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Maine beach house
Maine beach house
CL Design & Landscape LLCCL Design & Landscape LLC
The front of this property was a morphed vegetation of bittersweet, honeysuckle, rose, and weeds. The homeowner wished to reconstruct the original landscape which claimed a ledge area and none of the current plant material which required constant pruning to keep under control and to maintain a neat appearance.
Custom Log Home with Stone
Custom Log Home with Stone
StoneMill Log & Timber HomesStoneMill Log & Timber Homes
A unique feature of this log & stone home is the stone stair tower or silo. The large detached wooden garage features a workshop area and a potting room both with lots of windows for natural light.
Racing Beach
Racing Beach
Cataldo Custom Builders, Inc.Cataldo Custom Builders, Inc.
Aerial Advantage
Expansive and brown traditional two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Turkey Land Cove
Turkey Land Cove
Colonial Reproductions, Inc.Colonial Reproductions, Inc.
Photo of a brown nautical two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.
Southampton beach house
Southampton beach house
UserUser
Large and brown coastal two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Best of Spring 2019
Best of Spring 2019
Charleston Home + Design MagCharleston Home + Design Mag
Photo of a brown bungalow detached house in Charleston with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Lake House
Lake House
Studio R ArchitectureStudio R Architecture
Photo of a large and brown nautical detached house in Chicago with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a mixed material roof.
Cape Cod Inspired Residence
Cape Cod Inspired Residence
Williams Partnership: ArchitectureWilliams Partnership: Architecture
Inspiration for a brown nautical two floor detached house in Birmingham with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Brainerd Lakes Shingle Style
Brainerd Lakes Shingle Style
John Kraemer & SonsJohn Kraemer & Sons
Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architecture: Murphy & Co. Design | Interiors: Engler Studio | Photography: Corey Gaffer
This is an example of a large and brown coastal two floor detached house in Minneapolis with mixed cladding, a shingle roof and a mansard roof.
Hamptons 1
Hamptons 1
J. Costantin Architecture, LLC.J. Costantin Architecture, LLC.
Design ideas for an expansive and brown nautical detached house in New York with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Vintage Getaway
Vintage Getaway
Kevin Browne ArchitectureKevin Browne Architecture
Jack Michaud Photography
Photo of a brown and large nautical two floor house exterior in Portland Maine with a mansard roof and wood cladding.
Баня из оцилидрованного бревна "Супонево"
Баня из оцилидрованного бревна "Супонево"
Деревянный ДомДеревянный Дом
Design ideas for a small and brown two floor detached house in Moscow with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Town Line
Town Line
John Laffey ArchitectJohn Laffey Architect
Inspiration for a brown beach style two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Surbiton House Rear Extension
Surbiton House Rear Extension
VORBILD ArchitectureVORBILD Architecture
Photo by Chris Snook
Medium sized and brown contemporary brick semi-detached house in London with three floors, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
New Home Construction
New Home Construction
Wellisch Architect LLCWellisch Architect LLC
This is an example of a large and brown rural two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
West Falmouth Residence
West Falmouth Residence
C.H. Newton Builders, IncC.H. Newton Builders, Inc
Brian Vanden Brink
Photo of a large and brown classic house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Custom Home Builder
Custom Home Builder
Fairview Custom HomesFairview Custom Homes
Joseph Teplitz of Press1Photos, LLC
Large and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Sliding Barn & Glass Doors
Sliding Barn & Glass Doors
Carolina TimberworksCarolina Timberworks
The sliding barn and glass doors artfully blur the transition between interior and exterior space on this timber frame barn retreat. © Carolina Timberworks
Waterford Homes French Provincial
Waterford Homes French Provincial
Waterford HomesWaterford Homes
This is an example of a large and brown midcentury two floor brick detached house in Atlanta with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Cozy South Carolina Barn Retreat Designed for Entertaining
Cozy South Carolina Barn Retreat Designed for Entertaining
Carolina TimberworksCarolina Timberworks
When our clients decided to build an inviting retreat in keeping with the rural setting for entertaining friends and family, we worked with their General Contractor to design, engineer, craft and erect a custom structural timber frame from Douglas Fir. Our favorite feature (besides the timber frame)? See the next photo... © Carolina Timberworks

Brown House Exterior with a Mansard Roof 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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