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Brown House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Cartright Ranch | Contemporary Farmhouse
Cartright Ranch | Contemporary Farmhouse
Solitude HomesSolitude Homes
Inspiration for a brown and medium sized country two floor render detached house in Boise with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Thornview Retreat
Thornview Retreat
Spirit BuildersSpirit Builders
This is an example of a brown and large rustic detached house in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Residence McCall, Idaho
Custom Residence McCall, Idaho
Pacific West ConstructionPacific West Construction
Large and brown rustic detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Chauncey Knoll Residence
Chauncey Knoll Residence
Carlton EdwardsCarlton Edwards
Inspiration for a large and brown victorian two floor detached house in Charlotte with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
SHC - Series 23 - HM2
SHC - Series 23 - HM2
Reynolds Signature Home CollectionReynolds Signature Home Collection
Inspiration for a brown rustic two floor detached house in Atlanta with mixed cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.
Soaring Pines
Soaring Pines
Buchanan ConstructionBuchanan Construction
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
West Street View
West Street View
Krueger ArchitectsKrueger Architects
Ulimited Style Photography http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/49412194/list/patio-details-a-relaxing-front-yard-retreat-in-los-angeles
contemporary southside duplex
contemporary southside duplex
AXIS ProductionsAXIS Productions
Photo of a medium sized and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Minnetonka Modern
Minnetonka Modern
Turnquist DesignTurnquist Design
This is an example of a brown contemporary house exterior in Minneapolis.
日本の家
日本の家
伊佐ホームズ株式会社伊佐ホームズ株式会社

This is an example of a brown world-inspired two floor house exterior in Tokyo with a pitched roof.
Zen
Zen
Step One DesignStep One Design
Medium sized and brown contemporary bungalow detached house in Vancouver with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Rediker Resort
Rediker Resort
Quality Home Builders of ME, LLCQuality Home Builders of ME, LLC
Photo of a large and brown rustic detached house in Portland Maine with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mediterranean 461
Mediterranean 461
Soloway Designs Inc | Architecture + Interiors AIASoloway Designs Inc | Architecture + Interiors AIA
This is an example of a large and brown bungalow detached house in Phoenix with a flat roof, mixed cladding and a tiled roof.
Palouse Barn
Palouse Barn
Uptic StudiosUptic Studios
Shaun Cammack
Design ideas for a brown rural two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Sharp Residence
Sharp Residence
Valdez Architecture - InteriorsValdez Architecture - Interiors
This is an example of a medium sized and brown modern detached house in Phoenix with wood cladding, three floors and a flat roof.
Stony Point
Stony Point
Hays + Ewing Design StudioHays + Ewing Design Studio
Ample windows wash the interior with light during the day while turning the house into a lantern at night. Photo: Prakash Patel
Photo of a small and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Richmond with wood cladding.
Sunrise-Sunset House-custom home design
Sunrise-Sunset House-custom home design
square three architecture, incsquare three architecture, inc
Large and brown midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding.
Riverside Villa
Riverside Villa
atelier BORONSKIatelier BORONSKI
Kei Sugino
This is an example of a brown contemporary detached house in Kyoto with three floors, mixed cladding and a flat roof.
宝塚の住宅2
宝塚の住宅2
株式会社上町研究所株式会社上町研究所
平野和司
Inspiration for a brown and large contemporary house exterior in Other with three floors, a flat roof and mixed cladding.
Lower Hay Lake 1 Lakeside
Lower Hay Lake 1 Lakeside
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
Inspiration for a large and brown rustic detached house in Minneapolis with three floors, wood cladding, a shingle roof and a half-hip roof.

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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