Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OlegAlbinsky / Getty Images Cape Cod-style homes are timeless for a reason. Their symmetrical façade, steep roofs, and neutral ...

Few things are more synonymous with a traditional New England home than a garden full of hydrangeas, chic coastal decor, and the Cape Cod house, which was created by Puritan settlers who came to what ...

In its purest form, the word that best describes the Cape Cod is compact. The traditional versions of this home stand at a mere one-and-a-half stories, with the half snugly situated under the roof.

A close relative of the Colonial-style homes scattered across the East Coast and the South, Cape Cod houses were an economical answer to Americans' desires to be homeowners. With roots in the 17th ...

Designed by midcentury Bauhaus architects, these modest modernist marvels are empathetic to the whims of wilderness. “There isn’t really much of a barrier to the natural world when you’re in this ...

Whether it's a Cape Cod-style house, a Colonial Revival, or a Minimal Traditional, houses built in the 1940s will be graced by this kind of window.