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Black Doors House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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La Paz
La Paz
Tom Ochsner AIATom Ochsner AIA
Inspiration for a white mediterranean two floor render detached house in Santa Barbara with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Mountain Contemporary
Mountain Contemporary
Sopris HomesSopris Homes
Inspiration for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a mixed material roof.
Einfamilienhaus Merzig
Einfamilienhaus Merzig
BHK ArchitektenBHK Architekten
Jean-Claude Castor
Inspiration for a white and medium sized modern two floor house exterior in Other with a flat roof.
Bishops Avenue
Bishops Avenue
IQ Glass UKIQ Glass UK
IQ Glass UK
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in London.
Bayshores Drive
Bayshores Drive
Brandon Architects, Inc.Brandon Architects, Inc.
Architect: Brandon Architects Inc. Contractor/Interior Designer: Patterson Construction, Newport Beach, CA. Photos by: Jeri Keogel
This is an example of a beach style house exterior in Orange County with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Modern Portland Landscape
Modern Portland Landscape
risa boyer architecturerisa boyer architecture
modern backyard with tudor home in Portland Oregon
This is an example of a traditional two floor house exterior in Portland.
Beacon Hill Brownstone
Beacon Hill Brownstone
Schranghamer Design Group, LLCSchranghamer Design Group, LLC
Diane Anton Photography
Inspiration for a classic brick house exterior in Boston with three floors.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
Medium sized and white contemporary two floor render house exterior in Other with a flat roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Environs DevelopmentEnvirons Development
Inspiration for a traditional terraced house in Chicago.
Presidio Heights Residence
Presidio Heights Residence
Dijeau Poage ConstructionDijeau Poage Construction
Photo of a large classic house exterior in San Francisco with three floors.
Mezza
Mezza
Raykon ConstructionRaykon Construction
Design ideas for a multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Neubau Scheunentrio
Neubau Scheunentrio
Möhring ArchitektenMöhring Architekten
This is an example of a gey and medium sized contemporary house exterior in Berlin with a pitched roof and mixed cladding.
Boulevard Westfield NJ
Boulevard Westfield NJ
Colicchio ConstructionColicchio Construction
This is an example of a red traditional two floor brick detached house in New York with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Haus Börger
Haus Börger
Architekten SpiekermannArchitekten Spiekermann
Frank Vinken | dwb
Design ideas for a medium sized and white modern split-level detached house in Other with a flat roof and mixed cladding.
Einfamilienhaus mit Burgblick
Einfamilienhaus mit Burgblick
Bermüller+Niemeyer ArchitekturwerkstattBermüller+Niemeyer Architekturwerkstatt
Franz Kökeny
Design ideas for a white and medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Berlin with a flat roof.
MALCOLM - New Home
MALCOLM - New Home
Big House Little HouseBig House Little House
Inspiration for a black contemporary two floor detached house in Brisbane with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Industrial Exterior
Industrial Exterior
Kirkwood McCarthyKirkwood McCarthy
Urban two floor brick terraced house in London.
Bendestorf
Bendestorf
METTEN Stein+Design GmbH & Co. KGMETTEN Stein+Design GmbH & Co. KG
Design ideas for a white and large traditional house exterior in Cologne with a pitched roof and three floors.
SC14 Einfamilienhaus im Kreis Göppingen
SC14 Einfamilienhaus im Kreis Göppingen
Schiller Architektur BDASchiller Architektur BDA
Ralf Just Fotografie, Weilheim
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey modern two floor detached house in Stuttgart with a flat roof, a green roof and mixed cladding.
PELLY - North Vancouver
PELLY - North Vancouver
KLR Building Ltd.KLR Building Ltd.
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige contemporary render detached house in Vancouver with three floors, a flat roof and a metal roof.

Black Doors 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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