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Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
Photo of an expansive and gey coastal two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
Mountain Rustic
Mountain Rustic
TKP ArchitectsTKP Architects
Photo of an expansive and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
French Chateau Rear Elevation
French Chateau Rear Elevation
OMNIA Group ArchitectsOMNIA Group Architects
Bucks County Castle The limestone exterior is just one of the many luxurious features that adorn this French inspired chateau that commands its 50 acre property in Bucks County.
SHINGLE STYLE
SHINGLE STYLE
JMKA | architectsJMKA | architects
JEFF KAUFMAN
Expansive and gey victorian house exterior in New York with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.
Conservatory & Greenhouses
Conservatory & Greenhouses
Diamond Homes, Inc.Diamond Homes, Inc.
Conservatory
This is an example of an expansive and gey traditional two floor house exterior in Denver with stone cladding and a hip roof.
2010 Luxury Tour - Mountain Modern
2010 Luxury Tour - Mountain Modern
Peter Eskuche, AIAPeter Eskuche, AIA
AJ Mueller
Photo of an expansive and brown contemporary house exterior in Minneapolis with stone cladding and three floors.
Solid White Oak Arched Top Double Front Door with Blue Stone Walkway
Solid White Oak Arched Top Double Front Door with Blue Stone Walkway
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Solid White Oak Arched Top Glass Double Front Door with Blue Stone Walkway. Stone webwall with brick soldier course and stucco details. Copper flashing and gutters. Cedar shed dormer and brackets.
Mayo waterfront
Mayo waterfront
Fichtner Services Central, Inc.Fichtner Services Central, Inc.
James Hardie cement Board siding, GAF Architectural shingles
This is an example of an expansive and blue traditional detached house in Baltimore with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a mixed material roof.
The Chantilly
The Chantilly
Holloway Company Inc.Holloway Company Inc.
Curved Deck Project with full EPDM 100% dry space under deck: Shows Trex Transcends decking (Spiced Rum center with Vintage Lantern border) with Trex Transcends curved rails (Vintage Lantern rail with black aluminum balusters & white Trex Artisan composite post sleeves) Special features on this project included a sunken kitchen faced with Trex Vintage Lantern Trim & natural blue stone counter. Kitchen features 42" Twin Eagles Gas Grill, Fire Magic Outdoor Fridge, & Twin Eagles Trash Drawer. Sunken kitchen also features benches that double as a bar top for the kitchen level. Above the kitchen there sits a white PVC pergola. Deck EPDM 100% dry system allows for full finished outdoor living area under the deck. This space features a coy pond, bars, recessed lights, ceiling fans, & pendant lights. Just outside this protected space is an inviting full masonry fireplace with seat walls and large hearth.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
Design ideas for an expansive and beige traditional bungalow brick detached house in Other with a shingle roof.
Luxury European Style Homes
Luxury European Style Homes
Alex Custom Homes, LLCAlex Custom Homes, LLC
European timeless design / front elevation.
Design ideas for an expansive and beige traditional two floor brick house exterior in Atlanta.
New Peninsula Residence
New Peninsula Residence
Kaplan Architects, AIAKaplan Architects, AIA
Kaplan Architects, AIA Location: Redwood City, CA, USA Front entry deck creating an inviting outdoor room for the main living area. Notice the custom walnut entry door and cedar wood siding throughout the exterior. The roof has a standing seam roof with a custom integrated gutter system.
Dafna Zilafro
Dafna Zilafro
spfaspfa
Design ideas for an expansive and gey modern split-level house exterior in Los Angeles with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Clark Street Before/After
Clark Street Before/After
AlphaStudio Design GroupAlphaStudio Design Group
Conceptually the Clark Street remodel began with an idea of creating a new entry. The existing home foyer was non-existent and cramped with the back of the stair abutting the front door. By defining an exterior point of entry and creating a radius interior stair, the home instantly opens up and becomes more inviting. From there, further connections to the exterior were made through large sliding doors and a redesigned exterior deck. Taking advantage of the cool coastal climate, this connection to the exterior is natural and seamless Photos by Zack Benson
Mid-Century Modern home remodel
Mid-Century Modern home remodel
John Webb Construction and DesignJohn Webb Construction and Design
Here is an architecturally built house from the early 1970's which was brought into the new century during this complete home remodel by adding a garage space, new windows triple pane tilt and turn windows, cedar double front doors, clear cedar siding with clear cedar natural siding accents, clear cedar garage doors, galvanized over sized gutters with chain style downspouts, standing seam metal roof, re-purposed arbor/pergola, professionally landscaped yard, and stained concrete driveway, walkways, and steps.
The Savannah: Best of Ohio Custom Home Over 5,000 SF
The Savannah: Best of Ohio Custom Home Over 5,000 SF
Justin Doyle HomesJustin Doyle Homes
This gorgeous modern farmhouse features hardie board board and batten siding with stunning black framed Pella windows. The soffit lighting accents each gable perfectly and creates the perfect farmhouse.
Custom Mountain Modern
Custom Mountain Modern
TKP ArchitectsTKP Architects
Playful colors jump out from their white background, cozy outdoor spaces contrast with widescreen mountain panoramas, and industrial metal details find their home on light stucco facades. Elements that might at first seem contradictory have been combined into a fresh, harmonized whole. Welcome to Paradox Ranch. Photos by: J. Walters Photography
Modern St. Michaels Farmhouse
Modern St. Michaels Farmhouse
Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.
Photo of an expansive and beige rural two floor detached house in DC Metro with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
North Camp
North Camp
Liv4 ArchitectureLiv4 Architecture
Scott Amundson
This is an example of an expansive and brown rustic detached house in Minneapolis with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
Simonsen-Hickok InteriorsSimonsen-Hickok Interiors
Photo of an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami with mixed cladding.

Expansive 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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