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Picket Fence Homes and Picket Fence Designs

Picket Fence Designs shown in this Mansion with white picket fence

The above image shows a stunning suburban two storey mansion house in resplendent yellow with a beautifully neat white picket fence out front. It also has matching guard rails on the balconies and veranda that are in keeping with the front fence and gate.

A white picket fence not only performs the function of being a fence for setting up boundaries around a home or property, but it also has the added benefit of evoking emotions within people. You often hear people talk about wanting to settle for a cute cottage in the suburbs with a white picket fence, and this is because to most people it evokes a sense of cute, calmness when all is good with their lives.

The reality however, is that these days having enough land around your home to create or build a picket fence is rare, as many of us end up in apartments, or tiny blocks of lands in central city suburbs. The white picket fence has become the epitome of the country, or outer suburban lifestyle, where there are an abundance of trees, and lawns and plants.

The style of picket fence may vary, but the essence of a picket fence remains much the same, several well spaced posts of around 3 -4 feet in height, twin railing running between the posts and then the pickets attached to the railings usually with equal spacings in between. Some picket fences have pointed tops, others are flat, some even have graduated heights along the length of the fence (like in the image below). Whatever your preference, a picket fence, painted white, will look good and often add value and desirability to your home.

A stately large two storey white house with black shutters and an expansive large lawn area, a number of deciduous trees in the front yard is complete with its white picket fence.

This is a cute single level villa cottage in a small town in New Zealand with front picket fence.

A stunning long row of modern suburban townhouses all with white picket fences in front provides a visual feast. Simplistic in its style but very effective in enhancing the look and feel of the street

White clapboard house with a simple white front picket fence

This two storey summer house with its white front picket fence looks an absolute picture of desirability.

This three storey stunning tropical house invokes a relaxed feeling with its surrounding picket fence, palm trees and summery vibe.

A craftsman’s house that has a small white picket fence in front that helps to bring the house out and make it noticeable.

Beautiful Victorian style home with full street front white picket fence boundary

Classical Cape Cod style house with its street front white picket fence

Cute Victorian miner’s cottage in New Zealand with a front picket fence painted a cream color which offsets the blue of the cottage nicely

Classic house and yard surrounded by a white picket fence and lots of trees

Two story country home with a simple white picket fence with very thin pickets

An English style cottage with green roof and shutters and a white street front picket fence

House in a rural town with a designer white picket fence on its front boundary

Simple Victorian home in Ferndale, California with a white street front picket boundary fence which highlights the pink house color

Classic American colonial era wooden house with white front picket fence

Pretty two storey cottage in Perkins Cove, Maine with a picket fence style deck as well as a front street front ‘low height’ picket fence

Suburban high ranch house with white picket fence and gate with brick driveway

This suburban Cape Cod bungalow home with its picket fence covered to a degree with a front green bush hedge

Suburban middle class country bungalow cottage with a relatively tall white front picket fence

Two storey white house with dormer windows and front picket fence

Two story white framed home with partially painted front picket fence.

Cottage Garden Ideas

The above image shows this charming English style cottage set in a beautiful classic cottage garden with a white picket fence, an abundance of flowers and mature trees and a classic thatched roof giving the overall illusion of a fairy tale cottage. Just stunning.

According to “Wikipedia”, a Cottage Garden “is a distinct style of garden that uses an informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. English in origin, the cottage garden depends on grace and charm rather than grandeur and formal structure. Homely and functional gardens connected to working-class cottages go back several centuries, but their reinvention in stylised versions grew in 1870s England, in reaction to the more structured and rigorously maintained English estate gardens that used formal designs and mass plantings of brilliant greenhouse annuals.”

Cottage gardens are often thought of as an English thing, however they needn’t be, as the overall look can be achieved in many places around the world where the climate isn’t overly harsh. Cottage garden ideas often go hand in hand with English garden landscaping, but to create your very own cottage garden look, you really only need to adhere to the concept of informality.

By using informal climbing plants, self-sowing annuals and also ensuring there is a liberal spreading of perennials, all mixed with a number of trees will help to create a dense growth of plant life, that given time will resemble that highly desirable Cottage garden look that most people adore.

Traditional English honey golden brown stoned cottage with a colorful flowering front garden.

