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Craftsman Wild Basin Ledge:
The Craftsman Bungalow is an all American housing style, but it has it’s spiritual roots in India. Native houses in the province of Bengal were called bangla or bangala. British colonists adapted these one-story thatch-roofed huts to use as summer homes. For their comfortable bangle, the British arranged dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms around central living rooms.
The first American house to be called a bungalow was designed in 187 9 by William Gibbons Preston. Built at Monument Beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the two-story house had the informal air of resort architecture. However, it did not express the true Bungaloid style.
The typical style incorporates, low-pitched roof, wide eaves with exposed rafters, decorative braces, porch with square columns, one or one and a half stories, and built in cabinets, shelves, and seating. Other typical styles incorporate stone chimneys, gabled dormers, and sloping foundations.
The Wild Basin Ledge home incorporates most all of these traits. The owner wanted to follow the traditional Craftsman Style Architecture and we tried to follow the style as close as possi ble. With the demand for fine trim woodwork that this house demanded, our trim carpenter spent an inordinate amount of time following the details needed to accomplish the final product. Perched on a high bluff overlooking a deep Texas canyon, this home meets all the needs and desires of the owners.
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