By writing this title, I mean a house that the average American family can afford. In this case, I simply went to realtor.com and looked for houses within a 30 mile radius around me.

By the way, I searched for a long time because the photos are bad. Americans don’t really bother taking photos, since everyone roughly knows what’s inside. You'll still have to go and see.

In general, I have chosen a couple of houses with a cost of up to 200 thousand. And I will try to comment on what you will see in the pictures. Because such houses are even very familiar to me.

Here's a look at the house. 3 Bed 3 Bath, that is, 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with toilets. In the first photo, as the song says: “This will be the front, it’s called the façade.”

I've lived almost exactly like this before. So, I know the structure of the house well. On the right is a garage for 2 cars, and the garage is quite long and spacious. On the left is the entrance and small porch. A tiny front garden, by default the builders plant rose hips there. We go into the house:

On the left is the entrance door, immediately from it there is a staircase to the second floor. Directly you see the windows facing the front yard, that is, right in front of the house. In the first picture the same windows to the left of front door, got your bearings? There are two figurines hanging on the wall, just for beauty.

If we don’t stop in place and continue to stomp, we will reach the opposite wall of the house and exit through the glass sliding door to the backyard, that is, to backyard ik.

Our kitchen was made differently, and even on the right, not the left. Here is the same kitchen in more detail:

The refrigerator is a bit far from the stove. Not very convenient, we had it next to the stove. Here, above the stove, a microwave oven is attached to the wall - this is often done now. This also seems inconvenient to me, because it is simply dangerous to lower the hot stuff from above.

The stoves are now made with double ovens. That is, the lower one is large, and the upper one is slightly smaller, so as not to waste gas if you just need to stew one chicken. There is one oven here. There must be lighting above the stove and a hood with a fan at two speeds.

When renting out a house, as a rule, everything is already worth it, except for the refrigerator. Or maybe they’re already building in a refrigerator now. To the right of the sink is a dishwasher - dishwasher. The sink itself must have a built-in waste shredder - a disposal.

I stole this from another house, but that’s the point. Upstairs suspended ceilings, to the right and left there are long white doors - these are built-in storage rooms. Well, here workplace for a hacker it is shown as I see it. A pair of monitors for what else?

In general, I didn’t see anything in the basements: bars, game rooms, gyms, workshops. I show a piece of my basement in this video: Fizkult-Greetings from Doctor Vlad I’m not inserting it here so as not to take up space, just click on the link.

On the ground floor, in addition to the hall with the kitchen, there are two more rooms - on the left and on the right. Here is one of these rooms from the same house:

Here it is empty. You can leave it like that. I saw some people have a playroom for children. Let me note that it’s not the wires sticking out of the ceiling, but a standard chandelier like the one in the picture. It has a chain, meaning it can be raised or lowered. Either it is above the table, then they lower it. Or there is no table, then they lift it up so as not to bump heads. As long as I’ve lived, I bump into people like this all the time! 🙂

Often one of these side rooms has a fireplace, TV and armchairs. Now I'll steal the photo from somewhere else at their house.

Yes, here is a classic of the genre - a relaxation room with a fireplace, with a TV on the wall. From about the same house. There is also a sofa and comfortable, soft chairs. We've eaten, now we can sleep! All this is still on the first floor.

And here the fireplace is small. Pay attention to the ceiling - it is sloping. That is, there is a roof right on top, without an attic above this room. And two windows to look at the stars. In the last photo in the article you will see these windows on the left, right in the roof.

It's empty here now, but that's because the house is for sale. Of course, an appropriate environment is always created around the fireplace.

And in this picture there is already the second floor, that is, one of the bedrooms.

Most likely, this is the parent's bedroom, that is, the master bedroom. It is different in that it has its own toilet and bath. There is often a double sink there, so as not to quarrel in the morning.

The ceiling is also sloping, this is done to create more volume in the bedrooms. There's a fan with lights on top. Sometimes it is controlled by a remote control so you don’t have to get up and turn off the lights.

This is the master bedroom bathroom. Our toilet was around the corner and the bathtub was opposite. Well, maybe various subtleties. All toilets must have ventilation. Turns on next to the light.

