Ongwiseth also considered the fantastic Storybook design of the house in creating his design. As visitors will see, there is a sense of mystery and exploration as you walk from the front to the back.

Storybook style was born from the imaginations of Hollywood designers seeking to re-create medieval Europe ... “This was essentially the game that Doug and I had to play to spot storybook houses.

A Tour of 1930s-Era ’Storybook’ House in Los Angeles How Los Angeles-based design firm Nickey Kehoe modernized this stylistically eccentric home ...

Diary of a Worm. Written by Doreen Cronin • Storybook house design by Christopher Drown and Lauran Drown, of Bucrane Design Build, and Alicia Mendez, of Estella Mendez Art Company.

Besides designing houses with Hillen and other developers, he published a magazine, the Home Designer and Garden Beautiful, and books of home plans. He also sold house plans of his own design and ...

A lot has changed since the designers last decorated Kalpana’s place. Before, it was just her and her husband, Arun. Now, they were a family of four hoping to put their stamp on a house that was ...

A storybook cottage wants a palette of earthen tones — creams, browns, rusts and other colors that tie the house to the ground. But that doesn’t mean a storybook cottage shouldn’t have pinks ...

Local design teams bring ‘Storybook Houses’ to life. Local design teams bring ‘Storybook Houses’ to life. San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content.

This Storybook Style house was built around 1925 in State College, Pennsylvania. Its features include swayback rooflines, an arched entry and windows and a whimsical chimney, in stucco, brick and ...

With crooked timbers, cockeyed chimneys and details that range from medieval to mirthful, Storybook Style houses seem less like actual homes than Hollywood sets. As it turns out, that’s where ...

The Hlaffer-Courcier house built, in 1923 Los Angeles, probably was inspired by Harry Oliver’s Tam O’Shanter restaurant design. (Courtesy photo Douglas Keister) ...