We love to get the question "Can you make this change?" while we are designing your family's home. Yes, we can! In fact, we love to make custom changes. Our designers' goals are to pull the visions from our customers and create a plan that our team can build.
Some customers have dreams of a quaint farmhouse overlooking a beautiful garden, while others want a funky metropolitan lifestyle of a more contemporary home. Whatever the customers' vision, a design-and-build firm like Kurk Homes can capture it.
While categorizing homes into styles can lead to muddy waters (such as transitional that incorporates contemporary, traditional, and sometimes Mediterranean or craftsman elements), we've most frequently incorporated plans into the following eight design styles.
Here are our 8 most popular requested home design styles (in no particular order):
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SOUTHERN LIVING
While there is not one definitive style of home for Southern Living inspired plans, there are a few key components that allow the home to embrace its Southern flair. Incorporating plenty of natural light into the home, as well as a vast amount of front porch, back porch, breezeway and outdoor living spaces really set the tone for Southern Living plans.
While the exteriors are predominately James Hardie, the range of trim decoration can vary. As shown above, our very own Kurk Homes "Legacy Ranch" plan was selected to be a Southern Living plan, after the success of our Showcase Home in Texas Grand Ranch.
Take a tour of our Southern Living home here.
Southern Living Style Floor Plans:
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MODERN FARMHOUSE
There's something about white painted vertical board and batten that makes this style of home a real crowd pleaser. Probably one of the most requested plan styles we design is the modern farmhouse. Versatile, attractive, and if the majority of the home is James Hardie siding, it is lower in material cost than a stone, brick, or stucco home. If you're looking for hardiplank house plans, a modern farmhouse may be right for you.
Stemming from the roots of a farmhouse, the modern farmhouse is a sophisticated version of the classic design that effortlessly blends the rustic and the industrial. It takes the beautiful simplicity and cozy vibe of the traditional farmhouse and elevates it to fit contemporary living and needs.
The home featured above has a huge front porch and a rear patio, both elevated, taking advantage of outdoor living and the view of the property. When it comes to farmhouse roof styles, there are many options that can fit together on the same home such as standing metal seam metal roofing and designer shingles.
Take a virtual tour of our Timber Ridge home here.
Modern Farmhouse Style Floor Plans:
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TRANSITIONAL
The fusion of multiple styles into one home is referred to as "transitional". Many homeowners desire to merge their two favorites into one - we've most commonly combined contemporary and traditional styles together. This design blends the sometimes cold lines of contemporary with the ornate traditional, creating a new exterior that hosts the benefits of both without entirely checking either box.
Transitional Style Floor Plans:
RANCH
Maybe there's something about designing and building in Texas, but ranch styles are very prevalent for our homeowners with wide lots or acreage. The sprawling, typically one-story construction will usually be rectangular, though some prefer to build in a "L" or "U" shape, and has many architectural features of interest like window overhangs, decorative trusses, faux dormers, and gables.
Ranch style homes don't have to be just brick and hardiplank exteriors, we've seen brick and stone sometimes combined with James Hardie lap siding or stucco, as well as metal roofs and composite shingle roofs with metal roof accents.
Ranch Style Floor Plans:
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NEW AMERICAN
Another design that blends traditional with a modern farmhouse look is the New American. This design incorporates a large front porch, usually accented with bright white trim and railing, and symmetrical gables accented either with trim details as above or truss details. We love the mixture of materials - a metal accent roof over the porch combined with a composite shingle roof as well as cultured stone and board and batten James Hardie, too!
New American Style Floor Plans:
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(AMERICAN) TRADITIONAL
Traditional style homes are some of the most popular in the U.S. and are comprised of multiple styles, typically with symmetrical windows and simple rooflines.
American Traditional homes host an exterior of mainly brick, typically a reddish tone, sometimes with painted James Hardie lap siding on the rear or side elevations. Composite shingle roofs in darker colors in varying roof pitches are commonly seen, as well as an arched front entry.
Traditional Style Floor Plans:
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CRAFTSMAN
Also referred to as "Bungalows," the craftsman style home originated in the 19th century, and really became popular in the early 1900s as a kind of architectural revolt against the industrial era.
The highlights of the home became the intricate handcrafted details, natural elements added to the style, and decorative trim in contrasting paint or stained wood. Many older neighborhoods still have these full-of-charm homes, and newer homes are designed to incorporate that same antique appeal.
Craftsman style homes take advantage of horizontal lines and low-pitched triangular roofs that typically extend past the home’s exterior walls. Above, you can see the exposed beams incorporated in the roofline.
Craftsman Style Floor Plans:
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MEDITERRANEAN
Based off the architecture visible in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, Mediterranean homes feature an exterior combination of stucco and stone with the occasional tile roof, courtyards, and balconies.
Homeowners may want to add large wooden or iron doors with ornate detail and most of the homes have a low-pitch roof to a flat-roof style. If you're looking for a flat roof elevation plan, a mediterranean home might be for you.
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If you're ready to build on your lot, we're ready to start designing your dream home. With so many combinations of styles, textures, and colors to choose from, our team is sure to bring your vision to life. Contact us today to discuss building the custom home of your dreams.
So which style or combination would you choose for your home? Let's talk design!
Last updated May 17, 2022.
