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Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
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The exterior of this home was update to reflect the farmhouse style with new board and batten siding, Marvin windows and doors and updated landscaping and entry featuring bluestone.
Mclaughlin
Mclaughlin
Meg Blu HomeMeg Blu Home
Inspiration for a large rural two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Modern Farmhouse Color Blocking
Modern Farmhouse Color Blocking
Enfort HomesEnfort Homes
Enfort Homes - 2019
Design ideas for a large and white rural two floor detached house in Seattle.
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The Thousand Oaks
The Thousand Oaks
Tradewinds General Contracting, Inc.Tradewinds General Contracting, Inc.
This is an example of a white country two floor detached house in Boise with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Brewer Hollow House
Brewer Hollow House
Elizabeth Eason Architecture LLCElizabeth Eason Architecture LLC
Bruce Cole Photography
Photo of a medium sized and white country two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Exterior Crop
Exterior Crop
Charlie Cho PhotographyCharlie Cho Photography
Project for Kristy Elaine, Keller Williams
Inspiration for a medium sized and white farmhouse bungalow detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farm House; Geneva IL
Modern Farm House; Geneva IL
Michael Vincent Custom Homes, LLCMichael Vincent Custom Homes, LLC
Inspiration for a white rural two floor detached house in Chicago with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse Front Door & Large Exterior Porch
Modern Farmhouse Front Door & Large Exterior Porch
EL & EL Wood Products Corp.EL & EL Wood Products Corp.
This modern farmhouse is a beautiful style. The element that really makes this home is the double door entry. These Belleville mahogany 2-panel doors with frontier glass are great additions to the design.
Southern Estate
Southern Estate
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
Large and white rural two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a tiled roof and a pitched roof.
Sunriver Custom Vacation Home
Sunriver Custom Vacation Home
Patrick Schmitt, designer Inc.Patrick Schmitt, designer Inc.
This is an example of a large and black rural two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Traditional Farmhouse
Traditional Farmhouse
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
Large and white country detached house in Other with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a metal roof and a pitched roof.
Decks
Decks
Rogue RemodelRogue Remodel
Design ideas for a medium sized and white rural detached house in Portland with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Farmhouse Style Ranch Home
Farmhouse Style Ranch Home
UpperTown HomesUpperTown Homes
Large and beige country two floor detached house in Atlanta with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
Inspiration for a white rural two floor detached house in Other with a hip roof and a mixed material roof.
1709 Montvale Grant Way
1709 Montvale Grant Way
Poythress Construction Company Inc.Poythress Construction Company Inc.
Large and white country two floor detached house in Raleigh with mixed cladding, a shingle roof and a hip roof.
Custom Lake Front New Build
Custom Lake Front New Build
Steele's Construction LLCSteele's Construction LLC
White country two floor detached house in Charlotte with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
Jane Group Inc.Jane Group Inc.
Photo by Jeff Herr Photography.
Inspiration for a farmhouse house exterior in Atlanta.
Ohio City Renovation #11
Ohio City Renovation #11
JC InteriorsJC Interiors
Photo of a medium sized and beige farmhouse detached house in Cleveland with vinyl cladding.
Vaughn Farmhouse
Vaughn Farmhouse
Renaissance HomesRenaissance Homes
Design ideas for a white rural two floor detached house in Portland with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Country 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 country 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 country 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 country 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 country 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 country exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
Deja Blue
Deja Blue
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
This is an example of a gey and large farmhouse two floor detached house in Charleston with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and wood cladding.
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