Renovating
The Coolest Cladding for Smart Exterior Walls
These fabulous homes are dressed to impress in cladding that comes in every colour, style and texture
Architects are leaving behind bricks and mortar and designing homes and extensions clad in sexy, versatile materials. From traditional wood to shimmering stainless steel, these exciting finishes add warmth, interest and originality to a property’s facade.
Take inspiration from these 10 fine examples, beautiful from the outside in.
Take inspiration from these 10 fine examples, beautiful from the outside in.
Fake it!
You don’t have to clad with wood to get a wood effect. This contemporary house has a fibre cement siding, which offers the texture and natural beauty of timber, but is more durable and requires no maintenance.
You don’t have to clad with wood to get a wood effect. This contemporary house has a fibre cement siding, which offers the texture and natural beauty of timber, but is more durable and requires no maintenance.
Pick a paint shade
Wooden cladding can be painted any colour that pleases your eye. This Californian home has been treated to an on-trend dark grey exterior punctuated with a zingy lime green door.
Wooden cladding can be painted any colour that pleases your eye. This Californian home has been treated to an on-trend dark grey exterior punctuated with a zingy lime green door.
Choose wood that weathers
The sweet chestnut cladding on this modernist house has weathered to a subtle grey. Its soft tones blend in beautifully with the property’s rural location.
See wood cladding indoors
The sweet chestnut cladding on this modernist house has weathered to a subtle grey. Its soft tones blend in beautifully with the property’s rural location.
See wood cladding indoors
Use cladding as an accent
This home in Cheshire uses cladding to bring depth and detail to its exterior. The garage door matches the rest of the random width cladding on the house and planters.
This home in Cheshire uses cladding to bring depth and detail to its exterior. The garage door matches the rest of the random width cladding on the house and planters.
Stick to one colour
This modern extension is finished with dark grey wooden cladding – repeated on the deck – and grey slate tiles for a coordinated look that softens the building’s sharp angles.
This modern extension is finished with dark grey wooden cladding – repeated on the deck – and grey slate tiles for a coordinated look that softens the building’s sharp angles.
Go mad for metal
A neglected 1960s house has been upcycled to look thoroughly modern. The stainless steel-clad walls reflect the sky and clouds, helping the building fit in with the landscape.
Check out ways to use metal in your garden
A neglected 1960s house has been upcycled to look thoroughly modern. The stainless steel-clad walls reflect the sky and clouds, helping the building fit in with the landscape.
Check out ways to use metal in your garden
Opt for monochrome
Black and white never go out of fashion. Here, black wooden cladding is inset in a white rendered and glazed wall, and the colour theme is picked up on the terrace, too.
Black and white never go out of fashion. Here, black wooden cladding is inset in a white rendered and glazed wall, and the colour theme is picked up on the terrace, too.
Think trad with a twist
Horizontal cladding painted white is a traditional exterior finish for homes in the US and UK alike, but it gets a contemporary kick when teamed with a brightly painted front door.
Horizontal cladding painted white is a traditional exterior finish for homes in the US and UK alike, but it gets a contemporary kick when teamed with a brightly painted front door.
Try a materials mash-up
Contrast textures and materials for exciting results. Here, warm wooden cladding adjoins a chunky stone wall, adding a welcome note of softness to the masonry.
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Contrast textures and materials for exciting results. Here, warm wooden cladding adjoins a chunky stone wall, adding a welcome note of softness to the masonry.
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Do you have exterior cladding? We would love to see a photo in the Comments below.
The striking black stained larch cladding used on the extension of this Victorian terraced house is arranged to form a corduroy pattern. Think long, thin vertical lines, last seen on your geography teacher’s blazer – but much more stylish!