But this is a children's bedroom. It was the former residents who decorated it this way. Of course, there are a million options. It depends on what kind of children you have. Americans always try to ensure that each child has his own room.

And a third bedroom. So, they took it and painted it in different colors. It is clear that this is also a children's bedroom.

Another small photo: the Landry Room, that is, the washing and drying machines. The author got greedy and apparently filmed it on his phone. And now I’ll steal from another house and glue them together.

You can see for yourself that the cars on the right are more modern. Both there and there you can see where the hot and cold water. The gas for the dryer is connected at the bottom. The left photo shows how washing machine stands on a pallet, under the pallet is a drain. This room is small, just behind the entrance from the garage.

Finally, look at the back of this house.

In our house the facade was exactly the same, but at the back both floors were full, covering the entire house. Apparently the bedrooms here are small. On the ground floor there is a small window for the kitchen. They always make him so small. There are no pictures of the garages, otherwise I would have posted them too.

I just figured it out, there’s a lot I haven’t talked about yet. Every room must have a smoke detector hanging on the wall or ceiling. And now they are obligated to display a CO indicator, that is, carbon monoxide.

This is the so-called carbon monoxide without color and smell, which is exactly what they “burn” if you close the stove too early. They are the ones who are poisoned. All these sensors howl terribly when my wife is cooking and something is on fire in the house. And they only fall silent if you ventilate everything thoroughly.

These indicators have another unpleasant property. When the battery starts to run low, they seem to beep. The best at night! You get up, pull the battery out of it and put a new one in in the morning.

I haven't turned up the lighting yet. It turned out well, right? There are a lot of switches in the house. The simplest example is that you entered the house, turned on the light, undressed and took off your shoes and went straight up to the second floor. There is a second switch there that can be used to turn off the light on the stairs. And there are plenty of such “paired” or even triple switches throughout the house.

In short, I'm wrapping up. Ask if anything is unclear. Here is a direct link to this house: 2461 Hearthstone Drive And here is another one on the second one, where I also took the pictures from: 1471 Hearthstone Drive As you can see, they are on the same street.

Both houses are from Hampshire, not far from me and from Chicago. The one I mainly talked about costs 190 thousand, the second 170. Approximately, because you can always bargain and come to an agreement.

P.S. And this is what a small apartment looks like, which can be obtained almost free of charge for people with little income.

The construction of frames came to us from America, where this technology predominates in low-rise construction. Its history comes from the very first colonies of settlements that appeared on these lands. It is not surprising that American projects frame houses so popular in our country. What are the features of this technology? We are all familiar with this style from the films we watch so often at home. Frame houses in American style differ simple forms, often have two floors, a veranda and a garage on the 1st floor. When locating a house on a plot, much attention is paid to landscaping and good lawn in front of the house. An unconditional attribute of this style is a well-groomed low fence. As you can understand, this style requires a large area of ​​land.

The internal layout of the house involves the construction of spacious and comfortable premises. The roof usually has a complex shape, being a decoration of the house. Often has “cuckoo birds”. Also modern American frame houses can have pitched roof with a large angle of inclination, complemented by a well-designed drainage system ( drainage system and snow guards)

The construction of houses based on a wooden frame has a number of features that affect both the layout and appearance Houses.

American style is a special chapter in architecture and design. He has a number characteristic features, which distinguish it from the rest. These features attract many, which is why American-style houses are increasingly being built in the CIS countries. They are many-sided and have a lot of advantages and disadvantages.

Let us consider in detail in the article what a typical American house. Layout and architecture of cottages, features interior decoration premises will be described below.

Where did it all start?

The American style, which we all know very well, originated from the old European one. Immigrants from England and Europe brought architectural trends from their countries, which took root in the United States for many years. Of course, everything has changed over time, but the origins are the projects of old European dwellings.

The architecture has such features as spaciousness, symmetry, numerous cascades of roofs, a large number of windows, columns and a minimum of relief details. Layout American houses, the photo of which is presented in the article, is characterized by the absence of a full-fledged hallway and the original location of the kitchen and dining areas. The main idea of ​​the premises is primarily convenience and comfort. Let's look at this in more detail.

