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The Oliver
The Oliver
Hearth HomesHearth Homes
Nestled on the banks of the Assiniboine, this prairie lodge was built and designed to marry modern luxury with the rustic charm of a mountain chalet. With soaring tongue and groove ceilings, a massive rough cut stone fireplace, and exposed timber trusses this home is a gorgeous extension of nature. This family-oriented home was built with dedicated and unique spaces for everyone. Even the dog has its own room under the stairs! The master bedroom with its vaulted ceiling and rakehead windows takes full advantage of the river views and provides a unique feeling of sleeping in harmony with nature. Every aspect of this home has been customized to meet the requirements of the modern family.
Interior of Outdoor Space - Jackson Hills Amenities Center
Interior of Outdoor Space - Jackson Hills Amenities Center
Marty Paoletta PhotographyMarty Paoletta Photography
Exterior, Interior of Outdoor Space - Jackson Hills Amenities Center in Mt Juliet, TN Photography by Marty Paoletta
Design ideas for an expansive and brown rustic bungalow house exterior in Nashville with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Calecho Breckenridge Colorado Mining Theme Home
Calecho Breckenridge Colorado Mining Theme Home
Trilogy PartnersTrilogy Partners
A unique Mining Themed Home Designed and Built by Trilogy Partners in Breckenridge Colorado on the Breckenridge Golf Course. This home was the grand prize winner of the 2008 Summit County Parade of Homes winning every major award. Also featured in Forbes Magazine. 5 Bedrooms 6 baths 5500 square feet with a three car garage. All exterior finishes are of reclaimed barn wood. Authentic timber frame structure. Interior by Trilogy Partners, additional interiors by Interiors by Design Michael Rath, John Rath, Clay Schwarck Photography
Modern Rustic Sugar Bowl House
Modern Rustic Sugar Bowl House
Staprans DesignStaprans Design
Expansive and brown rustic house exterior in San Francisco with three floors, wood cladding and a butterfly roof.
Refined Mountain Rustic
Refined Mountain Rustic
TKP ArchitectsTKP Architects
Welcome to the essential refined mountain rustic home: warm, homey, and sturdy. The house’s structure is genuine heavy timber framing, skillfully constructed with mortise and tenon joinery. Distressed beams and posts have been reclaimed from old American barns to enjoy a second life as they define varied, inviting spaces. Traditional carpentry is at its best in the great room’s exquisitely crafted wood trusses. Rugged Lodge is a retreat that’s hard to return from.
Custom Log Home with Stone
Custom Log Home with Stone
StoneMill Log & Timber HomesStoneMill Log & Timber Homes
This large, custom home brings the beauty of hand-hewn, chinked logs, stone, glass and other natural materials together to create a showplace.
Inspiration for an expansive and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding.
Cherry Hills Western Eclectic
Cherry Hills Western Eclectic
Ekman Design StudioEkman Design Studio
This elegant expression of a modern Colorado style home combines a rustic regional exterior with a refined contemporary interior. The client's private art collection is embraced by a combination of modern steel trusses, stonework and traditional timber beams. Generous expanses of glass allow for view corridors of the mountains to the west, open space wetlands towards the south and the adjacent horse pasture on the east. Builder: Cadre General Contractors http://www.cadregc.com Photograph: Ron Ruscio Photography http://ronrusciophotography.com/
Whiteside Lodge
Whiteside Lodge
MossCreekMossCreek
Designed by MossCreek, this beautiful timber frame home includes signature MossCreek style elements such as natural materials, expression of structure, elegant rustic design, and perfect use of space in relation to build site. Photo by Mark Smith
North Camp
North Camp
Liv4 ArchitectureLiv4 Architecture
Scott Amundson
Inspiration for an expansive and brown rustic detached house in Minneapolis with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Black Mountain Family Lodge
Black Mountain Family Lodge
ACM DesignACM Design
This is an example of a brown and expansive rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Sunrise Point
Sunrise Point
Wright DesignWright Design
This transitional timber frame home features a wrap-around porch designed to take advantage of its lakeside setting and mountain views. Natural stone, including river rock, granite and Tennessee field stone, is combined with wavy edge siding and a cedar shingle roof to marry the exterior of the home with it surroundings. Casually elegant interiors flow into generous outdoor living spaces that highlight natural materials and create a connection between the indoors and outdoors. Photography Credit: Rebecca Lehde, Inspiro 8 Studios
Big Bear Cabin
Big Bear Cabin
Structerra, Inc.Structerra, Inc.
Sinead Hastings
This is an example of an expansive rustic two floor house exterior in Sacramento with wood cladding.
LakeStone
LakeStone
Bear Mountain BuildersBear Mountain Builders
Mountain Modern Lakefront Home Entry
This is an example of an expansive and gey rustic two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding and a mixed material roof.
Executive & Family Mountain Retreat
Executive & Family Mountain Retreat
Montana Creative architecture + designMontana Creative architecture + design
© Gravity Shots
Expansive and brown rustic house exterior in Jackson with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Refined Mountain Rustic
Refined Mountain Rustic
TKP ArchitectsTKP Architects
Welcome to the essential refined mountain rustic home: warm, homey, and sturdy. The house’s structure is genuine heavy timber framing, skillfully constructed with mortise and tenon joinery. Distressed beams and posts have been reclaimed from old American barns to enjoy a second life as they define varied, inviting spaces. Traditional carpentry is at its best in the great room’s exquisitely crafted wood trusses. Rugged Lodge is a retreat that’s hard to return from.
Big Sky
Big Sky
B&B BuildersB&B Builders
Mountain Ski Retreat
Inspiration for an expansive rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding.
Waterfront Post and Beam
Waterfront Post and Beam
Doyle Coffin Architecture LLCDoyle Coffin Architecture LLC
This is an example of an expansive and brown rustic detached house in New York with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof, a black roof and shingles.
The Hutchinson - CHE1019
The Hutchinson - CHE1019
Legacy Post & BeamLegacy Post & Beam
Exterior gambrel post and beam event center with two lean-tos
Inspiration for an expansive and white rustic two floor house exterior with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a metal roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
New Hope Barn Conversion
New Hope Barn Conversion
Wolstenholme Associates, LLCWolstenholme Associates, LLC
Katrina Mojzesz http://www.topkatphoto.com
Windermere Lakeside Residence
Windermere Lakeside Residence
Site Lines Architecture Inc.Site Lines Architecture Inc.
Contemporary Lakeside Residence Photos: Crocodile Creative Contractor: Quiniscoe Homes
Design ideas for an expansive and gey rustic two floor detached house in Vancouver with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Expansive Rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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