Dennis Fletcher Design Studio LLC

06/18/2026

This week’s blog continues our American home design series with a closer look at Prairie Style homes.
Prairie Style design grew from the open landscapes of the Midwest, using low horizontal lines, broad roof overhangs, grouped windows, open interiors, and natural materials to create homes that feel grounded and connected to the land.
If you’ve ever wondered why some homes feel calm, balanced, and perfectly suited to their site, Prairie Style design offers a helpful lesson.

Explore Prairie Style homes, their Midwest roots, horizontal lines, open plans, and lasting influence on American residential design.

06/15/2026

This week’s blog looks at the shotgun house, a narrow Southern home type shaped by compact lots, warm climates, simple construction, and neighborhood life.
While the layout may seem unusual by today’s standards, the shotgun house offers valuable lessons about efficient space planning, front porch living, airflow, and designing for the realities of a specific site.
Read the full article to learn why this practical regional home type still matters in American residential design.
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Learn the history, layout, features, and current use of shotgun houses in New Orleans and other Southern communities.

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Thinking about building a home in a coastal or warm-climate region?
Lowcountry and Tidewater homes offer a great lesson in practical residential design. Their raised foundations, deep porches, broad roofs, and large windows were not just decorative choices. They developed in response to heat, humidity, rain, flooding concerns, and outdoor living.
This article explains how these regional home types developed, why their features matter, and how they continue to influence custom home design today.

Learn how Lowcountry and Tidewater homes use raised foundations, porches, shade, and ventilation for coastal Southern living.

06/10/2026

These types of buildings are what awoke my passion for building design.

06/04/2026

This week’s blog continues our June series on American home design types by region.
Cape Cod homes are often admired for their charm, but their simple shape, steep roof, compact plan, and modest details all came from practical New England needs.
In this article, I explain how Cape Cod homes developed, why their features matter, and how the style is still adapted for modern living.

Learn how Cape Cod homes developed in New England and why their steep roofs, compact forms, and simple details still influence homes today.

06/01/2026

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06/01/2026

New on the blog this Monday: A Homeowner’s Guide to American Home Design Types by Region
Before choosing a house style, it helps to understand why that style developed in the first place. This article explains how climate, landscape, materials, culture, and daily life shaped eight recognizable American home types—and what homeowners can learn from them today.

Learn how American home design types developed by region, climate, culture, materials, and the way people lived across the United States.

05/28/2026

Construction is exciting, but once the work begins, homeowners can unintentionally slow the process down by making late changes, visiting the site without permission, contacting subcontractors directly, or second-guessing decisions mid-build.
Your role during construction matters. The best way to help your project stay on track is to communicate through the right channels, respect the process, and make decisions before they become delays.
In this week’s blog post, we’re sharing what homeowners should not do during construction—and why these common mistakes can lead to extra costs, confusion, and schedule problems.
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Avoid common construction mistakes that can slow down your build, create confusion, increase costs, or put safety at risk. Here’s what homeowners should avoid once construction begins.

05/27/2026

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