What obviously started out as a Craftsman style bungalow in the ‘teens or 1920’s now has now donned the apparel of a log cabin. Or something meant to convey the impression of a log cabin. Rounded wood siding is presumably intended to look like logs. The masonry porch piers survive unmolested and stand as testament to a previous aesthetic. Triangular knee braces also survive beneath the eaves, though stripped of original paint and stained to resemble the “logs”. The porch supports atop the masonry piers appear to have an unnecessarily complex composition; wouldn’t a real log cabin just use a tree trunk (log) to support the porch roof? Why stack up a bunch of short “logs” and bind them with corner boards? The massive fireplace chimney shrouded in flagstone… well, it just seems to fit with everything else.
A Craftsman bungalow trapped in the body of a “log cabin”.
Two trellises attempt to compensate for the loss of the front window.
Honestly, it’s a more authentic look than vinyl or bad EIFS stucco.
I agree. Anything is better than vinyl or any kind of EIFS stucco! I could accept the siding more easily had the windows not all been removed or replaced with small metal units. The house no longer retains its intended appearance and reads as more of a new house than an old one.
Yes, true on all counts.
So much work too. Someone really had to want that look badly.