Architectural features of American houses

The architecture of American cottages combines simplicity and intricacy. What are the cascades worth? gable roofs! There is often a spacious terrace around the perimeter of the house, and plenty of natural light comes in through numerous windows. By the way, shutters are also quite common.

American-style houses are usually light or pastel shades. And some elements (for example, a foundation or a chimney) are made of natural stone or sandstone. But most of all, the choice of materials from which houses are built and the appearance of buildings is influenced by the specific location of the house.

The weather is different in all states, and this also affects construction. For example, the terraces mentioned above are mandatory attributes of cottages located in the southern regions of America. In the northern regions of the country, houses with thick walls and basements. It follows from this that, although all the cottages belong to the American style, each has its own characteristics.

What is American planning?

As mentioned above, the American one promotes convenience and comfort. The first thing here is simplicity and freedom. Therefore, American houses are characterized by the absence of a full hallway and partitions between the dining area and living room. And this despite the fact that the American layout of the house initially assumes quite spacious premises. Not only the living room and dining room have a wide area, there is also a lot of space in the bathroom, kitchen, and children's room.

But, no matter how strange it may be, the American layout of the house only provides for one family to live in the cottage, and not several generations. Therefore, they most often have only two bedrooms: a master and a guest. And each house requires at least two exits: the front door and the backyard. Also, the entrance door can be located in other rooms on the first floor (for example, in a bedroom or office). There may be an entrance to the garage if it is attached to the house.

We must not forget about them. They are also included in the layout and are a mandatory attribute of every American-style home.

One-story cottages

American layout one-story houses amazes with its diversity. Quite often such cottages are made with a wide porch or veranda. There is no hallway in the usual sense. In the best case, the entrance will be fenced off from the rest of the premises with an arch or columns.

The dining area is usually connected to the kitchen or living room. Usually, one-story houses have two bedrooms and one children's room. The cottages also have space for three bathrooms and several dressing rooms.

Quite often, garages are attached to the house, so there must be an entrance to the parking lot, next to which there is a place for a laundry corner (washing and drying machines, ironing board, etc.). Usually it is placed behind the walls of a built-in closet.

Two-story cottages

Buildings with two floors are compact and occupy less area, therefore their number prevails over one-story cottages. The American layout usually looks like this.

On the ground floor there is a spacious kitchen, dining room and living room. All three rooms are often connected to each other. There is also a toilet, a storage room, and if the garage is attached to the house, then the entrance to it. There may also be an office and a guest bedroom here.

If the first floor is intended for receiving guests, then the second is completely the owner’s territory. There is a master bedroom, a children's room, bathrooms, and a dressing room. If the size of the room allows, another living room is often installed on the second floor.

Interior decoration

Wood is often used. The floor is covered with real parquet, and there are decorative beams, and the walls are finished with wooden panels.

Used in the bathroom traditional materials- tiles, tiles. In the kitchen, the floor is also covered with tiles, but the walls can be very diverse. It all depends on the features of the layout. For example, if the kitchen area is not separated from the dining room and living room, then everything is done in the same style.

In most rooms the walls are painted. As decorative elements friezes, moldings and panels are used. For the fireplace area, choose either wood or stone. Main principle American interior - everything should be harmonious and not irritate the eye.

Furniture

The layout of private American houses is not complete without providing space for furniture, and it takes up quite a lot of space. After all, the furniture in American cottages is large in size; it is customary to place it almost in the center of the room. But it is, as a rule, very soft and cozy. And this proves the principle of American style - convenience and coziness.

The rest of the furniture is no less bulky. Dining rooms in American homes are often decorated with tables and chests of drawers made from natural wood. The same principle is present in offices. But in bedrooms, among the furniture there is usually a bed with a massive headboard and a couple bedside tables. Sometimes you can find a chest of drawers, dressing table, pouf or armchair.

As a place for storage, the American house layout provides dressing rooms, which are located not only in the bedrooms, but throughout the house (for example, near the front door and in the kitchen).

Who is American suitable for?

Despite all its advantages, the described type of premises is not suitable for everyone. The layout of American-style homes involves frequent communication with family and friends. Therefore, it is recommended for people to build such cottages:

• active and sociable (large space and combined living and dining rooms encourage this);
• focused on family values ​​(a large number of dressing rooms allow you to store expensive things, and the interior is conducive to placing frames with cute photographs and various cozy accessories);
• those who love travel (remember cozy furniture, which is nice to sit in when returning home).

