Home Roofing Styles

Gable Roof: A roof with two sloping
sides, forming a triangle at one or
both ends.




Gambrel Roof: A roof with two
angles of slope on each of two the                                                         lower slope steeper then the upper.

 Hipped Roof: All four sides of this roof slope inward to meet at a ridge or peak.

                                                 Mansard Roof: All four sides of this                                                  roof have two slopes, the lower four                                                    steeper then the upper four.

 Saltbox Roof: A variation of the gable
roof, originally created when a low lean-to
addition was built onto the back wall of a house.

                                                          Shed Roof: A simple one slop                                                              roof; also called a lean-to roof.

The home i have selected for my stage of a launching family is a big 5 bedroom 5 bathroom house with plenty of room for a growing family. I would love to be able to fill my home with a lot of white and neutral looks. That way if i ever wanted to spice it up and add a pop of color i could without having to worry about matching colors with paint on the walls and what not!  I love the high vaulted ceilings and the dark wood.


My next stage would be empty nesting when all my children grow up and move away. I would move into a small apartment or assisted living home because there comes a point when caring for the lawn and having a huge house to do up keep on becomes to much. I would hope to live somewhere similar to this. Beautiful and peaceful.I would want to go somewhere warm like Georgia or Alabama because i really hate the cold and tink that being older it just becomes a hassle.

 This week in Interior Design we are learning about housing wants and needs at different stages of your life. About how someone at 22 and someone at 45 will have many differences such as going from living with a roommate to a family of your own!





I have decided that when i graduate i want to leave Minnesota for a few years and go stay somewhere like Florida. I would probably be living in an apartment or condo with a boyfriend and/or roommate. My personal needs would be satisfied with just a little 2 bed room and 2 bathroom home. Small but roomy i personally would want somewhere with a pool being that its always warm there and of course a gym because who doesn't love to work out?!?!






I hope to only stay away for a few years because i know already that i want to have a young family and to hopefully be thinking about marriage and kids by 23 or so! My next home i would be moving into would be my "starter home" as a newly wed and mother to maybe one or two children. I would hope to have a 4 bedroom 4 bathroom home because i hate to be packed in. Then we would always have extra room for friends and family to come and stay as well. I have a very big family and we are very close knit its always nice to know that there is somewhere for you to go or stay when you don't have anywhere else and i want my home to be that place for my family.

Something like this. Fun and spunky yet Not listed at a crazy price! Maybe even just to rent for a few years until we need to up size yet again.