Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Ranch house and Three Car Garages

When I first learned about this sketchbook assignment, I decided the best manner to complete it was to get lost in suburban hell. As I live near a quasi-suburban area in Midtown, this was quite easy to accomplish. I remember starting out on Peachtree Battle, but the Peachtree this or the So-and-so's Mill that insured that I have absolutely no idea where the photos actually came from.




This photo is of a ranch house with a rather extensive gated lawn. I am unsure of when the house itself was built, but at one point, a three car garage was added. This puts construction or remodeling sometime in the late 1990s to the present time.


This house was right around the corner. It does not have a garage, only a car port. This is either a much older house or a very authentic modern construction. The house had working shutters and rocking chairs on the front porch. I plan on returning to the neighborhood this Christmas (should I find it again) to see if the different homeowners also have different style of decorating for the Holidays.
My final house was in an odd neighborhood. Each house looked very similar, but not in a planned way. Some had the same roof lines, other the same shutters. Three had similar entrances with the columns. I see this as an odd modified ranch house. It certainly matches the mish-mash of styles ranch houses adopt. Once again, I am hoping to run into this neighborhood again to see if there is individuality in Christmas decorating.

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