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Old Beach Spec Home
Old Beach Spec Home
VB Homes Design, Build, RemodelVB Homes Design, Build, Remodel
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue nautical two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Northern Michigan Lake Front
Northern Michigan Lake Front
Gary Nance DesignGary Nance Design
Brick Paved Drive
Design ideas for a blue beach style detached house.
Hampton Style Home in Franklin Lakes
Hampton Style Home in Franklin Lakes
Jordan Rosenberg ArchitectJordan Rosenberg Architect
Custom Hampton Style Home designed by Jordan Rosenberg Architects and Associates , for a lovely family in Franklin Lakes. We are especially proud of this custom Shingle Style home as it embodies everything we appreciate and love about Hampton Style architecture from the strong hierarchical presence from the tiered arches at the entry to the subtle flared siding awnings over the attic windows.
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School House Bay
School House Bay
Tamarack NorthTamarack North
Inspiration for a blue coastal two floor detached house in Toronto with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Wooden Classic in Seaside, Florida
Wooden Classic in Seaside, Florida
E. F. San JuanE. F. San Juan
Wooden Classicism Nesbitt House – Seaside, Florida Architect: Robert A. M. Stern Builder: O.B. Laurent Construction E. F. San Juan produced all of the interior and exterior millwork for this elegantly designed residence in the influential New Urban town of Seaside, Florida. Challenges: The beachfront residence required adherence to the area’s strict building code requirements, creating a unique profile for the compact layout of each room. Each room was also designed with all-wood walls and ceilings, which meant there was a lot of custom millwork! Solution: Unlike many homes where the same molding and paneling profiles are repeated throughout each room, this home featured a unique profile for each space. The effort was laborious—our team at E. F. San Juan created tools for each of these specific jobs. “The project required over four hundred man-hours of knife-grinding just to produce the tools,” says Edward San Juan. “Organization and scheduling were critical in this project because so many parts were required to complete each room.” The long hours and hard work allowed us to take the compacted plan and create the feel of an open, airy American beach house with the influence of 1930s Swedish classicism. The ceiling and walls in each room are paneled, giving them an elongated look to open up the space. The enticing, simplified wooden classicism style seamlessly complements the sweeping vistas and surrounding natural beauty along the Gulf of Mexico. --- Photography by Steven Mangum – STM Photography
Exterior Entrance
Exterior Entrance
Kim WoodsKim Woods
Lane Ditto
Photo of a white coastal two floor brick detached house in Orange County with a shingle roof.
Coastal Cottage
Coastal Cottage
ADŌR HomesADŌR Homes
This home is a beautiful traditional home with classic white shakes and steep gable roofs. This cottage style home boasts a 3-car garage as well as stunning windows and stonework. The covered entryway features double columns and double doors as you walk into the home. James Hardie Artic White Timberline Rustic Black shingles Custom blend stone Transitional Lantern Tongue and groove black porch ceiling Marvin Integrity windows in black Images by ©Spacecrafting
East Recess
East Recess
Delpino Custom HomesDelpino Custom Homes
This is an example of a medium sized and blue coastal two floor detached house in Charleston with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Washington St, Elmhurst, IL
Washington St, Elmhurst, IL
M House DevelopmentM House Development
Design ideas for a nautical house exterior in Chicago.
Maison à ossature bois à Bouliac
Maison à ossature bois à Bouliac
Arnaud Bertrande I Photographe en ArchitectureArnaud Bertrande I Photographe en Architecture
Arnaud Bertrande
Photo of a beach style detached house in Bordeaux with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Town Hill (Cape Cod, MA)
Town Hill (Cape Cod, MA)
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Our firm (Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders) was the architect and builder of this home. Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
Nautical house exterior in Boston.
Town Hill (Cape Cod, MA)
Town Hill (Cape Cod, MA)
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Our firm (Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders) was the architect and builder of this home. Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
This is an example of a nautical house exterior in Boston.
Paradise Key South Beach
Paradise Key South Beach
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Built by Glenn Layton Homes in Paradise Key South Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
Photo of a medium sized coastal house exterior in Jacksonville.
Spalding Tudor Brick Home - North Carolina; Home of the Year 2018
Spalding Tudor Brick Home - North Carolina; Home of the Year 2018
General ShaleGeneral Shale
Our 2018 Home of the Year is a beautiful beach home featuring “Spalding Tudor” brick exterior with a White Brushed mortar and a distinct stairway leading into the front entrance and back exit of the home. The home also features brick pavers as an exterior pathway accent.
Awe-Inspiring Avon Abode
Awe-Inspiring Avon Abode
CMM Custom HomesCMM Custom Homes
Inspiration for a coastal house exterior in Other.
Coastal Barn Conversion
Coastal Barn Conversion
David Curran PhotographerDavid Curran Photographer
David Curran
This is an example of a beach style detached house in Cornwall with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
Beach House Bedroom Balcony
Beach House Bedroom Balcony
Lasley Brahaney Architecture + ConstructionLasley Brahaney Architecture + Construction
Our signature Lasley Brahaney support brackets add that extra design detail to the balcony. Tom Grimes Photography
This is an example of a large and gey coastal two floor house exterior in Other with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Gull Lake MI Lake Home
Gull Lake MI Lake Home
YZDA | Yoshida + Zanon Design AtriumYZDA | Yoshida + Zanon Design Atrium
Collaboration Teams : AMDG Architects, Mike Schaap Builders and YZDA Photographer : Ashley Avila Photography
Inspiration for an expansive and blue beach style two floor detached house in Grand Rapids with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
North Sunshine House - Luxury modern beach house, located in Sunshine Beach, QLD
North Sunshine House - Luxury modern beach house, located in Sunshine Beach, QLD
Chris Clout DesignChris Clout Design
Located in the beautiful suburb of Sunshine Beach in Queensland, this amazing representation of the contemporary beach house will make your jaw drop. With a focus on open plan living, the pristine white finishes of the design combine with the stark blue Pacific below to lend a Greek Island ambience to Chris’s hallmark luxury resort style

Coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
6429 Dune Drive Avalon Shore Retreat
6429 Dune Drive Avalon Shore Retreat
Studio One ArchitectsStudio One Architects
Design ideas for a large and blue beach style detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
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