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Barrington Farm House
Barrington Farm House
Brewster Thornton Group Architects, LLPBrewster Thornton Group Architects, LLP
Robert Brewster Photography
White and medium sized rural two floor detached house in Providence with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Farm House
Farm House
Bergeron Custom Homes, LLCBergeron Custom Homes, LLC
This is an example of a white country two floor house exterior in Charleston with a mixed material roof.
Kinderhook House
Kinderhook House
JAMES DIXON ARCHITECT PCJAMES DIXON ARCHITECT PC
Photo: Mick Hales
Design ideas for a gey rural house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
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Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
Semmes & Co. Builders, IncSemmes & Co. Builders, Inc
Elliott Johnson Photography
Design ideas for a rural house exterior in San Luis Obispo with metal cladding.
Addition to a 720 square foot home - Contemporary Farmhouse
Addition to a 720 square foot home - Contemporary Farmhouse
Troy Mock ArchitectsTroy Mock Architects
Photo of a beige farmhouse two floor house exterior in Chicago with a pitched roof.
Stone Manor House
Stone Manor House
Worthington & Shagen Custom Builder, Inc.Worthington & Shagen Custom Builder, Inc.
Design ideas for a beige rural bungalow house exterior in Philadelphia.
Cottage Addition - Exterior
Cottage Addition - Exterior
TreHus Architects+Interior Designers+BuildersTreHus Architects+Interior Designers+Builders
In this project, a contrasting 1.5 story cottage-style board and batten addition was added to a traditional 1902 foursquare. Designed by Meriwether Felt, AIA. Photo by Andrea Rugg.
Italian Farmhouse
Italian Farmhouse
Beringer Fine HomesBeringer Fine Homes
This is an example of a farmhouse house exterior in Phoenix with stone cladding.
Side elevation
Side elevation
Frederick + Frederick ArchitectsFrederick + Frederick Architects
John McManus Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and white country bungalow house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
Photo of a medium sized and white farmhouse two floor house exterior in Other with a metal roof.
Josh Wynne Construction
Josh Wynne Construction
Josh Wynne ConstructionJosh Wynne Construction
Florida native landscape designated an Urban Wildlife Habitat by the NWF. The detached garage features a full living suite above. The lot is only 4900 sqft. The privacy fence and picket were designed to reflect an urban skyline. The balustrade is custom cypress and is designed in the custom of Key West style homes, demonstrating the home owner's line of work. In this case, you can see the propellers cut in alongside levels (I snuck myself in there a bit as well). The soffits are 30" cypress. The roofs are Energy Star and topped with peel and stick solar photovoltaics. All of the rain is diverted into above ground cisterns hidden behind the garage. LEED-H Platinum certified to a score of 110 (formerly the highest score in America) Photo by Matt McCorteney
Bastrop County Plantation House
Bastrop County Plantation House
VOH ArchitectsVOH Architects
The restoration of a c.1850's plantation house with a compatible addition, pool, pool house, and outdoor kitchen pavilion; project includes historic finishes, refurbished vintage light and plumbing fixtures, antique furniture, custom cabinetry and millwork, encaustic tile, new and vintage reproduction appliances, and historic reproduction carpets and drapes. © Copyright 2011, Rick Patrick Photography
Bexton Hall
Bexton Hall
CALDERPEEL ARCHITECTSCALDERPEEL ARCHITECTS
Design ideas for a large and red farmhouse two floor brick house exterior in Cheshire.
Georgian House Renovation, Cowesset, Rhodle Island
Georgian House Renovation, Cowesset, Rhodle Island
Clifford M. Renshaw ArchitectsClifford M. Renshaw Architects
Aaron Usher Photography
Inspiration for a beige country two floor house exterior in Providence with mixed cladding and a mansard roof.
Thatch Cottage with Storm Evolution Windows
Thatch Cottage with Storm Evolution Windows
ROCOCOROCOCO
ROCOCO
Inspiration for a beige rural two floor render house exterior in Hampshire.
Paul Green Historic Home/Chapel Hill, NC/Vacant Home Staging
Paul Green Historic Home/Chapel Hill, NC/Vacant Home Staging
Successful Staging/Bobbie McGrathSuccessful Staging/Bobbie McGrath
Touches of color add interest to the all important curb appeal. Notice how the color draws your eyes toward the front door! Photo by Marilyn Peryer
Inspiration for a white and large farmhouse two floor detached house in Raleigh with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Modern Farm House
Modern Farm House
Cuppett Kilpatrick Architecture + Interior DesignCuppett Kilpatrick Architecture + Interior Design
Ryann Ford
Farmhouse two floor house exterior in Austin with mixed cladding.
Garage & Artist's Studio Live Oak Forest on Spring Island
Garage & Artist's Studio Live Oak Forest on Spring Island
Johnson & Associates ArchitectsJohnson & Associates Architects
Beige rural house exterior in Atlanta.
Organic Modern
Organic Modern
REFINED LLCREFINED LLC
This is an example of a white farmhouse two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a mixed material 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.
Exterior View of Restored Farmhouse
Exterior View of Restored Farmhouse
Fredendall Building CompanyFredendall Building Company
South Elevation After Restoration
Inspiration for a country house exterior in Philadelphia with stone cladding.
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