Houston design blogger (and Swamplot Neighborhood Guessing Game veteran) Joni Webb takes her readers on a tour of the many recent hôtels particuliers that line her daily café run. She explains West U’s new pseudo-Euro look:
When the rebuilding started, most people opted for red brick Georgian styled, two storied homes. Now, the trend is to build with stucco instead of red brick and French instead of Georgian.
Today, while driving to Starbucks and snapping photos of my favorite homes along my route, I noticed that I am very partial to the new, trendy kind of home: stucco, French inspired, with a straight facade.
After the jump: more wisteria and arched French doors, from Joni Webb’s West U Starbucks galerie!
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Photos: Joni Webb
Gus = thanks so much for the shout out! I so appreciate your continued support.
(now when do I get to officially win since I did win a few weeks ago, unofficially?????)
The picture of the last house – faux stone exterior, window covers – is an interesting one. Being on one of my bicycle routes, I watched it throughout construction. Walls are ICF, poured concrete. All the windows and doors have retraceable storm shutters (see link). I thought the owner might just be building a house to protect fine art or something, but given the frequency with which I see the shutters drawn, regardless of weather conditions, I’ve started to believe he may be a surviving relative of Howard Hughes.
http://www.icfconstructors.com/images/West_University.jpg