Nashville, Tennessee is as diverse in its homes as it is in its music and culture. There is no single style or architecture that captures the entire experience of living here. But there are some recognizable themes. Let’s explore a few:
Indoors & Outdoors
One of the most prominent themes in Nashville home remodeling is the idea of bringing the outdoors-in…or the indoors-out. The continuity of blending the beautiful Nashville landscape with the elegant and often classic indoor experience is an art and Nashville home owners have mastered it. Some of their projects include sun rooms, screen rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, over-sized patio spaces, open rooms, and elaborate garden structures of stone and brick.
Gardening
In keeping with the outdoor experience, Nashville home owners are also into gardening and backyard experiences. More and more residents are expanding their barbecue areas, adding outdoor fireplaces, retaining walls and extended patios and walkways. These outdoor projects are known as “hardscapes” since they turn the soft landscape into a more permanent part of the home through the use of stone, brick, and tile.
Simplification
A lot of Nashville residents are moving away from the traditional and bringing in a more modern style in their remodeling projects. Fewer built-in bookcases and cabinets, less furniture in general, clean lines and simple materials for floors and walls…these are the trends today in Nashville. But these improvements are always made with a touch of down-home Americans – a ceiling trim here or a pillar there…just to remind us where we come from.
In all, the Nashville home is changing only slightly, but in some of the most pleasant ways to slowly bring in some modern touches and connect us with nature and our roots.
The Nashville home is and always was a place of comfort and connection... connection to the outdoors, to our roots as Americans, and to each other. Our living spaces reflect this with large open rooms, indoor-outdoor spaces, grand barbecues and patios, and delicate touches of American Colonial style. There's a lot more than music in Nashville and our homes reflect this, while offering the simple comforts of the South
