The colonial housing style is so ubiquitous in the United States; it has a continuing influence on how we live in this country. My home — and perhaps yours, too — finds its roots there. Dating back to the 1600's and prevalent even today, the colonial style is synonymous with American style: More

Diane Dorrans Saeks wrote that San Francisco is a "free thinking college student who fled to France to study life, literature, art and architecture, returned with a head full of European history" and settled in California. Though much is of European inspiration (it is the "Paris of the West," after all), San Francisco's signature style is as rich, unique and detailed as one of its famous Painted Ladies. More

Look in practically any room today, and you'll find some element that has its design origin ties to that high era of style, smoking and culture known as the Sixties. Sure TV's "Mad Men" has certainly had its impact on the recent style resurgence in today's interiors, but folks were going mad for 1960s style even before Don Draper started sipping whiskey at 10am in the morning. We delve into this decade to give you some of the reasons it became so popular, some of its characteristics and why we as society still love the look, over 50 years later. More

The surburban ranch house (or rambler) gets a pretty bad rap. For starters, there are just so many of them, a large number of which are bland and inoffensive at best. The ranch house has been called the "poor stepchild of American architecture," by Alan Hess of Architectural Digest. "Unpretentious, low-slung, cranked out like Big Macs by tract-house builders in the 1950s, it was America’s most widely built single family home its very success casting a spell that doomed it to invisibility."

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This month, Apartment Therapy is taking an in-depth look at homegrown American design and if you want to buy into the lore, then no summer in the U.S. is truly complete without a road trip. So, throughout July, we're featuring a series of suggested itineraries for design-centric domestic travels. Last week, we traveled through part of the Northeast; today, it's a section of the South. Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for some true style and hospitality... More

Home ownership has long been a central aspiration for Americans, but the shape, size, amenities, and general style of houses have changed considerably over the years. One thing is clear, though — we like our space. More

When I moved to Seattle from San Diego two years ago, locals told me that summers here made up for the rest of the crummy seasons. I believed them. Now I'm feeling betrayed. For every clear afternoon, there have been three days of clouds this summer. I've never missed beaches and surfers and sun more. This art reminds me of home. More

The 1940s were a tumultuous time. It is impossible to understand those years outside of the context of WWII. The war not only defined the decade but from a design perspective, split it virtually in half. During the first half of the decade, new design was halted, as supply shortages and rationing demanded that all available resources -- material and otherwise -- be directed towards the war effort... More

I don't know about you, but I love watching baseball games. What is less easy to love, though, is sporty decor, which becomes cheesy very quickly. Here are a few examples where America's pastime looks as good in your home as it can on the field. More