Stunning postcard view of an old English thatched cottage with an abundant and dense cottage garden

Quaint English cottage with a front cottage garden

Mature English cottage garden area with Chapel in the background

Idyllic English summer house with an extensive dense cottage garden

English country rose garden with sundial near pergola

This cottage has an extensive English garden of flowers, surrounding trees, bushes and is finished off with a pond

A beautiful cottage and pebble garden with a small hand turned well and a small seating area nearby

Cottage garden with wooden park style bench and daisies and flowers in containers

This cottage garden shows a seat situated on the lawn in a small clearing with a glasshouse in the background

This image show an English cottage garden in full flower

Colorful cottage garden amongst rockery landscaping in early spring

A beautiful lavender rich English cottage style garden with a dividing path walkway

Beautiful cottage garden scene with a little garden house, path and lots of flowers and trees

Older style traditional cottage with typical cottage style garden

A postcard view of an English cottage garden

A beautiful row of Cotswold country cottages with their cottage gardens in summer

Newton Tudor Remodelling Project, Massachusetts by Hacin and Associates

Newton Tudor Remodelling Project -Living room with grand fireplace

The Newton Tudor remodelling project showing the living room with a magnificently grand fireplace, co-ordinated colors and stunning selection of timeless furniture.

The remodel of this 1930’s Tudor style suburban home in Newton, Massachusetts re-imagines a traditional, compartmentalized layout into a more informal living arrangement for a young family moving to the suburbs from the city.

The project included a full architectural renovation throughout this four bedroom home, as well as the design of all interior finishes, furniture, and fixtures. Rooms in the renovated home open directly to one another, providing long visual and physical connections accentuated by the use of natural materials that echo throughout the house.

The materials lend a contemporary feel to the house while respecting its original historic-revival identity. Repetition, reinterpretation, and an emphasis on natural materials and hand-made craft inform the integrated architectural and interior design concept.

Color and material choices were based on a study of traditional Tudor architecture and design; furnishings, carpet, and decorative lighting were chosen with an emphasis on visible craft and casual family comfort.

Contrast stitching, tufted leather, and embroidered fabrics provide visual texture and a handmade feel to the new, contemporary pieces.

Modern interpretations of traditional patterning were selected for wallpaper and applied unconventionally throughout the house.

Entering the house, the downstairs foyer is flanked by a wall of limestone and an arched entry to the living room, one step down; the living room fireplace, made of a similar stone to the accent wall, can be seen across the space from the main entry.

Kitchen with Island, bench dining extension and timber cabinetry

View along length of kitchen breakfast dining area.

Study desk, bookshelf and a built-in window seat.

The limestone wall wraps into the family room and kitchen, becoming a backdrop for a mix of walnut and painted kitchen cabinetry, including a large window seat and family desk area.

The adjacent family room acts as a soft transition to the dining and living room areas beyond with muted pastel tones, round-edged forms, and textured upholstery stitching.

In the dining room, custom wood and wool fabric chairs with a mid-century aesthetic surround a white Saarinen table; the room also includes white wall paneling derived from the original Tudor interior and, on the ceiling, William Morris wallpaper acts as a backdrop to a netted pendant light.

A custom walnut wood panel system, including a built-in TV, covers one entire living room wall, accenting a Tudor-style arch and contrasting with the original fireplace.

Floating desk on living room timber wall.

The living room includes deep blue fabrics, woven plaid upholstered seating, a tufted leather ottoman, and a David Weeks floor lamp — a deliberate mix of rich textures and traditional design elements with modern line and form.

From the foyer, a new white oak stair with black steel balusters wraps past a new double-height window and up to a second floor landing which doubles as a play area and includes mid-century style furniture and a curated gallery of family photos.

Mid-century accents continue into the master bedroom where seating and side tables with clean lines are complemented by wall-coverings, found objects, and suspended lighting.

The master dressing room is covered in a modern toile wallpaper and has built-in millwork with stitched leather drawer and door pulls, continuing themes found throughout the home.

Project: Newton Tudor Residence
Architect & Interior Design: Hacin + Associates Architects
Category: Residential – Private

Location: Newton, Massachusetts
Size: 3,608 sf ft
Photographer: Michael Stavaridis
Completed: 2013

English Countryside Cottages and Houses

An ancient but quaint example of English countryside cottages in Lower Slaughter beside a river canal.

Old English countryside cottages and houses have stood the test of time. Crafted from old proven materials like stone, rock, and brick they were built often with spaciousness and decoration in mind, and hence why they are still just as desirable today as they probably were back in the day when they were built.

The English countryside is still the heart of life and culture for the British. Despite the fact that most Britons now reside in Cities and towns, there still remains for many of these people, the feeling that a countryside cottage offers something of an idyllic lifestyle and place where it is still possible to have a relaxed lifestyle. The weekends and holidays often see many Britons heading to their beautiful, diverse, and often easily accessible countrysides for some rest and relaxation.

