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15 Saltbox Houses Worth Their Salt

Popular in 17th- and 18th-century America for its ability to accommodate large families, the saltbox house features a catslide roof that extends below the eaves, creating one story that juts out on the back of the home and two or more on the front. The genius of the design is that any ordinary colonial home could be quickly and affordably upgraded to a saltbox simply by adding a leaning rafter to the rear. Specimens of this type of residence still stand to this day. Scroll through to see…

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The view from the west reveals the shape of the saltbox roof. Saltbox Roof, Saltbox House Plans, Salt Box House, Saltbox Houses, Shed Building Plans, Porch Roof, Cedar Siding, Sunset Light, Passive Solar
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Massachusetts Owner-Builders Complete a Superinsulated Home - GreenBuildingAdvisor

The superinsulated home that I designed and built for my family of three in Greenfield, Massachusetts has been comfortable for the entire year and serves as an example of successful design for our climate. We moved in to our new home in February 2012. Modest in size, our home measures 26 feet by 32 feet and has 1,500 square feet of living space, with two full floors plus a partial third floor tucked into the slopes of the cathedral ceiling. In order to decrease the overall volume while…

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It is a Colonial style of architecture which originated in New England. Saltboxes are frame houses with two stories in front and one in back, having a pitched roof with unequal sides, being short and high in front and long and low in back. The front of the house is flat and the rear roof line is steeply sloped. American Colonial Architecture, Patio Screen Enclosure, Nantucket Beach House, England Architecture, Salt Box House, Saltbox House, Saltbox Houses, Box House, Modern Architects
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Salt Box Roof

It is a Colonial style of architecture which originated in New England. Saltboxes are frame houses with two stories in front and one in back, having a pitched roof with unequal sides, being short and high in front and long and low in back. The front of the house is flat and the rear roof line is steeply sloped.

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Home Office: Color Dilemma

The exterior colour of Victoria Hagan's New England home inspires my office colour palette (Photo: Country Living) * Remember my office? It needs your help. I finally replaced the rug with an ivory wool, neutral rug (which I love) from Ikea. The rug is called Havbro. But now I want to paint the bookcase and the small dresser to match each other. I just can't decide what colour to use! The walls will remain this pretty medium blue, a colour called Scribe from General Paint. The ugly mouldings…

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