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Affordable Midcentury House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Warrandyte River House
Warrandyte River House
Adie Courtney ArchitectAdie Courtney Architect
Tatjana Plitt
Photo of a medium sized and white midcentury split-level concrete detached house in Melbourne with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
5406 Duval - Mid-Century Modern
5406 Duval - Mid-Century Modern
Carty Custom Builders, LLCCarty Custom Builders, LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and gey retro two floor detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
White Oak Houses
White Oak Houses
UserUser
Photo of a medium sized and gey retro bungalow detached house in Other with concrete fibreboard cladding, a lean-to roof and a shingle roof.
Kirkwood Mid-Century Renovation
Kirkwood Mid-Century Renovation
Studio LarkStudio Lark
Mid-Century renovation of a Ralph Fournier 1953 ranch house in suburban St. Louis. View of the reworked entry sided with horizontal shiplap Shou Sugi Ban siding and marine grade plywood soffits. Photo: ©Matt Marcinkowski
Mid-Century Modern North Beach
Mid-Century Modern North Beach
Asher Seaton HomesAsher Seaton Homes
Medium sized and beige midcentury bungalow detached house in Los Angeles with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mid-Century Ranch Exterior
Mid-Century Ranch Exterior
Angela Dechard DesignAngela Dechard Design
Medium sized and beige retro bungalow render house exterior in Portland with a hip roof.
Eichler Inspired Update
Eichler Inspired Update
UserUser
The new color scheme and landscaping.
This is an example of a large and brown midcentury bungalow house exterior in Albuquerque with wood cladding.
Red Door on an Eichler home
Red Door on an Eichler home
Jennifer A. Emmer/Feng Shui StyleJennifer A. Emmer/Feng Shui Style
There's nothing like a red door to punctuate an exterior. However, this is not a "one size fits all" Feng Shui fix. For example, if your door was in the East, you would be symbolically "burning up your health" by painting your door red, because the East is governed by the Wood element.
Mandeville
Mandeville
Lewis / Schoeplein architectsLewis / Schoeplein architects
Marisa Vitale Photography
Design ideas for a white midcentury bungalow render detached house in Los Angeles with a flat roof.
Burlingame Eichler
Burlingame Eichler
Thomas Sylvia | DesignerThomas Sylvia | Designer
Andrew Corpuz
This is an example of a medium sized retro house exterior in San Francisco.
Scordmagalia
Scordmagalia
Jeannette ArchitectsJeannette Architects
Jeff Jeannette, Jeannette Architects
Design ideas for a medium sized and white retro bungalow house exterior in Los Angeles with wood cladding.
Midcentury in Del Mar
Midcentury in Del Mar
Kimberley BryanKimberley Bryan
Kimberley Bryan
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey retro bungalow house exterior in Los Angeles.
Ranch Dressing
Ranch Dressing
Michael Ross Kersting Architecture, P.A.Michael Ross Kersting Architecture, P.A.
Renovation update and addition to a vintage 1960's suburban ranch house. Bauen Group - Contractor Rick Ricozzi - Photographer
Design ideas for a medium sized and white retro bungalow brick detached house in Other with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Midcentury Exterior
Midcentury Exterior
This is an example of a medium sized and beige retro two floor house exterior in New York with a flat roof and wood cladding.
Mid Century III - Entry Addition
Mid Century III - Entry Addition
Tali Hardonag ArchitectTali Hardonag Architect
Mountain View contemporary remodel. Photography: Mark Pinkerton vi360
Medium sized and gey midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Barton Hills Residence
Barton Hills Residence
Brett GrinkmeyerBrett Grinkmeyer
Medium sized and white retro two floor detached house in Austin with stone cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
5406 Duval - Mid-Century Modern
5406 Duval - Mid-Century Modern
Carty Custom Builders, LLCCarty Custom Builders, LLC
Secluded side yard
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey retro two floor detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Midcentury Kling Residence Renovation
Midcentury Kling Residence Renovation
k YODER design, LLCk YODER design, LLC
Landscape walls frame the exterior spaces that flank the breezeway connecting the house to the garage. © Jeffrey Totaro, photographer
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured retro bungalow house exterior in Philadelphia with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Rosita Road - Del Rey Oaks AFTER
Rosita Road - Del Rey Oaks AFTER
Hare ConstructionHare Construction
Ryan Rosene Photography
Photo of a retro bungalow house exterior in San Francisco.
Woodinville Pivot Site Design
Woodinville Pivot Site Design
Board & VellumBoard & Vellum
Photography by Meghan Montgomery
This is an example of a large and white midcentury detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.

Affordable Midcentury House Exterior Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the midcentury kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the midcentury exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant midcentury exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a midcentury makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best midcentury exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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