19. Honor the History
What do you think about getting inspiration from historical assets? Notably, because you can have a home different from all the McMansions cookie cutters you see in America. If you are lucky to purchase an older home, please don't pull the guts right away and modernize things. You may have to do some research when planning a historic home. Browse photos of local real estate listings to see what original features are still intact from homes made during that period.
If you can find the names of architects of larger historic buildings in your local area, you can research that person's style. People will often take inspiration from more lavish homes in their local area and seek to make them more affordable. After a while, you will begin to learn the better details of local families, and you may want to simulate that yourself. This research can be fascinating and fantastic if you are trying to recover a historic asset.
