Such a house is good for a young family in which there are (or will be) children and pets. The house is medium in size, but there is enough space for everyone. Each child has his own room. Such houses are in demand among buyers for whom the phrase "American home" is consonant with the "American Dream".
The first thing that catches your eye when you see a photo American home- a wide veranda with a neat fence. There are always several armchairs on the veranda, sometimes a table. Such a living room in the fresh air. And in front of the house there is a well-groomed lawn. This pleasant picture is the face of the whole house, as if saying "Welkam", hospitable people live here!
Such a house is most often two-story, on a low foundation. The front door is equipped with a wide porch (covered terrace) with a staircase. Mostly houses without architectural frills. White facade, dark shutters on the windows. Moreover, the shutters perform a purely decorative function. Sloping roof. A spacious garage is invariably attached to the house. A well-groomed lawn is required in front of the house.
The backyard is spacious if the size of the lot allows. Sometimes there is a pool in the backyard. If there is not enough space for the pool, then at least a barbecue lawn. Often there is a golf lawn or basketball court in the backyard.
The simple structure and design of the American home is rooted in its history. Not so long ago, cottages in America were built not for too long a service life. The outer walls are made of plywood, the inner walls are made of plasterboard. Causes:
Over time in frame construction technologies were introduced to combine the ease of construction with the strength of materials. For example, the use of self-supporting insulated panels, which we will talk about later. All this helped to become such houses not only economical housing, but also withstand the test of time and weather conditions.
There are several main styles American homes:
The layout of American homes involves a combination of comfort and practicality. Rooms for the whole family are a must here. At the same time, there is a place for everyone to retire. Each has its own bedroom. And often, its own bathroom with toilet.
You can get into the house not only through the front door. Most often, the ground floor has two or three entrance doors. Front door or front door made of pressed wood or MDF. A back door (often glass) leads to the backyard. The third door is to the workshop, through which you can go to the garage.
All auxiliary rooms are usually located on the ground floor. And the living rooms are on the second floor. So, on the ground floor there is a kitchen, living room, hall, dining room. Also on the ground floor one room can be set aside for an office. The basement will be equipped with a library, gym, bar or game room.
The bedrooms are located on the second floor. Sometimes children's rooms can be on the second floor, and the parents' bedroom is on the first. Each bedroom has a walk-in closet and, as already mentioned, a bathroom with a toilet. There is often a fan on the ceiling instead of a chandelier. And the lighting is arranged using spotlights or floor lamps.
Ancillary or work spaces:
The layout of a one-story American house is similar. Bedrooms are located in the part of the house farthest from the garage. Adjacent to the garage is a workshop, a laundry room, and sometimes a kitchen-dining room.
According to American technologies, they are being built frame houses that are easy to build and rebuild. The advantage of such technologies is the speed of construction of buildings. Of the main types of American home construction, the most popular are:
Modular housing construction. Buildings are built in the form of sections (modules). The projects of such American houses are of the same type. It is cheaper to assemble a house directly at the factory and transport it to the place with a special trailer-carrier. Often, these are mobile homes that have no foundation. The modular construction house can be assembled directly at the factory, but also on the construction site. While the foundation is being poured, sections of the house are mounted next to it. Factory assembly provides for built-in communications and even furniture.
Panel or panel house... The essence of the technology - the building is assembled from panels (shields, blocks) sewn onto a pre-built wooden frame... Various materials can be used as panels:
Decoration Materials:
The disadvantage of American wooden houses is an increased fire hazard. If the whole area consists of such houses, then everything can burn down. Therefore, houses are necessarily equipped with smoke detectors. Also, to reduce the fire hazard, OSB boards are treated with a fire retardant, which gives the material the quality of self-extinguishing.
If you are planning to build a house using American technologies, first of all, you need to choose high-quality panels. When buying panels, you must be one hundred percent sure that they are not made in an artisanal way. Make sure the manufacturing process is correct. Otherwise, the house you have built runs the risk of collapsing like a house of cards. The fire-prevention treatment of the slabs is also important.
The term for the construction of a frame-panel house is from one month to three. It is not difficult to choose a house project suitable for your individual conditions.
Construction stages:
The frame is assembled from a bar of 150 * 50 mm. Mineral wool is placed between the frame posts. Outer wall mounted from OSB. Then the horizontal lathing is mounted. Insulation is placed between the crate. If you use SIP panels or thermoblocks, then a horizontal crate with insulation can be omitted.
The horizontal lathing is covered with a vapor barrier membrane. And already on top of the membrane, a vertical crate is mounted for the external finishing material... A vapor-tight membrane is also installed on the inside of the frame. Then drywall.
