Saltbox House

Salt Box And Rustic Houses

All about saltbox houses, find historic plans and blueprints for building your own salt box house, books, and pictures and videos of different houses, and even a section on salt box house B&B's, just in case you would like to take a relaxing vacation in one!

What Are Saltbox Houses?

Saltbox houses are called so because they look like old fashioned salt boxes. Generally a saltbox house is flat on 3 sides, with a large sloped roof on the back. The flat front of the house is to take advantage of as much sunlight as possible, and they are constructed most often in south facing positions.The design of a saltbox house is very versatile, you can find large and small examples, situated anywhere from farmland, to dinky houses perched huddling against cliffs.

Saltbox houses are a colonial style of house, found in a lot of folk art, and primitive art paintings. You can find many saltbox home decor items too, primitive style decor is very popular at the moment. These houses were called so because of their shape, but nowadays the term 'saltbox house' is used loosely for any rustic or primitive house, in the colonial style.