Many parts of the British countryside offer areas full of historic sites, pretty villages, monuments, memorials, protected areas, pubs with tables in the garden, a true part of what still makes England what it is. We think you’ll enjoy this gallery of beautiful classical and traditional style English countryside houses. Perhaps you’ll even make a decision to take your very own tour there one day.

A traditional English cottage with classic English garden

A quaint thatched cottage in an English village.

Farm house and cottage in a field in the English countryside

Large English house and adjoining garage in the countryside

Classic style English countryside village cottage

Large British traditional farmhouse in the countryside near Swindon

English village countryside large expansive cottage

Cottage house alongside Stratford-Upon-Avon canal Warwickshire England

English brick house in the countryside

Panorama of a large luxury English countryside home

Country English village white cottage with thatched roof

Beautiful 18th Century triple storied grand Palladian villa in the English country

Beautiful old stone cottage with thatched roof in the village of Chipping Campden in England

Countryside English village two storied house

Traditional English country two storied brick cottage

Elegant old English country style house with outbuildings

Beautiful detached Georgian era house and garden in rural England

Traditional rural home with immaculate garden and pretty spring blossom tree

Beautiful country house with gardens in North Yorkshire, England

Ornate Lavender palace set in English countryside

English countryside mansion house with attached double garage

Stately English two storied country style house with front entrance gates

Imposing English countryside two storied brick house

English countryside village white house with thatched roof

Beautiful English village stately two storied house

Cute English village cottage with road appeal and personality

Exterior and garden of an expansive Victorian era English mansion

Old Victorian Style Homes (Photos of Victorian Houses)

Victorian Style Homes. The Painted Ladies Old Victorian Style Homes from San Francisco

These Painted Old Ladies of Victorian Style Homes from San Francisco definitely don’t seem to have lost any of their charm or appeal over the years. They look just as fantastic and desirable as they probably always have.

There is something magical about an old house from the Victorian era. Whether its the quality and the pride of the workmanship that happened all those years ago, or the quality of the simple materials that were available back then. These homes don’t seem to lose their appeal. In fact in real estate circles, you often here people say when looking for a house, that one of their essential wants is ‘character features’.

When compared to most of the modern ‘everyday’ houses of today, which often lack any personality, a character house from the Victorian era, would now be getting on to around 120-180 years old. And the fact that many of these houses were built from good old traditional materials, like brick, stone, timber and not much else, and they were built with common sense construction techniques, you usually end up with a house that will stand the test of time and assuming it has been well maintained over the years, will still look good today. Many modern homes are built with not much more than a 50 year lifespan, and from materials that were unheard of in the 1800’s.

We love Victorian houses, and have brought you a selection of these classic beauties from around the world, although most of them are from either England or the USA. If you love these house as well, then take a look through this gallery and don’t forget to share this page with your friends.

Victorian Brick houses of Muswell Hill built side to side and with a distant panorama of London

Typical traditional multi storeyed timber Victorian styled houses in a San Francisco Neighborhood.

Two Victorian era houses in San Francisco

View of a luxurious late Victorian era English town house with wrought iron entry gate and classic English style garden with lavender

This is an ornate well maintained two storey Victorian house in San Francisco

A beautiful old Victorian era house style in San Francisco with careful and intricate painting detail and colors

This is a large scale Victorian era cottage with fancy gable decorations and a balcony in Canada

The Classic Victorian era styled two storey house in England constructed from good old red brick and a concrete tiled pathway to the front door

Suburban Victorian style home with gable front of white and green and an appealing veranda that spans most of the house’s walls

An old Victorian single level Villa house set on a large block of land and surrounded by trees in Auckland, New Zealand

An old English village Victorian stone house with English garden and pathway

View and grounds of a large beautiful luxury styled elevated stone Victorian era detached house with wrought iron gate, stone wall fence and English garden

Historic multi storey well maintained Victorian house in San Francisco

Quaint old suburban Victorian attached houses in England painted vibrant colors

Beautiful old multi storeyed Victorian style house in California with many distinct ornate decorated fetures

Large English village Victorian styled country house with expansive grounds and well manicured bush lined pathway

Beautiful old English two storey stone Victorian era house

A classic old Victorian style home with ornate features and built with some architectural interest in San Francisco, California

Stunning stylish and classic well maintained multi level Victorian house in San Francisco

A rustic old multi level Victorian home in a country setting with interesting architectural features under an overcast sky

Idyllic rural English scene with an old Victorian cottage