We are in the middle of renovating a house built in the late 1940s. Basement including two residential floors and a cold attic, a classic red log/wood house with white corners and trim. Pine staircases and a chimney going up right in the middle of the house.

I would gladly receive tips on what is considered typical for this type of house in terms of appearance. For example, it would look wrong with turn-of-the-century details.

For example, the window trims are just squares. In other houses, you can see how the vertical boards are longer or have some decorative elements in the top board.

What fits and what doesn’t?

I would gratefully receive tips or pictures of houses that are typical for the 40s/50s!
 
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It is difficult to answer generally. What is characteristic of the time varies from place to place.
So if you want it to be characteristic of the time, it is good to look at what is present in the local area.
 
Huddingebo Huddingebo said:
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Can highly recommend that book!
It includes many examples and many pictures with descriptive text.

In general, it is more restrained, although I myself would not call it straight up "funkis."
Generally high building quality.
Great with book recommendations! 👍yes, the house feels solid even though it has significant renovation needs.
 
O O said:
It's hard to answer generally. What is typical varies from place to place.
So if you want it to be typical, it's good to see what exists in the surrounding area.
Yes, of course. We don't live in a big city anyway, but in a village a few miles outside. There's not much older construction here. Most houses look like ours unless they are newer.
 
M mushypeas said:
Most houses look like ours
Then those are the ones you should take a closer look at to get the right style.
 
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