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Country Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Dream Barn House Vacation Retreat
Dream Barn House Vacation Retreat
Window Design CenterWindow Design Center
Marvin Windows and Doors Tim Marr of Traditional Carpentry Inc
Inspiration for a red and large country two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Renovation: Senoia Farmhouse
Renovation: Senoia Farmhouse
Historical ConceptsHistorical Concepts
Laurey W. Glenn (courtesy Southern Living)
Inspiration for a white rural two floor house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding.
Cherry Hills Village Residence
Cherry Hills Village Residence
Blueline Architects p.c.Blueline Architects p.c.
White and medium sized country two floor house exterior in Denver with wood cladding, a metal roof and a white roof.
Farmhouse Addition
Farmhouse Addition
Wyant ArchitectureWyant Architecture
The form of the addition is evocative of a traditional Pennsylvania bank barn structure. A second floor deck, carved out of the copper 'forebay’, is covered with a glass skylight that empties via chain downspouts to river rock drainage beds below. Photography: Jeffrey Totaro
Vicente Burin Architects
Vicente Burin Architects
Vicente Burin ArchitectsVicente Burin Architects
This new home features architectural forms that are rooted in traditional residential buildings, yet rendered with crisp clean contemporary materials. Photographed By: Vic Gubinski Interiors By: Heike Hein Home
Old Town Farm House
Old Town Farm House
Kelly & Stone ArchitectsKelly & Stone Architects
Design ideas for a medium sized rural two floor house exterior in Denver with wood cladding.
Legacy at Silverleaf
Legacy at Silverleaf
AFT ConstructionAFT Construction
Roehner Ryan
Inspiration for a large and white rural two floor detached house in Phoenix with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Denver Urban Craftsman Bungalow Pop-top | Board and Batten
Denver Urban Craftsman Bungalow Pop-top | Board and Batten
BellwetherBellwether
This urban craftsman style bungalow was a pop-top renovation to make room for a growing family. We transformed a stucco exterior to this beautiful board and batten farmhouse style. You can find this home near Sloans Lake in Denver in an up and coming neighborhood of west Denver. Colorado Siding Repair replaced the siding and panted the white farmhouse with Sherwin Williams Duration exterior paint.
Rear Elevation with Covered Porch and Lots of Windows
Rear Elevation with Covered Porch and Lots of Windows
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
Rear elevation features large covered porch, gray cedar shake siding, and white trim. Dormer roof is standing seam copper. Photo by Mike Kaskel
This is an example of a gey and expansive country two floor detached house in Chicago with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Farmhouse Architecture
Farmhouse Architecture
Young & Borlik Architects, inc.Young & Borlik Architects, inc.
Columns and stone frame this traditional adaptation of a craftsman front door in the modern farmhouse aesthetic. The long porch overhang separates vertical and horizontal siding materials.
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse
Gast ArchitectsGast Architects
This is an example of a large and gey farmhouse two floor detached house in San Luis Obispo with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Modern Farmhouse | Black and White Home Ideas | Front Door
Modern Farmhouse | Black and White Home Ideas | Front Door
EL & EL Wood Products Corp.EL & EL Wood Products Corp.
Modern Farmhouses are very in-style, complete the look with a front door and sidelites to match. Door: Belleville Smooth 1 Panel Hollister Door 3/4 Lite with Chord Glass - BLS-122-115-1 Sidelite: Solution Series Chord Glass Insert - SIASS152-115
North Asheville Farmhouse
North Asheville Farmhouse
Longview Builders, Inc.Longview Builders, Inc.
Modern Farmhouse situated in the beautiful woods of North Asheville.
Design ideas for a large and white rural two floor detached house in Other with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Family Hobby Farm
Family Hobby Farm
Ecraft LLC.Ecraft LLC.
This custom home was built for empty nesting in mind. The The side porch walks directly into the mud room with a sweet dog wash inside. Photos- Rustic White Photography
Exteriors
Exteriors
Michael Bowman PhotographyMichael Bowman Photography
Michael Bowman Photography
Inspiration for a white farmhouse two floor detached house in New York with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Family Home in Yarmouth, Maine
Family Home in Yarmouth, Maine
Megan Booth, PhotographerMegan Booth, Photographer
Photo: Megan Booth mboothphotography.com
Photo of a white country two floor detached house in Portland Maine with vinyl cladding, a shingle roof and a pitched roof.
French Country Living
French Country Living
Arch Studio, Inc.Arch Studio, Inc.
Architect: Robin McCarthy, Arch Studio, Inc. Construction: Joe Arena Construction Photography by Mark Pinkerton
Design ideas for an expansive and yellow country two floor render house exterior in San Francisco with a half-hip roof.
New California Ranch
New California Ranch
Landmark ConstructionLandmark Construction
Photo of a white rural two floor house exterior in Santa Barbara with a pitched roof.
Butcher Ranch
Butcher Ranch
Michael G Imber, ArchitectsMichael G Imber, Architects
Erik Kvalsvik
White country two floor house exterior in Austin with a pitched roof.
Cotswolds Cottage
Cotswolds Cottage
Imperfect InteriorsImperfect Interiors
We painted the windows and doors in a dark green brown at our Cotswolds Cottage project. Interior Design by Imperfect Interiors Armada Cottage is available to rent at www.armadacottagecotswolds.co.uk

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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