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Front House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Stratum
Stratum
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Inspiration for a large contemporary two floor front detached house in Cornwall with a pitched roof.
View from curb side
View from curb side
OakwrightsOakwrights
Photo of a rural two floor front house exterior in Hampshire with mixed cladding.
Moorsfort
Moorsfort
Juliet Murphy PhotographyJuliet Murphy Photography
This is an example of a yellow traditional brick and front house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a brown roof.
Entertainer's Dream - Front
Entertainer's Dream - Front
Bohannon Design TeamBohannon Design Team
The home features high clerestory windows and a welcoming front porch, nestled between beautiful live oaks.
Medium sized and gey country bungalow front detached house in Dallas with stone cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
New Build Long Island Beach House
New Build Long Island Beach House
Grants BlindsGrants Blinds
Modern front house exterior in London.
Strathisla
Strathisla
Fiddes ArchitectsFiddes Architects
The main body of the house, running east / west with a 40 degree roof pitch, roof windows and dormers makes up the primary accommodation with a 1 & 3/4 storey massing. The garage and rear lounge create an additional wrap around form on the north east corner while the living room forms a gabled extrusion on the south face of the main body. The living area takes advantage of sunlight throughout the day thanks to a large glazed gable. This gable, along with other windows, allow light to penetrate deep into the plan throughout the year, particularly in the winter months when natural daylight is limited. Materials are used to purposely break up the elevations and emphasise changes in use or projections from the main, white house facade. The large projections accommodating the garage and open plan living area are wrapped in Quartz Grey Zinc Standing Seam roofing and cladding which continues to wrap around the rear corner extrusion off the main building. Vertical larch cladding with mid grey vacuum coating is used to differentiate smaller projections from the main form. The principal entrance, dormers and the external wall to the rear lounge provide a contrasting break in materials between the extruded forms and the different purpose of the spaces within.
Red Door Retreat
Red Door Retreat
Andrea Swan - Swan ArchitectureAndrea Swan - Swan Architecture
Design ideas for a farmhouse front house exterior in Minneapolis.
Other Inspiration
Other Inspiration
Homes by TraditionHomes by Tradition
This is an example of a rural front house exterior in Minneapolis.
Modern Farm House, Los Gatos
Modern Farm House, Los Gatos
De Mattei ConstructionDe Mattei Construction
Inspiration for a white country bungalow front detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a black roof and shiplap cladding.
Lombardy II (Phase 2)
Lombardy II (Phase 2)
Chelsea Design + ConstructionChelsea Design + Construction
Photo of a mediterranean front house exterior in Los Angeles.
Brookhaven Model Home
Brookhaven Model Home
AR Homes | NashvilleAR Homes | Nashville
One of our most poplar exteriors! This modern take on the farmhouse brings life to the black and white aesthetic.
Photo of an expansive and white traditional two floor brick and front detached house in Nashville with a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a black roof.
Split-Level Expansion
Split-Level Expansion
12/12 Architects & Planners12/12 Architects & Planners
This 1964 split-level looked like every other house on the block before adding a 1,000sf addition over the existing Living, Dining, Kitchen and Family rooms. New siding, trim and columns were added throughout, while the existing brick remained.
01 - Arlington Historic Front Exterior
01 - Arlington Historic Front Exterior
Aspire Fine HomesAspire Fine Homes
Design ideas for an expansive and white farmhouse two floor front detached house in Houston with a mixed material roof and a brown roof.
Modern Glasgow Bungalow
Modern Glasgow Bungalow
MAP Magnus Architect PracticeMAP Magnus Architect Practice
A modern take on the mid-century bungalow that is common in the suburbs all around Scotland. The design uses the ubiquitous low-pitched pyramidal roof with large overhanging eaves as the driver of the form. Below this roof, the design is a mix of traditional rooms to the left and a more modern open-plan layout to the right, all accessed from a central double height central hallway. The rooms to the left house more enclosed areas, such as bedrooms, home-offices and bathrooms, while the kitchen-living-dining areas are in the open-plan areas with great views and connections to the garden and lots of natural light. By matching the vernacular with the modern, this design can cherry pick the best of each to create a home that is fit for modern life.
New Build, Cubert
New Build, Cubert
DARTDART
This is an example of a large modern two floor front detached house in Cornwall with wood cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
James Hardie Siding Replacement
James Hardie Siding Replacement
Canes Exterior TransformationsCanes Exterior Transformations
Design ideas for a farmhouse front house exterior in Kansas City.
Boho Chic Farmhouse
Boho Chic Farmhouse
Jackson Design & RemodelingJackson Design & Remodeling
Photo of a country front house exterior in San Diego.
Covered Cut-out Entryway
Covered Cut-out Entryway
Polykrome DesignPolykrome Design
An envelope of natural cedar creates a warm, welcoming embrace as you enter this beautiful lakefront home. The cedar shingles in the covered entry, stained black shingles on the dormer above, and black clapboard siding will each weather differently and improve their characters with age.
Front entrance - Thornhill
Front entrance - Thornhill
Horvath LandscapesHorvath Landscapes
plutadesigns
Medium sized and beige modern two floor brick and front detached house in Toronto with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.
Industrial Modern Home
Industrial Modern Home
Sopher Sparn Architects LLCSopher Sparn Architects LLC
Gey midcentury two floor front detached house in Denver with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Front 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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