Brown Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Inspiration for an expansive and brown classic detached house in Boston with three floors, stone cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

The Secret Home

RCWA Robert Carl Williams Associates, P.C.

©2012 stockstudiophotography.com Built by Moore Construction, Inc.
Photo of a large and brown classic house exterior in Burlington with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.

Infill Houses

McIntosh Poris Associates

This is an example of a medium sized and brown classic two floor house exterior in Detroit with wood cladding and a hip roof.

2006 Luxury Home Tour

Kootenia Homes and Remodeling

Landmark Photography
This is an example of a brown traditional bungalow house exterior in Minneapolis with stone cladding.

Architectural Stone Veneer

Master Stone Design, LLC

Inspiration for a large and brown traditional two floor house exterior in Charlotte with stone cladding.

Sherwood Custom Home - Ironwood Acres

Patrick Schmitt, designer Inc.

Design ideas for a medium sized and brown traditional two floor house exterior in Portland with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

July 2011

Westlake Development Group, LLC

Design ideas for an expansive and brown classic house exterior in Portland with three floors, mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Carriage House

Timberpeg

Design ideas for a medium sized and brown traditional house exterior in Burlington with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Georgian

Philip S. Kennedy-Grant, FAIA

Design ideas for an expansive and brown traditional two floor brick house exterior in New York with a pitched roof.

Some of the homes I've built.

Jeff Spear Homes

This is a 2550 sf two story home with 4 bedrooms and a great open living space.
Large and brown classic two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Luxury European Style Homes

Alex Custom Homes, LLC

High End Custom Homes.
Design ideas for a large and brown traditional two floor brick house exterior in Atlanta.

Nantucket Style Stone and Natural Cedar Shingle Home in Northbrook

Orren Pickell Building Group

Photos by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Nantucket Style Stone and Natural Cedar Shingle Home in Northbrook features white painted round columns, brackets and exterior trim. Bluestone stoops and terrace.

Barrington Custom Home

Michaelson Homes LLC

Photograph by: Greg Bobowski
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown classic detached house in Cincinnati with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

English High Bank Waterfront. Camano Island WA

Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects

Bracket detail. Photography by Ian Gleadle.
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown traditional detached house in Seattle with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Royal Oaks Design, Inc.

Kieran J. Liebl, Royal Oaks Design, Inc. MN

Contractor: Kootenia Homes, Woodbury, MN This plan is available to order. Please email us to view floor plans.
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown classic bungalow house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Firepit Built into Stone Boulder

Orren Pickell Building Group

Firepit built into large boulder on front flagstone patio
Photo of a large and brown classic two floor detached house in Chicago with wood cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.

Weathered Wood, Deerfield St., Firestone

Colorado Roof Toppers

We re-roofed this home for a customer in Firestone and a rental the customer owns. Both were hit with hail last summer. The shingles we installed on this home are GAF Timberline HD shingles in Weathered Wood.

Old World Contracting

Medium sized and brown classic two floor brick detached house in Other with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Alexandria - Modern Meets Traditional

Visbeen Architects

Graced with an abundance of windows, Alexandria’s modern meets traditional exterior boasts stylish stone accents, interesting rooflines and a pillared and welcoming porch. You’ll never lack for style or sunshine in this inspired transitional design perfect for a growing family. The timeless design merges a variety of classic architectural influences and fits perfectly into any neighborhood. A farmhouse feel can be seen in the exterior’s peaked roof, while the shingled accents reference the ever-popular Craftsman style. Inside, an abundance of windows flood the open-plan interior with light. Beyond the custom front door with its eye-catching sidelights is 2,350 square feet of living space on the first level, with a central foyer leading to a large kitchen and walk-in pantry, adjacent 14 by 16-foot hearth room and spacious living room with a natural fireplace. Also featured is a dining area and convenient home management center perfect for keeping your family life organized on the floor plan’s right side and a private study on the left, which lead to two patios, one covered and one open-air. Private spaces are concentrated on the 1,800-square-foot second level, where a large master suite invites relaxation and rest and includes built-ins, a master bath with double vanity and two walk-in closets. Also upstairs is a loft, laundry and two additional family bedrooms as well as 400 square foot of attic storage. The approximately 1,500-square-foot lower level features a 15 by 24-foot family room, a guest bedroom, billiards and refreshment area, and a 15 by 26-foot home theater perfect for movie nights. Photographer: Ashley Avila Photography

Sigmon Design

Ptidesign

Large and brown classic two floor brick detached house in Charlotte with a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Brown Traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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