Internal partitions can be mounted from a bar of 150 * 50 or 100 * 50 mm. Also, between the racks there is a mineral wool or other roll insulation. A membrane is attached to both sides of the frame. Then the unchanged drywall.
For finishing works everyone chooses materials to their taste. You can traditionally perform external cladding with siding, or you can use plaster. The interiors of American homes are also a matter of taste. Since America is a colonial territory, each nation created different interior styles in the same American cottages. Therefore, do not look for a standard, but give scope to your imagination.
Some consider frame houses unremarkable, unreasonable. Whether it's the case brickwork... Let's face it: American frame houses are not castles. However, most middle-class people would agree that the cost-effectiveness of building such houses is a big plus. After all, comfort is more important to the family than pretentious surroundings. But this does not mean that frame houses are gray and inconspicuous. Photos and videos of American houses made in different design styles - the best is proof.
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we figured it out in past messages. Now let's look at the layout of American homes.
In American homes, you almost never come across a hallway, or a corridor. Instead, all entrance doors lead directly to the living room or other living room. You can get into the house not only through the front door. Most often there are at least two or three front doors. Front door or front door. The back door (usually glass) leads to the backyard. The third door is to the garage. Sometimes the door to the outside can be found in the most unusual place, for example, in the toilet. This is explained quite simply - so that you can go to the toilet from the pool without going into the house.
When you ask an American about the size of a house, you almost always hear three parameters - the number of bedrooms, the number of bathrooms, and the total area. For example 3/2 1600 sq. ft. means that this is a house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a size of about 150 sq. m.
Private rooms
The interior space of American homes is divided into a private area and a public area. The private area includes, first of all, the bedrooms. Bedrooms are divided into the "master bedroom", and all other bedrooms. A separate bedroom is reserved for the parent couple and each adult member of the family. Children of the same sex, up to a certain age (12 years), can share one bedroom and then get their own. For example, a family of 4 will almost always live in a house with 3-4 bedrooms. There must be a window in the bedroom. If the room does not have a window, then it cannot be a bedroom. Also, almost always a bedroom should have a built-in wardrobe or storage room.
The master bedroom is the largest bedroom, it usually has a walk-in closet, or even two dressing rooms s, and almost always has its own separate bathroom with toilet and bath. In expensive houses, the bathroom in the master's room can be very sophisticated, with a jacuzzi, several washbasins, fancy showers, and so on.
The rest of the bedrooms usually have smaller wardrobes. The rest of the bedrooms may not have their own toilet and bathroom and may share one toilet / bathroom for 2 bedrooms.
For children's bathrooms, a fairly typical layout is washbasin> toilet> bathroom. Also, very often children's bathrooms have lower washbasins, toilets, and bathtubs.
Here's an example of a typical plan for an inexpensive American home. 
Sometimes there is a configuration where the toilet has two doors and can be accessed from two different bedrooms (this is called the Jack and Jill Bathroom). 
There is almost never a chandelier on the ceiling of a bedroom. Often there is a fan instead of a chandelier (with or without a lamp). And the main lighting in bedrooms, as a rule, is not very bright, and is arranged using spotlights or floor lamps.
Public rooms
If the house is two-story, then the private area is located on the second floor, and the first will be a public area - kitchen, living room, hall, dining room. If the house is one-story, then the public area will be in the center. Also, one room can be set aside for an office or library. The basement, if any, will be equipped as a library, gym, bar or game room.
The public area is usually not divided into separate rooms; instead, the entire space is open and divided only by arches, partitions, and shelving. The kitchen is most often separated from the dining room only by the bar counter or not at all separated in any way. For example, on this plan, the family room, dining room, living room and kitchen are practically combined into one space. It is worth remembering that in English language, the word room means both a room with 4 walls and just a place / space, so a dining room can be as a dining room or just a place for a table.
In addition, in the public area there is often half a bathroom. What is half a bathroom? This is a toilet with a washbasin for the hands so that guests do not go to the toilet through the bedrooms. 
A patio is not just welcome, it is considered a must. You can arrange a nursery there playground, a small garden, swimming pools are not uncommon, and there will almost always be a place for a barbecue.
Ancillary or work spaces:
Used for storing thingsA large number of built-in wardrobes, storage rooms, a basement and an attic equipped for storage, and a spacious garage attached to the house. The washing machine is installed not in the bathroom or in the kitchen, but in a special washing room. Sometimes they are parked in the garage. Linen can also be dried and ironed here.
Inside American homes, you almost never see wallpaper on the walls. Internal walls almost always painted with paint. Light and monochromatic walls dominate
It is worth mentioning separately interior doors... In addition to conventional hinged doors, American homes have a wide variety of other options:
1. Barn door, moves sideways on the rail. 
2. Folding doors are commonly used for dressing rooms and other utility rooms.
3. Sliding doors 
4. Pocket doors that go into the wall are also common. 
A few more different plans
American-style houses are considered one of the most demanded in Russia for the construction of suburban buildings. This is because such houses have been seen more than once in the movies, in pictures, and, possibly, with our own eyes. These houses, in addition to their visual appearance, differ in mass interesting features, which in our country are most often ignored.
