Brown House Exterior with a Metal Roof Ideas and Designs

Lake Cottage Porch, standing seam metal roofing and cedar shakes blend into the Vermont fall foliage. Simple and elegant. Photos by Susan Teare
Design ideas for a rustic bungalow house exterior in Burlington with wood cladding, a metal roof and a black roof.

Courtyard House

Meadows Architecture PLLC

This is an example of a medium sized and brown modern bungalow detached house in Raleigh with wood cladding, a lean-to roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.

Side and Back Door Porticos

Georgia Front Porch

Bracket portico for side door of house. The roof features a shed style metal roof. Designed and built by Georgia Front Porch.
This is an example of a small traditional brick detached house in Atlanta with an orange house, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Custom Barndominium

Broadshield Custom Homes and Contractors

Photo of a medium sized and beige rustic bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Amherst

John Lively & Associates

This is an example of a farmhouse house exterior in Dallas with a black roof and a metal roof.

New Hampshire Snow and Lake Lodge

MossCreek

This beautiful lake and snow lodge site on the waters edge of Lake Sunapee, and only one mile from Mt Sunapee Ski and Snowboard Resort. The home features conventional and timber frame construction. MossCreek's exquisite use of exterior materials include poplar bark, antique log siding with dovetail corners, hand cut timber frame, barn board siding and local river stone piers and foundation. Inside, the home features reclaimed barn wood walls, floors and ceilings.

Hyde Park Residence

Mezger Homes

Inspiration for a white and small contemporary bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Vineyard Home

Mikiten Architecture

Surrounded by permanently protected open space in the historic winemaking area of the South Livermore Valley, this house presents a weathered wood barn to the road, and has metal-clad sheds behind. The design process was driven by the metaphor of an old farmhouse that had been incrementally added to over the years. The spaces open to expansive views of vineyards and unspoiled hills. Erick Mikiten, AIA

Mid-Century Modern home remodel

John Webb Construction and Design

Here is an architecturally built house from the early 1970's which was brought into the new century during this complete home remodel by adding a garage space, new windows triple pane tilt and turn windows, cedar double front doors, clear cedar siding with clear cedar natural siding accents, clear cedar garage doors, galvanized over sized gutters with chain style downspouts, standing seam metal roof, re-purposed arbor/pergola, professionally landscaped yard, and stained concrete driveway, walkways, and steps.

Lindenwood Custom

Mosier Luxury Homes

Photo of a large and beige retro bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof and a black roof.

Steel Guardrail with wood cap

Kevin Spence Architect, AIA

Design ideas for a midcentury split-level detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Mid-Century Modern Remodel

PK Construction Inc.

This is an example of a large and brown retro bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a hip roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.

Modern 1+ ADU

McDunn ADUs

photo by Designer Mason St. Peter
Photo of a medium sized and black modern bungalow render tiny house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Englishman Bay Retreat

Whitten Architects

Bedroom Wing Gable
Photo of a medium sized and brown modern detached house in Portland Maine with three floors, wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Fremont High-Performing Home

Board & Vellum

Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Design ideas for a large and white contemporary detached house in Seattle with three floors, wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Woodbluff Lane Residence, Camano Island WA

Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects

View to entry at sunset. Dining to the right of the entry. Photography by Stephen Brousseau.
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown modern bungalow detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Midcentury Modern on Lake Harwell Point - Westminster, SC

Chapman Design Group, Inc.

Design ideas for a medium sized and gey midcentury detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Country Ranch

Linda Parsons with Ashlin Design

Linda Parsons
Design ideas for an expansive and brown traditional bungalow detached house in Columbus with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

CABIN ON A ROCK

I-KANDA ARCHITECTS

A weekend getaway / ski chalet for a young Boston family. 24ft. wide, sliding window-wall by Architectural Openings. Photos by Matt Delphenich
This is an example of a small and brown modern two floor detached house in Boston with metal cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Cherry Hills Village Residence

Blueline Architects p.c.

White and medium sized country two floor house exterior in Denver with wood cladding, a metal roof and a white roof.

Brown House Exterior with a Metal 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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