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What Style is Your Home?
When it comes to cottage styles, variety is the name of the game. View cottages across the country to find out which one is right for you.
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Southwestern Adobe
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Characteristics:
An energy-efficient construction of clay, straw, and water helps the house stay cool in summer and warm in winter.
The simple form–often a small boxlike shape with a flat roof–references Native American pueblos and Spanish Colonial structures.
Warm natural materials, both interior and exterior, tie the cottage to the desert landscape and give it a hand-built feel.
Read About It:
The Small Adobe House by Agnesa Reeve (Gibbs Smith, 2001) $21.95; gibbs-smith.com
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