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One of the more interesting developments in the building industry over the last 30 years or so is the rise of “mass customization.” This phenomenon raises the lowly tract house up to the level of a ...

The British don’t take vacations. Instead, they “go on holiday.” They’d probably appreciate the way this East Stroudsburg center-hall Colonial house for sale appears in these pictures, then, for as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. “The Colonial house is reinvented about every 100 years,” says ...

While house hunting, you may have come across a mention of a “saltbox” and wondered: What the heck is a saltbox house? Well, wonder no longer! Named for the shape of the container used to hold salt in ...

Grist Mill House, a modern colonial mansion overlooking a pond, is listed for sale at 200 Gristmill Lane in Great Neck. The 56,000 square-foot home was built in 1790 and rebuilt and expanded in 2010.

Colonial-style homes are something you've seen many times, even if you don't know what they're called. First built during the era between 1565 and 1783, Colonial homes were built by settlers from ...

FARGO-Dan and Nicole Schulz's pale yellow "modern colonial" house stands out-an easy accomplishment considering it's the only finished home in these 160 acres on the northwest corner of Veterans ...

The 1948 Colonial-style house that architect Andrea Zaff and her husband, Pierre Azoulay, purchased in 2010 was modest, and they liked it that way. The family gathers in the new kitchen with Pierre ...

One of the wallpaper designs inside the historic Nelson-Galt House began its life more than 300 years ago as a bed curtain, delicately hand-embroidered in England with birds, trees and other natural ...