Traditional House
Although new ideas meant new designs in the postwar era, traditional styles never lost their popularity. The low-slung Regency-style house with its floor-to-ceiling windows, was especially well suited to comfortable one-story living. As always, Colonial style houses were in demand, especially reproductions of houses from Williamsburg, the restored capital of 18th-century Virginia that had been opened as the country’s first outdoor museum in 1926. All designs, of course, were freely updated for “modern” living. “If cooking’s going to be fun,” wrote one designer of a small traditional house in 1954, “we might as well make a family room out of the kitchen.” Three variations include the Regency Style House, the Williamsburg Style House, and the Colonial Style House. ()