If you are more inclined towards a clear division into zones and love corridors, then such a layout will definitely not bring you joy.

The complex collective American style owes its origin to the multinational characteristics of the country. Eclecticism, a combination of Oriental, African and European features of decor and room arrangement, a combination fashion trends different eras and social groups create a single collective American style.

The American style is characterized by the neatness, presentability of Victorian England and the simplicity, functionality and naturalness of the interior of Africa.

In the photo there is a girl's bedroom in the attic in American country style with wood paneling and a forged chandelier. The decor is a floor lamp and a bedside lamp with a children's print.

American interior can be recognized by the following distinctive features:

• imitation of luxury and the use of plastic instead of wood, MDF instead of wood panels for finishing;
• lighting is created as economical and local as possible (sconce, floor lamp, desk lamp), central chandeliers are appropriate in the living room;
• organization of space and zoning using niches, partitions, through shelves; in one space there are zones of the kitchen and dining room, living room and hallway;
• The furniture is not located along the walls, but in the center.

The American interior is characterized by the dominance of natural colors: beige, brown, ocher, olive, white, burgundy. For the bedroom, shades of crimson or blue can be used. For American-style decor, the color of metal and gilding is suitable.

Varieties of style

American interior design can be divided into subcategories according to style features, which have developed due to geographical features.

American classic

American classics in the interior came along with the relocation Old England and aristocracy. What is important is the pairing of furniture, symmetry, light decoration, white fireplace, spacious armchairs, classic curtains. The lighting is divided into zones and turned on as needed.

On the picture classic example American interior in a private house with niches, an abundance of lamps, glass and furniture in english style.

Combines simplicity and sophistication, it is permissible to use a false fireplace, plastic panels, mixed textiles. Flexibility neoclassical style in an American interior makes it possible to combine modern achievements in construction and technology along with the classical rules of interior design.

Combines classic furniture arrangement, local lighting with modern form furnishings, loft lamps, bright and dark finishes along with exotic figurines, vases, paintings and interior items.

American country style is the basis rustic interior, is typical for him wood trim floors, walls, ceilings that are covered with varnish or paint, beam floor, plain walls or a floral pattern on wallpaper. A mandatory attribute is a fireplace in the living room and a leather sofa.

American-style apartment interior

Kitchen

The kitchen is done in light shades, porcelain stoneware trim for parquet, paint, panels, tiles. The set in American interiors is most often matte, straight or L-shaped.

On the picture corner kitchen in an American-style apartment in a stylish gray and white color with a black countertop and a tiled backsplash, which is laid out in a herringbone pattern.

Living room

The living room serves as a place for loud meetings, there is a large sofa, 2-4 armchairs, Coffee table, dresser. American living room interior is done in light color, suitable for finishing neutral wallpaper, laminate, white ceiling. For effect, furniture upholstery can be bright. The windows are not covered with curtains, revealing a large wooden frame, or they make do with straight curtains or Roman blinds.

The photo shows the interior of a small living room in light colors with a large floor lamp, carpet and niche shelves.

Bedroom

A bedroom in an American interior combines comfort and practicality. The furniture is made of dark wood, and the decoration and decor are selected in light colors.

The bed should be of a high classic shape, and there must be bedside tables and a chest of drawers. Wood or carpet is suitable for the floor. For decoration, panels with patterns and paintings, a triptych, a floor lamp, and fresh flowers are suitable.

Children's

An American-style children's room is distinguished by the arrangement of furniture not close to the wall, but in the center; shelving, high chests of drawers and shelves are located along the walls.

The furniture is selected in the English classic style with correct forms and functional rigor. The decor includes posters, stickers, many spotlights. For wall decoration choose paper wallpaper plain or floral design in pink or gray, blue.

Bathroom

The bathroom is paneled, decorated with mosaics and light paint.

The space is used rationally, so a shower stall is installed; a bathtub is suitable for medium-sized combined bathrooms. The decor includes towel holders, a mirror, lamps above it, simple faucets, flowers, glass jars.