In this article, using an example of a photo of an American-style house, we will tell you about all its features, origin and construction.
The American style was finally formed back in the 18th century, and this is considered not only an element of the taste of the developers of that time, but also the comfort of residents.
Americans feel much better in small private houses and believe that having their own independent territory is much better than being crowded in apartments. multi-storey buildings... In the United States, people live in families and it is not very convenient to settle from five to ten people in one apartment.
Also, the appearance of the style is based on religious principles. In Russia, people profess a completely different Christianity and do not think much about the design of their home, which is suitable for the design of the local church.
In the United States, people are used to being distant from others, since everyone shares their own views on religion and politics. This is a country of freedom of speech, so all people are different and you want to live separately from annoying neighbors, whom you constantly have to see at the entrance. In their opinion, only poor people live in apartments.
Today the American style has grown to its peak. Gradually improving, under the influence of changes in the world of technology, American homes have become even more interesting, comfortable and, in some cases, even non-volatile.
It is also worth noting that houses of this kind were built initially because of their environmentally friendly features, as well as the ability to buy those materials that are not produced in the country. Today this restriction has been lifted, but the inhabitants of the country still adhere to the classic version.
Before creating an American-style house project, everyone always thinks about what other advantages there are that they do not yet know?
In fact, there are much more of them than just beautiful appearance, interior, as well landscape design... The main features of an American-style home include the following:
American houses are perfectly symmetrical, which means that there is one flat, whole structure, which most often resembles the shape of a cube. Americans prefer to build houses not in width, but in height to a greater extent, since they do not always have the opportunity to stretch a house for most plot.
A competent ratio of the frame of the house to the site, as well as the proportional dimensions of the walls, are considered the most convenient option for housing today.
The main feature of the American house is its low rise. In general, it is not at all necessary to build houses with three floors, and a Russian resident knows this. No one wants to build high buildings, and then heat those rooms in which no one lives.
As a rule, the style consists in a favorable layout, where on the ground floor there is a connection to all communications, as well as a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, living room and offices for work, if necessary. On the second floor there are bedrooms, as well as rooms for personal use. One-story houses American style have fewer rooms and are not completed with cabinets.
As with any residential lot, American cottages also come with a garage. The only thing is that they most often have it attached to the main structure, but if necessary additional room is not available, it can be found at home and with a built-in garage.
In our country, people are accustomed to metal gates; Americans, in turn, prefer roller shutters or doors that open remotely.
American-style house planning is more complicated. In houses for large families, you can often find several bathrooms (on the first and second floors). It is easier, more convenient and if there is free space, you can use it for an additional bathroom.
Also, such a house can have two entrances - one is front door, and the second is "service", which leads to the courtyard. Americans like to divide the site into several small areas so that there is somewhere to roam, even if the site itself is small.
As a rule, in Western states not much territory is allocated for personal needs for ordinary citizens. That is why for centuries people have laid down that the territory needs to be zoned, which creates the effect of vastness.
On their plots, Americans prefer to perform beautiful landscaping rather than planting a number of vegetable crops. This must be taken into account when building a house, since a properly planned plot, even a small one, can look much more interesting.
A distinctive feature of the American house from the Russian one is also in the environmental friendliness of the finish. Today, more and more often, Russian owners have begun to decorate their premises with environmentally friendly materials, as they have become more affordable both in price and in quantity. Americans love cleanliness and pleasant fresh air, so the environmental friendliness of their homes was noticed hundreds of years ago.
As for the area around the house, various playgrounds are most often built here, terraces, verandas are attached, and a wide porch is made.
As a rule, in front of the entrance to the territory, a beautiful alley leads to the house, and the house itself is closely adjacent to the neighboring plot, separating its premises from the neighbour's. simple fence... American-style home design is all about simplicity and no unnecessary elegance.
Most often, the interior of the house in the American style is decorated in cream colors. For this, all suitable tiles are selected, as well as other materials that allow you to recreate classic style, which gives some flavor from the past.
In this matter, Americans are conservative and much less often you can find high-tech interiors or other options. You can often see various wooden structures that complement the interior well.
But the basis of the composition is lighting, which will make it possible to bring the whole idea to life. Over the past decades, energy-saving light bulbs have been installed in houses in lamps, but the plafonds must always give off a yellow light.
And yes, lamps are an important part of the decor. The more lamps and nightlights, the better. Vacation home in the American style can be done without unnecessary lighting.
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