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Black Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Golden Pond Residence
Golden Pond Residence
Architectural Design StudioArchitectural Design Studio
Inspiration for a brown farmhouse two floor detached house in Phoenix with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
LAUREL HOME - MELROSE PLACE LOS ANGELES
LAUREL HOME - MELROSE PLACE LOS ANGELES
XID DESIGN & BUILD LLCXID DESIGN & BUILD LLC
Inspiration for a gey contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with a flat roof.
Crenshaw Residence
Crenshaw Residence
Jordan Iverson Signature HomesJordan Iverson Signature Homes
Modern home in the Pacific Northwest, located in Eugene, Oregon. Double car garage with a lot of windows for natural sunlight.
This is an example of a large and gey rustic two floor detached house in Portland with mixed cladding, a mixed material roof and a lean-to roof.
Boca Raton - Custom Home in Les Jardins
Boca Raton - Custom Home in Les Jardins
REH InteriorsREH Interiors
Inspiration for a white mediterranean two floor detached house in Miami with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Mid-Century Ranch Addition/Remodel
Mid-Century Ranch Addition/Remodel
Gregory Thomas, Architect, AKBD, CG&S Design-BuildGregory Thomas, Architect, AKBD, CG&S Design-Build
The view deck is cantilevered out over the back yard and toward the sunset view. (Landscaping is still being installed here.)
Brown midcentury two floor detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
BaySide Rd
BaySide Rd
BLU Interiors: Chelsea DunbarBLU Interiors: Chelsea Dunbar
Ryan Gamma
Medium sized and white modern two floor render detached house in Tampa with a flat roof.
Modern Farmhouse- Personal Residence
Modern Farmhouse- Personal Residence
Lolio ArchitectLolio Architect
Design ideas for a medium sized and white country two floor detached house in Philadelphia with a lean-to roof, a shingle roof and mixed cladding.
Rear extension view from garden
Rear extension view from garden
Neu ArchitectsNeu Architects
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary two floor rear house exterior in London with mixed cladding.
Exterior at Night
Exterior at Night
Mackin ArchitectsMackin Architects
The home’s second story is in the roofline of the Dutch roof, giving it an approachable scale. This with wrap around porches to enjoy to summer breezes and in addition to adding protected outdoor space, it adds a human scale. To give the home a timeless feeling the first floor is stone and the balance of the house is gray cedar shingles, to add the coastal touch. The diamond window panes and carved shutters adds to the classic style, on this historic street.
Jenks Hills
Jenks Hills
Stanton W. Espinosa Architects, LLC.Stanton W. Espinosa Architects, LLC.
Contractor: Rogers and Associates.
Inspiration for a large and white traditional two floor brick detached house in Other with a mixed material roof.
Vancouver Avenue Renovation
Vancouver Avenue Renovation
RR Chandler Design Build RenovateRR Chandler Design Build Renovate
Photo of a gey classic two floor detached house in Portland with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Coastal home - St Andrews
Coastal home - St Andrews
Langford Jones HomesLangford Jones Homes
Inspiration for a brown contemporary two floor detached house in Melbourne with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Martis Camp Mountain Contemporary
Martis Camp Mountain Contemporary
SANDBOXSANDBOX
Exterior view of the rear of the home at twilight. Photo by Vance Fox
Photo of a large and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a mixed material roof.
Sandunes
Sandunes
ARCO2 Architecture LtdARCO2 Architecture Ltd
Sustainable Build Cornwall, Architects Cornwall Photography by Daniel Scott
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary two floor detached house in Cornwall with stone cladding and a green roof.
１７回こころモデル
１７回こころモデル
アイデザインホーム　株式会社　岐阜支店アイデザインホーム　株式会社　岐阜支店
Black contemporary two floor detached house in Other with a flat roof.
Traditional Center Hall Colonial
Traditional Center Hall Colonial
Main Street Custom Homes & RemodelingMain Street Custom Homes & Remodeling
The perfect starter home for a growing family! As a young professional couple, the homeowners were looking for a place to start their lives together. This 4-bedroom, 2-1/2 bath center hall colonial with an eat-in kitchen, formal dinging room, living room and family room, offers the homeowners plenty of room for entertaining as well as space to accommodate future needs. A large back patio with built-in fire pit provides additional entertainment space for large gatherings or intimate get togethers.
Martis CAmp Lot 584
Martis CAmp Lot 584
Kelly & Stone ArchitectsKelly & Stone Architects
Vance Fox
Inspiration for a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival
Muse | Kirwan ArchitectsMuse | Kirwan Architects
Rear Facade with Additions Photo By: Erik Kvalsvik
Inspiration for a brown and medium sized classic two floor brick detached house in DC Metro with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Lakefront Glimmer
Lakefront Glimmer
AOME ArchitectsAOME Architects
Mike Jensen Photography
Inspiration for a gey and large traditional two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.
Parkshore
Parkshore
Grand Floridian Builders, Inc.Grand Floridian Builders, Inc.
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue coastal two floor house exterior in Miami with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.

Black Two Floor 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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