Roof Styles

Gable Roof- A roof with two sloping sides, forming a triangle at one or both ends.



Gambrel Roof- A roof with two angles of slope on each of the two sides, the lower slope steeper than the upper slope



Hip Roof- All four sides of this roof slope inward to meet at a peak, as here, or a ridge.



Saltbox Roof- A variation of the gable roof, originally created when a low lean-to addition was built onto the back wall of a house.



Mansard Roof-  All four sides of this roof have two slopes, the lower four steeper than the upper four.



Shed Roof- A simple, one-slope roof; also called a lean to roof.

Housing Life Cycle

This week in interior design we learned about the housing life cycle. The housing life cycle determines stages in your life from infancy to old age, there are 4 stages. The definition of housing is a structure built for people to live in, there are many different types of housing but we all need the 5 physical needs and 5 psychological needs. The 5 physical needs are shelter, sleep, food prep, storage, and safety. The psychological needs are love, belonging, privacy, creativity, identity.
The life cycle has 4 stages of life are age young adult around the age of 22, when you are graduating college and starting your work career and your own life. The next stage of life is called young families this around the age of 33 and this is when you buy your first house usually and start your family or have young kids. After that comes the stage called launching this is around the age 42 this is when your kids may be leaving for college. The last stage is called empty nester this is aroung the age 75 when you will be wanting to downsize and maybe move into an assisted living. Your housing choices relates to life cycle because of three things, family style, budget, lifestyle.

This is the type of housing you would most likely live in at the age of 22. It would fit my personal needs the best because I plan on going to a 4 year college so at the age of 22 i would just be getting ready to graduate, i wouldn't be making a ton of money yet, so I would most likely share an apartment with some friends. It would be located near my school and depending on how many people you want to live with you can get a 2 bedroom 3 or even a 4 bedroom apartment. Living in apartments is very realistic at this age because you just have yourself to worry about

This house would be a house for young families around the age of 33. At this age I would hope to be married and have my first kid so I wouldn't need to much space yet. I would be moving from the inner city to out in the suburbs and the location would depend on where jobs are located. This house would be realistic because it is smaller and would be the perfect fit for a young growing family like I would have at this time.





At the age of 42 I would have needed and upgrade because the kids would be bigger and we would need more space, we would be making more money so we could afford a more expensive house than when we started. At this age I would love to live on any lake, and have a lot of space not have very close neighbors. I think this would be realistic because you would have older kids they would be having friends over you and your husband will be making more money so you can afford it

At the age of 75 I would see myself living somewhere up north on a lake. I would want to live up north so my kids and grandchildren would have somewhere to come visit on weekends and summer vacation. It is very realistic because my grandparents are around 70 and they live on the lake in a 5 bedroom house so I think it would be better than living in an assisted living.






I have learned about the housing needs for all ages and I hope I can have these types of houses when I am older!

Interior design blogs are one of the newest most popular ways to find what designs and styles you like. I visited the top 100 interior design blogs to get an idea for current themes and trends around the world. I think interior designers chose to create blogs to show their ideas give and to show people what they can do and their styles. Its and easy way for interior designers to get clients and its easier for them to have their ideas shown instead of trying to explain and have them visualize it. I chose my top three favorite blogs. The first blog I chose is

 This is from a blog called fresh home. Today Freshome is the go-to destination for anyone who is passionate about design, architecture, luxury, travel, lifestyle, and creativity in the home. I chose Freshome becaue I love the idea of it looking like a cabin and being way out in nature on a lot of land. The four season porch that is all windows is something I would love, it can be your place to relax and look outside and enjoy the beauty of nature. The living room and kitchen being open is a great idea for people who love to entertain friends and family.

The next blog that I chose is called simpliefiedbee.com I chose this one because I love neutral colors and a simple clean look. I am obsessed with having fire places and the grey tones, This blog shows you not only cute designs but good ways to organize things and make it have a clean look.

 The finial blog i chose to look into is one called cococozy and it is designed by a guy named coco, he likes anything that has something to do with house and home. This blog provides lots of inspiration for people who want to design their home and for people who just love interior designing. I chose this one because again I like the neutral colors and that there isn't a lot of clutter it looks neat and clean and that is what I like. It would be an easy place to relax.

Out of all the blogs that i visited i would have to say that Fresh home was my favorite just because of how much nature was around the neutral color and there wasn't clutter of things and not many colors. The two trends that i saw most was the pops of colors things are very bright and colorful now and the other one that i saw was crazy stairs. A lot of blogs had hanging stairs that didn't look very stable!

Mood Board

Reflection

This week in interior design we learned about mood boards. Mood boards are a way for you to show your idea of things you like. It is a way for interior designers to show you what they have in mind for you also since visualizing can be hard finding items to show you and give you and idea is very helpful. The board I made really reflects my personality becaue I dont like a lot of color i find it to be overwhelming I like neutral calming colors. When I took the HGTV quiz it told me my style was classic casual which I thought was spot on. I created a bedroom that I would love to have because it would be a nice and easy place to relax. The total cost for my room was well over 4,000 dollars the three most expensive things were the wallpaper, the carpet, and the bed. I think that this website can be very helpful for individuals trying to design a room or interior designers to show their ideas to clients. It is an easy way to show what you like.