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228 Pendleton Road
228 Pendleton Road
Our Town PlansOur Town Plans
Richard Leo Johnson
Photo of a small and gey rural bungalow house exterior in Atlanta.
Wooded Highlands by Design Guild Homes
Wooded Highlands by Design Guild Homes
DESIGN GUILD HOMESDESIGN GUILD HOMES
Traditional house exterior in Seattle with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Shingle style home drive court to entry elevation
Shingle style home drive court to entry elevation
Smith & Vansant Architects PCSmith & Vansant Architects PC
Rob Karosis Photography www.robkarosis.com
Design ideas for a victorian house exterior in Burlington with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
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James Hardie
James Hardie
James Hardie Building ProductsJames Hardie Building Products
Photo of a house exterior in Chicago.
Craftsman
Craftsman
B Street DesignB Street Design
Architect- Sema Architects
Green and medium sized traditional two floor house exterior in San Diego with wood cladding and a flat roof.
My Houzz: The Thorns
My Houzz: The Thorns
Lucy CallLucy Call
Photo: Lucy Call © 2014 Houzz Design: Imbue Design
Design ideas for a gey contemporary bungalow house exterior in Salt Lake City.
Mere Point Residence
Mere Point Residence
Whitten ArchitectsWhitten Architects
photography by Trent Bell
Photo of a contemporary house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding.
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A Licorice House - Vancouver Painted Lady
A Licorice House - Vancouver Painted Lady
Warline Painting Ltd.Warline Painting Ltd.
Ina Van Tonder
This is an example of a green and large victorian detached house in Vancouver with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Houghton House Day
Houghton House Day
Medici ArchitectsMedici Architects
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
Inspiration for a green contemporary two floor house exterior in San Francisco.
Aspen
Aspen
Vic's Masonry LLCVic's Masonry LLC
Natural stone
Inspiration for a classic house exterior in Portland with stone cladding.
Bellevue House
Bellevue House
Kathryn Tegreene Interior DesignKathryn Tegreene Interior Design
This hundred year old house just oozes with charm. Photographer: John Wilbanks, Interior Designer: Kathryn Tegreene Interior Design
Design ideas for a green traditional two floor house exterior in Seattle.
Victorian Carriage House
Victorian Carriage House
Jacob Lilley ArchitectsJacob Lilley Architects
Jacob Lilley Architects Location: Concord, MA, USA The renovation to this classic Victorian House included and an expansion of the current kitchen, family room and breakfast area. These changes allowed us to improve the existing rear elevation and create a new backyard patio. A new, detached two-car carriage house was designed to compliment the main house and provide some much needed storage.
New second floor
New second floor
Tim Andersen ArchitectTim Andersen Architect
Side view shows second floor projecting beyond front with soffit below. Original brick chimney was extended in wood framing and covered with a clinker brick veneer. Same veneer, less than an inch thick, was applied to concrete foundation walls in front. David Whelan photo
Scott's Lake House
Scott's Lake House
Bassett Furniture Design StudioBassett Furniture Design Studio
Interior designer Scott Dean's home on Sun Valley Lake
Photo of a green and medium sized classic house exterior in Other with mixed cladding, three floors and a pitched roof.
Green Cube - LEED Platinum Showhome
Green Cube - LEED Platinum Showhome
RE.DZINERE.DZINE
To receive information on products and materials used on this project, please contact me via http://www.iredzine.com Photos by Jenifer Koskinen- Merritt Design Photo
Front Exterior
Front Exterior
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Craftsman Style Exterior
Inspiration for a medium sized classic two floor house exterior in Salt Lake City.
Palm Springs 18
Palm Springs 18
digs inside & outdigs inside & out
This is an example of a green midcentury bungalow detached house in Portland.

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.
Award-winning Energy Efficient Timberframe
Award-winning Energy Efficient Timberframe
Kim Smith PhotoKim Smith Photo
© 2017 Kim Smith Photo Home by Timberbuilt. Please address design questions to the builder.
This is an example of a green rustic two floor detached house in Atlanta with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
East Austin Bungalow
East Austin Bungalow
Remodel BoutiqueRemodel Boutique
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