DIY projects galore. I just hope that one day my family can look back and say they had a home full of memories and joyous moments.
