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Blue House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Three Peak House
Three Peak House
Iguana Architects & Interior DesignIguana Architects & Interior Design
Completed renovation works
Contemporary house exterior in London.
Modern House Exterior
Modern House Exterior
This is an example of a modern rear house exterior in London.
Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
Wilmar
Wilmar
Fiddes ArchitectsFiddes Architects
Design ideas for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a grey roof.
Garage
Garage
OakwrightsOakwrights
This is an example of a farmhouse two floor detached house in West Midlands with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a red roof.
Miramar
Miramar
Sue Vaughton Photography & DesignSue Vaughton Photography & Design
Contemporary rear house exterior in Devon.
Coombe Project
Coombe Project
Mays PhotographyMays Photography
Contemporary house exterior in London.
River House - Riverside New Build in Oxfordshire
River House - Riverside New Build in Oxfordshire
HollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & LandscapesHollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & Landscapes
Modern new build overlooking the River Thames with oversized sliding glass facade for seamless indoor-outdoor living.
Photo of a large and white modern bungalow render detached house in Oxfordshire with a flat roof.
1930s Modernist Masterpiece
1930s Modernist Masterpiece
ABQ StudioABQ Studio
This is an example of a large contemporary house exterior in Sussex.
Autumn Decor & New England Road Trip
Autumn Decor & New England Road Trip
Rikki SnyderRikki Snyder
Rikki Snyder © 2015 Houzz
Photo of a house exterior in New York.
Plecker River Cabin on the Cow Pasture River
Plecker River Cabin on the Cow Pasture River
Country Mountain Homes LLCCountry Mountain Homes LLC
The Plecker Cowpasture River Cabin is a dilapidation rescue. That means the original antique structure was uninhabitable and required a complete restoration. We moved the white oak structure, which was built around 1810, nearly 60 miles from its original location in a country field to its current riverfront. Homeowner Tim Plecker designed and engineered the entire project. Country Mountain Homes strives to use as much of the original structure as possible. We used the original logs, upstairs floor, and even rescued the stone from the original fireplaces to use in the front rock retaining wall. The addition is a new post-and-beam structure housing the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom.
COASTAL LIVING HAMPTONS SHOWHOUSE
COASTAL LIVING HAMPTONS SHOWHOUSE
MarvinMarvin
2016 Coastal Living magazine's Hamptons Showhouse // Exterior view with pool
Inspiration for a large and white traditional house exterior in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof and three floors.
Victorian Estate
Victorian Estate
Arc Design GroupArc Design Group
This is an example of a large and blue victorian house exterior in Los Angeles.
San Carlos | Modern Farmhouse | Exterior
San Carlos | Modern Farmhouse | Exterior
Bay Builders & Remodeling, Inc.Bay Builders & Remodeling, Inc.
San Carlos, CA Modern Farmhouse - Designed & Built by Bay Builders in 2019.
Inspiration for a country house exterior in San Francisco.
TROPICAL MID CENTURY MODERN
TROPICAL MID CENTURY MODERN
UserUser
Darren Miles
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey modern bungalow render house exterior in Miami with a flat roof.
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.
Napa Valley Natural Pool
Napa Valley Natural Pool
ROCHE+ROCHE Landscape ArchitectureROCHE+ROCHE Landscape Architecture
This is an example of a contemporary house exterior in San Francisco.
Custom Elevated Home
Custom Elevated Home
Stono Construction LLCStono Construction LLC
Photograph by Keen Eye Marketing.
This is an example of a nautical house exterior in Charleston.
West Nyack - Modern Farmhouse
West Nyack - Modern Farmhouse
ROAM ArchitectureROAM Architecture
These new homeowners fell in love with this home's location and size, but weren't thrilled about it's dated exterior. They approached us with the idea of turning this 1980's contemporary home into a Modern Farmhouse aesthetic, complete with white board and batten siding, a new front porch addition, a new roof deck addition, as well as enlarging the current garage. New windows throughout, new metal roofing, exposed rafter tails and new siding throughout completed the exterior renovation.
Apollo's Ridge - 2021 Parade Home
Apollo's Ridge - 2021 Parade Home
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Inspiration for a large and white classic detached house in Salt Lake City with three floors, a hip roof and a tiled roof.

Blue 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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