House Dream Design 9

Located in an established neighborhood in the South-West Suburbs of Minneapolis, this home streamlines the forms of East-cost shingle style architecture, but stays true to its historical color and material pallets. It has a quite tradition exterior and interior design elements but the open floor plan was developed to allow owners to have contemporary living and entertaining lifestyle. The plan also promotes beautiful views and open circulation to the outdoors. Like most traditional house designs there is the touch of the luxury in the interior design. Big rooms which catch a lot of natural light and expensive surfaces like marble ones leaves a good impression on everybody who visits the house. {via}

#Contemporary Shingle Style House Design 1

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This sumptuous residence is one of those properties which come in mind when you think about luxury house designed in traditional style. Elegant architecture, dormer windows and ivy covered walls could attract attention of everybody who’ll take a look at it. The house features 6 bedrooms, 6 full bathrooms, and 2 half-baths at the more than 11000 square feets of living space. Besides that there are the sauna, pool cabana with kitchen, dedicated library with a fireplace, two powder rooms, fully customized office, family room with fireplace opens to the pool, tennis court, two garages for 7 cars, fitness area and other usual living spaces. Large outdoor entertainment area is decorated with colonnade of towering palm trees. {via}

#Sumptuous Traditional House 1

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Shingle style houses found in New England’s seaside resorts at the turn of the century inspired the design of this family vacation retreat. The house is overlooking a lake and is made of stone and wood cladding. Thanks to that and asymmetrical lines of its roof and walls blends naturally into the landscape. From a dramatic two-story dining room at its center, the plan curves gently toward the lake, affording light and panoramic views of the water to both wings of the home. As the exterior as the interior they both done with touches of luxury. {via}

#Shingle Style Family Vacation Retreat House 1

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