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Black and Brown House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Log Cabin
Log Cabin
Interior Design Beth PhillipsInterior Design Beth Phillips
Photo of a brown rustic detached house in Kansas City with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Electric Avenue Residence
Electric Avenue Residence
Electric BoweryElectric Bowery
This renovation transformed a Venice bungalow that many thought to be a teardown into a bright and open cottage by the beach.
Inspiration for a small and brown contemporary house exterior in Los Angeles.
GUEMES ISLAND MODERN CABIN
GUEMES ISLAND MODERN CABIN
H2D Architecture + DesignH2D Architecture + Design
The Guemes Island cabin is designed with a SIPS roof and foundation built with ICF. The exterior walls are highly insulated to bring the home to a new passive house level of construction. The highly efficient exterior envelope of the home helps to reduce the amount of energy needed to heat and cool the home, thus creating a very comfortable environment in the home. Design by: H2D Architecture + Design www.h2darchitects.com Photos: Chad Coleman Photography
Rustic Lake Home
Rustic Lake Home
Mårka ArchitectureMårka Architecture
Lake House - Nisswa, MN
Large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Scandinavian Modern Exterior
Scandinavian Modern Exterior
10K Architecture10K Architecture
10K designed this new construction home for a family of four who relocated to a serene, tranquil, and heavily wooded lot in Shorewood. Careful siting of the home preserves existing trees, is sympathetic to existing topography and drainage of the site, and maximizes views from gathering spaces and bedrooms to the lake. Simple forms with a bold black exterior finish contrast the light and airy interior spaces and finishes. Sublime moments and connections to nature are created through the use of floor to ceiling windows, long axial sight lines through the house, skylights, a breezeway between buildings, and a variety of spaces for work, play, and relaxation.
A new home in the New York Suburbs
A new home in the New York Suburbs
UserUser
Design ideas for a large and black classic house exterior in New York with three floors and a pitched roof.
winter park mountain home
winter park mountain home
jennifer rhode designjennifer rhode design
This is an example of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Shagbark Residence
Shagbark Residence
Highland Builders LLCHighland Builders LLC
The large angled garage, double entry door, bay window and arches are the welcoming visuals to this exposed ranch. Exterior thin veneer stone, the James Hardie Timberbark siding and the Weather Wood shingles accented by the medium bronze metal roof and white trim windows are an eye appealing color combination. Impressive double transom entry door with overhead timbers and side by side double pillars. (Ryan Hainey)
Swannanoa Residence
Swannanoa Residence
Altura ArchitectsAltura Architects
Photography by Keith Isaacs
This is an example of a medium sized and black midcentury two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Vermont Modern Barn
Vermont Modern Barn
Joan Heaton ArchitectsJoan Heaton Architects
Jim Westphalen
This is an example of a medium sized and brown modern two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
San Carlos Mid-Century Modern Remodel
San Carlos Mid-Century Modern Remodel
Klopf ArchitectureKlopf Architecture
Mariko Reed
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown retro bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Edina Modern Scandinavian
Edina Modern Scandinavian
Charlie & Co. Design, LtdCharlie & Co. Design, Ltd
Spacecrafting Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized and black scandi two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
40 French Creek
40 French Creek
DRACODRACO
Photo of a brown and medium sized contemporary bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Plat Park Residence
Plat Park Residence
Pablo UndurragaPablo Undurraga
Single-family urban home with detached 3-car garage and accessory dwelling unit (ADU) above
Large and black contemporary two floor brick detached house in Denver with a hip roof, a tiled roof and a black roof.
Full Home Remodel | Boulder, CO
Full Home Remodel | Boulder, CO
PR Builders, Inc.PR Builders, Inc.
This is an example of a black modern brick detached house in Denver with a black roof.
winter park mountain home
winter park mountain home
jennifer rhode designjennifer rhode design
Photo of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a metal roof and a black roof.
Antiqued Elegance in Willowcreek Ranch
Antiqued Elegance in Willowcreek Ranch
By Design Interiors, Inc.By Design Interiors, Inc.
Front view of this custom French Country inspired home
This is an example of a large and brown two floor detached house in Houston with stone cladding, a shingle roof, a black roof and shingles.
Juban Parc - Fleetwood II A
Juban Parc - Fleetwood II A
DSLD HomesDSLD Homes
Welcome to Juban Parc! Our beautiful community is the answer to all of your dreams when building your new DSLD home. Our 3 to 4 bedroom homes include many amenities inside and out, such as 3cm granite countertops with undermount sinks, Birch cabinets with hardware, fully sodded lots with landscaping, and architectural 30-year shingles.
Modern Bungalow
Modern Bungalow
refuGe Design StudiorefuGe Design Studio
Inspiration for a medium sized and black modern bungalow brick house exterior in Houston with a lean-to roof, a shingle roof, a black roof and shiplap cladding.
1960's remodel - Japanese & Scandinavian style house
1960's remodel - Japanese & Scandinavian style house
Mark Hazeldine PhotographyMark Hazeldine Photography
Garden and rear facade of a 1960s remodelled and extended detached house in Japanese & Scandinavian style.
Photo of a medium sized and brown scandi two floor rear house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a flat roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.

Black and Brown 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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