Home interior

IN country house An American-style kitchen is most often combined with a dining room or living room, so it is important to equip high-quality ventilation and a hood. The set is matte with a wooden texture in light shades. An island set is chosen according to its shape, where a dishwasher and washing machine are built into the central table.

The photo shows an island kitchen in the interior of the house, which is distinguished by the restraint of colors and shapes of the furniture.

For the living room in an American home style will suit a fireplace that will remind you of family tradition and a hearth of comfort. IN spacious room You can install a pair of wicker chairs, a bookcase and shelving.

The American-style bathroom in the house surprises with a large area where the bathtub is installed on a podium, or in the middle of the room, and a full-size window with blinds.

Finishing

Walls

For walls, plaster, paneling, plain paint, and wallpaper are used.

Wallpaper is used paper or textile with printed, voluminous design, most often this is a floral design.

Flooring

The floor is usually covered with laminate or wooden board more often light or Brown. For living room or bedrooms will do Also large carpet with a plain or ethnic design.

Ceiling

The ceiling is finished with whitewash and paint with plain moldings around the perimeter. The colors are neutral and light. The ceiling in a country house is decorated with beams.

Doors

Doors are often combined with the color of the window and are not tied to the shade of the floor. There are both glass and wooden ones.

Features of choosing furniture

In the American style, there are features of furniture arrangement. It is placed in the center of the room, preference is given to large-sized furniture and from the same collection or in one color scheme with a coincidence of texture and design.

Furniture in an American interior should be comfortable and combine factory and handmade elements. In the living room it is important to have large sofa, chairs, coffee table, in the hallway there are banquettes, consoles, in the kitchen there are islands.

The photo shows a reception area in the hall with a low antique table and massive chairs, the decor is floor lamps and a gold cup.

Features of choosing curtains

Curtains are rarely used in American interiors, but preference is given to geometric patterns, curtains with large stripes, checkered patterns, and small floral patterns. Combine with carpet pattern or plain carpet.

Based on quality, mixed or natural fabrics are chosen for American interiors. Lambrequins and fringes are inappropriate; it is possible to use blinds or Roman blinds.

On the picture dinner Zone in the kitchen, translucent curtains with classic tassel tiebacks slightly cover wooden frames window.

Lighting and decor

Lighting

Lighting is used rationally, only the necessary part is illuminated large room. It combines modern and antique floor lamps, sconces, chandeliers, candelabra, candles, spotlights, forged and fabric lampshades.

Decor

Fresh flowers are used for decoration flower arrangements, photos, ceramic, metal and wooden figurines, stone products, paintings and posters.

The photo shows the interior of the living room with many floor lamps, photographs, decorative pillows, same-type paintings and ethnic plates.

Photo gallery

An American-style interior is characterized by the interweaving of modernity and classics with exoticism, maintaining the emptiness of space, and free arrangement of furniture. The popularity of American interior design is growing due to its versatility and the ability to replace expensive finishing materials with more budget-friendly ones. Below are photo examples of the use of American style in rooms for various functional purposes.

The bulk of American housing is cozy houses no more than two floors high. Projects of such cottages involve living in them big family under one roof, where large living rooms and kitchens are located on the first floors, and bedrooms and children's rooms on the second (remember the movie Home Alone;)).

The layout of American houses has features that can easily and quickly distinguish it from other types of residential buildings:

• wide porch;
• availability of equipped additional room in the attic;
• comfortable terraces for reading the newspaper and drinking morning coffee;
• tiled roofs;
• bay windows.

Modern projects adapted to our climate. Cottages are built according to frame technology which involves the use of dry lumber. Further wooden frame insulated and sheathed OSB boards. This is the simplest construction method that does not require the help of large construction crews. A garage for one or two family cars must be present. The house itself must have good sound insulation, while all finishing materials are exclusively natural.

The style of buildings made using this technology can be called recognizable, but the finishing of the facade, which the customer chooses independently, will help make them original and unique.

This construction technology makes it possible to implement any design ideas without the use of complex construction equipment. Despite the absence of the need to use expensive equipment, the cost of houses remains at a premium level due to the sale of original stylistic decisions and the use of high quality building materials.

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