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The Willowcrest - Fall Parade Home - Exterior
The Willowcrest - Fall Parade Home - Exterior
Snowden Builders LLCSnowden Builders LLC
Design ideas for a large and blue coastal two floor detached house in Grand Rapids with a shingle roof, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Front Porch
Front Porch
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
Tom Jenkins Photography Siding color: Sherwin Williams 7045 (Intelectual Grey) Shutter color: Sherwin Williams 7047 (Porpoise) Trim color: Sherwin Williams 7008 (Alabaster) Windows: Andersen
Front facade
Front facade
Petrucci Johnson HomesPetrucci Johnson Homes
Martin Vecchio Photography
This is an example of a large and black beach style two floor detached house in Detroit with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
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Cape Porpoise Residence
Cape Porpoise Residence
Bowley BuildersBowley Builders
Irvin Serrano
This is an example of a white beach style two floor house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Yellow Bluff Coastal Cottages
Yellow Bluff Coastal Cottages
Barnard ArchitectsBarnard Architects
Design ideas for a yellow beach style two floor house exterior in Atlanta.
Outdoor Shower
Outdoor Shower
Shelley Kirsch Interior Design and DecorationShelley Kirsch Interior Design and Decoration
Nautical bungalow house exterior in Toronto.
Willow
Willow
Kate Benjamin Photography LLCKate Benjamin Photography LLC
Blue beach style two floor detached house in Detroit with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
River side story
River side story
CMM Custom HomesCMM Custom Homes
This is an example of a beige coastal two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Historic Short Hills Hartshorn Home Transformation for Young Family
Historic Short Hills Hartshorn Home Transformation for Young Family
Michael Robert ConstructionMichael Robert Construction
photography: raquel langworthy
This is an example of a white coastal detached house in New York with a shingle roof.
Marvin Windows & Doors
Marvin Windows & Doors
Hayward LumberHayward Lumber
Beige nautical detached house in Santa Barbara with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Fort Charles Coastal Home
Fort Charles Coastal Home
BCB Homes, Inc.BCB Homes, Inc.
Lori Hamilton Photography
Photo of a blue beach style two floor detached house in Other with a hip roof.
Sea Side Cottage
Sea Side Cottage
Timeless HomesTimeless Homes
Photo of a gey nautical two floor house exterior in New York with a pitched roof.
Hut on Sleds
Hut on Sleds
Crosson ArchitectsCrosson Architects
Jackie Meiring
Inspiration for a small nautical two floor house exterior in Auckland with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Avondale Riverside, FL
Avondale Riverside, FL
Starr Sanford DesignStarr Sanford Design
Nate Ebert & Wally Sears
This is an example of a white coastal brick detached house in Jacksonville with three floors, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Kohlstedt Keep
Kohlstedt Keep
SALA ArchitectsSALA Architects
Designed by Dale Mulfinger, Jody McGuire This new lake home takes advantage of the stunning landscape of Lake Superior. The compact floor plans minimize the site impact. The expressive building form blends the structure into the language of the cliff. The home provides a serene perch to view not only the big lake, but also to look back into the North Shore. With triple pane windows and careful details, this house surpasses the airtightness criteria set by the international Passive House Association, to keep life cozy on the North Shore all year round. Construction by Dale Torgersen Photography by Corey Gaffer
Balboa Island 1
Balboa Island 1
Sinclair Associates ArchitectsSinclair Associates Architects
This is an example of a large and white nautical two floor house exterior in Orange County.
RoShamBo at Seabrook
RoShamBo at Seabrook
grouparchitectgrouparchitect
A custom vacation home by Grouparchitect and Hughes Construction. Photographer credit: © 2018 AMF Photography.
This is an example of a medium sized and blue beach style detached house in Seattle with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Bernal Heights Private Residence
Bernal Heights Private Residence
Jace ArchitectureJace Architecture
Design ideas for a small beach style house exterior in San Francisco.
Fernleaf II
Fernleaf II
Brandon Architects, Inc.Brandon Architects, Inc.
White beach style two floor detached house in Orange County with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

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.
Lake Champlain Shingle Style
Lake Champlain Shingle Style
Roundtree ConstructionRoundtree Construction
Photo of a beach style house exterior in Burlington with wood cladding.
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