What are Colonial-style homes? Let's go over the history, the types of colonial homes from Georgian to Revival, and the dos and don'ts of decorating them.

K2 This Southern Colonial-style home in La Canada Flintridge was built in 1925 and remodeled and expanded in 1994 by Stamps & Stamps, a South Pasadena firm.

Courtesy of Lisa Clayborne Two-story pillars, symmetrical shuttered windows and white vinyl siding create a luxury home in the Southern colonial style.

They are variations of the Greek Revival style and have little, if anything, to tie them to genuine Southern Colonial architecture.

An elegant Southern Colonial exterior enhances this split-level home. At the end of a brick pathway, twin white pillars frame the main door between the symmetrical, multipaned, blue-shuttered ...

“Many of the Spanish Colonial homes in California were built in the 1920s, so Art Deco accents like big leather club chairs ...

A Southern Colonial Revival-style home at 142 Seaspray Ave. and a Mission Revival house at 315 Seaspray Ave. — both dating to the South Florida building boom of the 1920s — are each up for ...

The classic Southern Colonial style of the clubhouse would be mirrored by the award-winning reconstruction of this home named Juniper Hill and the two structures would be able to view each other ...

A century-old Southern Colonial-style house in Los Angeles that was featured in James Dean’s 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause” has come onto the market for $4.195 million.

A five-bedroom, 4,951-square-foot Southern Colonial-style house in North Barrington that actress Lauren Holly once owned was listed on Jan. 10 for $939,000. Holly, known for TV roles on shows like … ...

Academy Award-winning art director Cedric Gibbons, who in 1928 oversaw the design of the Oscar statuette, also dabbled in architecture, designing this Southern Colonial-style home bordering Santa ...