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The Reserve Parade Farmhouse
The Reserve Parade Farmhouse
Geschke Group ArchitectureGeschke Group Architecture
This Texas Farmhouse was part of a Luxury Home tour in Austin Texas. This farmhouse design combines stone and wood siding to emulate a Barn look to arrive at an attractive Farmhouse design. This Farmhouse has both traditional and modern farmhouse elements making it a unique blend of the 2. It's elegant enough for a luxury home tour, and traditional enough to create a cozy and timeless look perfect for a Farmhouse to call "Home".
Coastal Farmhouse
Coastal Farmhouse
Anchor BuildersAnchor Builders
Large and white country two floor detached house in Minneapolis with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Featured Projects
Featured Projects
COASTAL ARCHITECTSCOASTAL ARCHITECTS
A Thomas Fire rebuild in the hills of Ventura, Ca with 180 degree ocean views. This modern farmhouse is a 2-story, 3,600 square foot with gorgeous great room with open kitchen plan and multiple social spaces that open to the outdoors with sliding glass systems.
West Nyack - Modern Farmhouse
West Nyack - Modern Farmhouse
ROAM ArchitectureROAM Architecture
These new homeowners fell in love with this home's location and size, but weren't thrilled about it's dated exterior. They approached us with the idea of turning this 1980's contemporary home into a Modern Farmhouse aesthetic, complete with white board and batten siding, a new front porch addition, a new roof deck addition, as well as enlarging the current garage. New windows throughout, new metal roofing, exposed rafter tails and new siding throughout completed the exterior renovation.
Contemporary Farmhouse
Contemporary Farmhouse
KGA Studio Architects, PCKGA Studio Architects, PC
Photo of a large and brown country two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Grayson
Grayson
WEST BAY HOMES real estate developmentWEST BAY HOMES real estate development
White farmhouse two floor detached house in Minneapolis with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.
Litchfield County Farmhouse
Litchfield County Farmhouse
Joshua Smith IncJoshua Smith Inc
Photo of a white rural two floor detached house in New York with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
Cedar and Stone
Cedar and Stone
Mago ArchitectureMago Architecture
Photo of a medium sized country two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Magnolia-Inspired Farmhouse
Magnolia-Inspired Farmhouse
Ashley J. DesignAshley J. Design
Street view
Large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Charlotte with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
The Aurora : 2019 Clark County Parade of Homes : Modern Farmhouse Exterior
The Aurora : 2019 Clark County Parade of Homes : Modern Farmhouse Exterior
Cascade West DevelopmentCascade West Development
Inspired by the majesty of the Northern Lights and this family's everlasting love for Disney, this home plays host to enlighteningly open vistas and playful activity. Like its namesake, the beloved Sleeping Beauty, this home embodies family, fantasy and adventure in their truest form. Visions are seldom what they seem, but this home did begin 'Once Upon a Dream'. Welcome, to The Aurora.
Sunset Island Trail Project
Sunset Island Trail Project
JR Builders LLCJR Builders LLC
Photo of a large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Nashville with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
St. Helena Farmhouse Infill
St. Helena Farmhouse Infill
James McCalligan ArchitectJames McCalligan Architect
Large and gey country two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Modern Farmhouse in Observatory Park
Modern Farmhouse in Observatory Park
AJ Kirkegaard ContractorsAJ Kirkegaard Contractors
This is an example of a large farmhouse two floor detached house in Denver with a metal roof.
Modern Farmhouse in Black
Modern Farmhouse in Black
Montana Timber ProductsMontana Timber Products
Product: AquaFir™ siding in douglas fir square edge product in black color with wire brushed texture Product use: 1x8 boards with 1x4 battens, a reverse board and batten application Modern home with a farmhouse feel at 6200’ in the Teton Mountains. This home used douglas fir square edge siding for the reverse board and batten application with a metal roof and some metal accents.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured country two floor detached house in Orange County with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
House SprucingHouse Sprucing
Large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse Exterior
Modern Farmhouse Exterior
Develop Architects LLCDevelop Architects LLC
Modern Farmhouse. White & black. White board and batten siding combined with painted white brick. Wood posts and porch soffit for natural colors.
Design ideas for a medium sized and white rural two floor brick detached house in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Modern Farmhouse | 2019 Dry Creek Parade
Modern Farmhouse | 2019 Dry Creek Parade
Solitude HomesSolitude Homes
Inspiration for a large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Boise with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
mfm design groupmfm design group
Matthew Manuel
Inspiration for a medium sized and white country two floor detached house in Austin with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Fall Parade of Homes, 2017
Fall Parade of Homes, 2017
Highmark BuildersHighmark Builders
Emily John Photography
Photo of a white country two floor detached house in Minneapolis with a pitched roof.

Country Two Floor 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.
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