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Eclectic Bungalow House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Family Room Addition
Family Room Addition
Highland Architectural Design, LLCHighland Architectural Design, LLC
The addition will be built on the end of this 1955 lake cottage.
Small and beige bohemian bungalow house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Orilla Dr.
Orilla Dr.
C W Quinn HomeC W Quinn Home
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige eclectic bungalow render detached house in San Luis Obispo with a tiled roof.
Luminous Los Gatos
Luminous Los Gatos
Orchard Home DesignOrchard Home Design
The home just as the last of the finish carpentry was being completed. The new front porch really revitalized the homes curb appeal and character. Dan Winklebleck
Raise the house
Raise the house
palaestrapalaestra
After an initial fix further work required raising the whole building above a new flood planning level. No problem.
Medium sized bohemian bungalow detached house in Central Coast with mixed cladding, a purple house, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Tudor Retreat in the Cotswolds at Kelsey Park
Tudor Retreat in the Cotswolds at Kelsey Park
Ventura HomesVentura Homes
This eclectic Tudor style home features an array of design details that make this entire home one-of-a-kind here in Lubbock, Texas.
Photo of a large and red eclectic bungalow brick house exterior in Austin with a pitched roof.
Broad Street
Broad Street
Jessica Lehrbaum ArchitectJessica Lehrbaum Architect
This is an example of a small and white eclectic bungalow render detached house in San Luis Obispo with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
Ridgway residence
Ridgway residence
Chris Ridgway Architect IncChris Ridgway Architect Inc
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige eclectic bungalow render detached house in San Francisco with a tiled roof.
Archipod
Archipod
PodzookPodzook
Photo of a small and brown bohemian bungalow house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding.
A Colorful Contemporary Cottage in Primrose Pointe
A Colorful Contemporary Cottage in Primrose Pointe
Ventura HomesVentura Homes
The exterior of this home feels like a fairy tale. The interior carries on the fun and eclectic feel in the finishes and lighting.
Design ideas for a medium sized and red bohemian bungalow brick house exterior in Austin with a pitched roof.
Portabello
Portabello
Brion Jeannette ArchitectureBrion Jeannette Architecture
Cameo Shores Corona del Mar, California
This is an example of a large and beige eclectic bungalow glass house exterior in Orange County.
Mixed Use Elegance
Mixed Use Elegance
Louise LakierLouise Lakier
Louise Lakier Photography © 2012 Houzz
This is an example of a bohemian bungalow house exterior in Portland with metal cladding.
Casa Buena
Casa Buena
repp + mclain design and constructionrepp + mclain design and construction
Liam Frederick
Photo of a small eclectic bungalow render house exterior in Phoenix.
East Nashville | little wonderland airbnb
East Nashville | little wonderland airbnb
Marilyn Hill InteriorsMarilyn Hill Interiors
Interior Designer: Marilyn Kimberly Project Client: Atlas360 Photographer: Matt Muller Photography
Design ideas for a small and beige eclectic bungalow house exterior in Nashville with a pitched roof and wood cladding.
Defensible Space Is Critical to Home Safety
Defensible Space Is Critical to Home Safety
FormLA LandscapingFormLA Landscaping
Even at it's most narrow point, where brick pavers transform from patio to walkway, there is 10 feet of defensible space for the home. While embers may collect in the intersection of brick and stucco, these materials are among the best at fighting ignition. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography
Houses
Houses
Van Strickland DesignVan Strickland Design
Small and multi-coloured eclectic bungalow detached house in Atlanta with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Porch covers
Porch covers
Knutson Bros. II,LLCKnutson Bros. II,LLC
Cindy Lycholat
Design ideas for a large and blue eclectic bungalow house exterior in Milwaukee with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Columbia Gorge House
Columbia Gorge House
TELFORD+BROWN STUDIO ARCHITECTURETELFORD+BROWN STUDIO ARCHITECTURE
Positioned on a bluff this house looks out to the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and to Mount Hood beyond. It provides a year-round gathering place for a mid-west couple, their dispersed families and friends. Attention was given to views and balancing openness and privacy. Common spaces are generous and allow for the interactions of multiple groups. These areas take in the long, dramatic views and open to exterior porches and terraces. Bedrooms are intimate but are open to natural light and ventilation. The materials are basic: salvaged barn timber from the early 1900’s, stucco on Rastra Block, stone fireplace & garden walls and concrete counter tops & radiant concrete floors. Generous porches are open to the breeze and provide protection from rain and summer heat. Bruce Forster Photography
Early Branch Farm
Early Branch Farm
Robert M. Cain, ArchitectRobert M. Cain, Architect
Bath addition to the Teahouse Photos: Rob Karosis
Design ideas for a small and blue bohemian bungalow house exterior in Charleston.
Griffins Gate
Griffins Gate
Sustainable Design GroupSustainable Design Group
Griffins Gate is a beautiful 3,200 square foot energy independent passive solar home with a separate 1,200 square foot studio built on 5 ½ acres in Montgomery County, Maryland. The home was designed to be energy independent and in complete harmony with nature; to be all natural, non-toxic, and organic for the health of the owners. The walls and roof are insulated with recycled newspaper. The home faces south to maximize the passive solar benefit, with engineered overhangs shading the windows all summer to minimize the cooling load. In tandem with an energy efficient high mass fireplace, a geothermal heat pump warms the radiant floor in the winter. In the summer, cool water is circulated from the well through the radiant floor and a fan coil unit cools the air in the home.
House in the woods
House in the woods
Evelyn Mavrou ArchitectsEvelyn Mavrou Architects
Inspiration for a multi-coloured eclectic bungalow detached house with wood cladding and a tiled roof.

Eclectic Bungalow 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 eclectic 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 eclectic 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 eclectic 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 an eclectic 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 eclectic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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