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National Custom Home of the Year Silver Award Winner
National Custom Home of the Year Silver Award Winner
LarsenLarsen
David Laurer
This is an example of a white farmhouse two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
St. Helena Residence
St. Helena Residence
Jennifer Robin InteriorsJennifer Robin Interiors
Joe Fletcher Photography
Inspiration for a white rural two floor house exterior in San Francisco with a pitched roof.
Swedish Farmhouse NE 38th Ave
Swedish Farmhouse NE 38th Ave
Olson Design BuildOlson Design Build
Country split-level house exterior in Portland with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
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Les Landes Farm
Les Landes Farm
CCD ArchitectsCCD Architects
Tom Warry Photography
Inspiration for a rural bungalow house exterior in Channel Islands with stone cladding and a tiled roof.
Model home in North Chatt-open daily
Model home in North Chatt-open daily
Burge Building ConsultantsBurge Building Consultants
Inspiration for a multi-coloured farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Berkeley Avenue #2
Berkeley Avenue #2
AK Construction Enterprises Inc.AK Construction Enterprises Inc.
Photo of a white rural two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
House near Burford
House near Burford
Spirit ArchitectureSpirit Architecture
Inspiration for a rural house exterior in Oxfordshire 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.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Michael Bowman PhotographyMichael Bowman Photography
Michael Bowman Photography
Photo of a brown country two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Bright Residence
Bright Residence
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
modern addition, addition, exterior, trellis, glass, glass windows, stone, modern, bay window, chimney Photo by: Angle Eye Photography
Photo of a rural house exterior in Philadelphia with stone cladding.
New River Bank Barn
New River Bank Barn
Blackburn Architects, PCBlackburn Architects, PC
Adaptive reuse of an 1800s bank barn into a "party barn" to host gatherings of friends and family. Winner of an AIA Merit Award and Southern Living Magazine's Home Award in Historic Restoration. Photo by Maxwell MacKenzie.
Bale Lane
Bale Lane
TOTAL CONCEPTSTOTAL CONCEPTS
This is an example of a farmhouse detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Brideson Family Country Home
Brideson Family Country Home
Tobias Gabranski / Architecture & DesignTobias Gabranski / Architecture & Design
Inspiration for a red country two floor house exterior in Portland Maine.
Marsh House
Marsh House
Estes/Twombly Architects, Inc.Estes/Twombly Architects, Inc.
Inspiration for a rural house exterior in Boston with metal cladding.
Scarsdale Farmhouse Modern
Scarsdale Farmhouse Modern
Alisberg ParkerAlisberg Parker
White rural two floor detached house in New York with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Guest House
Guest House
Vermont Integrated ArchitectureVermont Integrated Architecture
Photo by Ryan Bent
Design ideas for a white rural two floor detached house in Burlington with a pitched roof.
Fusion Farmhouse
Fusion Farmhouse
UserUser
Country house exterior in San Luis Obispo with wood cladding.
Ben's Barn - Modern Barn Home from Salvaged Materials
Ben's Barn - Modern Barn Home from Salvaged Materials
Woodhull of MaineWoodhull of Maine
Trent Bell Photography
Inspiration for a brown rural detached house in Portland Maine with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
DUXBURY HOUSE
DUXBURY HOUSE
Hickox Williams Architects, Inc.Hickox Williams Architects, Inc.
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown country two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a pitched 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.
Prior Lake Modern Farm House
Prior Lake Modern Farm House
AMEK Custom BuildersAMEK Custom Builders
SM Herrick
Photo of a white and large country two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a metal roof.
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