colonial style
Early American aesthetic
Colonial style refers to architecture, furniture, and design imitating or inspired by the American colonial period (roughly 1600–1776).
The style features symmetry, simple lines, and traditional materials like brick and wood.
In architecture: shuttered windows, central doorways, columns.
In furniture: dark woods, turned legs, brass hardware.
They renovated the house in colonial style.
A colonial-style dining set.
- shuttersHinged window coverings
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- brick exteriorOuter wall of clay blocks
- dormer windowsWindowed structures projecting from rooftops
- Caribbean influencesTropical island cultural impact
pediment · pilasters · wainscoting · crown molding · plantation homes · wraparound porch · French colonialism · cornice · center hall · Spanish colonialism · chandeliers · four-poster beds · antique furniture · oriental rugs · brass fixtures · Williamsburg · historic district · cobblestone streets
- American ArchitectureCraftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod, Victorian
- home architectureranch, bungalow, Cape Cod, Victorian, Tudor
- rustic decorlog furniture, reclaimed wood, barnwood, barn doors, farmhouse sink
- suburban homessuburban home, tract home, tract housing, single-family home, single-family
- American decorAmericana, mid-century modern, arts and crafts, mountain lodge, coastal living
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
colonial stylemodern style
Current design sensibility
contemporary style · mid-century modern · Victorian style · International Style · modernist
colonial stylemodernism
Favoring contemporary approaches
minimalism · avant-garde · futurism · industrial style · contemporary design