Green House Exterior with a Brown Roof Ideas and Designs

Main Cabin Entry and Deck
Inspiration for a green rustic detached house in Portland with three floors, vinyl cladding, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.

Ambler Portico and Siding Replacement

Harth Builders

Medium sized and green two floor detached house in Philadelphia with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.

Wrightsville Beach home 1

Pamela Macior, LLC

Beautiful remodel on Wrightsville Beach NC
Large and green nautical detached house in Wilmington with three floors, wood cladding, a hip roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.

The McKenzie

Oz Homes, LLC

Gorgeous craftsman features a large covered front porch and three car garage. This open concept home has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, home office upstairs bonus room and golf cart storage. (original listing picture)

Lake's Edge: Rustic Craftsman Lake Home

Timberlake Custom Homes

This gorgeous lake home sits right on the water's edge. It features a harmonious blend of rustic and and modern elements, including a rough-sawn pine floor, gray stained cabinetry, and accents of shiplap and tongue and groove throughout.

Contemporary Whole House Remodel

McCabe By Design LLC

The lead up to the garage, on the service side of the home, is a recycled plastic geo-grid back filled with pea gravel. Able to withstand 30k weight trucks it also mitigates storm water run off. The standing seam metal hip-roof and cementatious fiber siding provide provide high durability and low maintenance living.

The Harper

osmosis architecture

Inspiration for a large and green classic two floor detached house in Denver with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.

1041 EL

Weaver Custom Homes

Design ideas for a green classic detached house in Columbus with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof, a brown roof and shingles.

Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding, Soffit & Fascia

Ameriside

The soffit and fascia (eaves and trim) after installation on a two story home in Alta Loma, CA with a vinyl octagon for ventilation.
Photo of a large and green traditional two floor rear detached house in Los Angeles with vinyl cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.

Oceanfront Home in Ocean City

OSK Design Partners, PA

Photo of a large and green beach style detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.

Revolution Farmhouse | McCutchan Trace | Evansville, IN

Jagoe Homes Inc.

This is an example of a large and green two floor detached house in Louisville with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.

Custom Homes

Benvenuti and Stein

Our client wanted a newly constructed Winnetka home with a first floor master suite and all the necessary amenities on a single level – suited for an empty-nester. The additional bedrooms and baths on both the 2nd floor and lower level along with the open floor plan are perfect for entertaining her out of town guests. The exterior design of this Winnetka home has a Nantucket feel and it aligns perfectly with the character of the neighborhood. Norman Sizemore photographer.

Sustainability in Perfect Proportion

Meadowlark Design+Build

This new custom home was designed in the true Tudor style and uses mixed materials of stone, brick and stucco on the exterior. Home built by Meadowlark Design+ Build in Ann Arbor, Michigan Architecture: Woodbury Design Group. Photography: Jeff Garland

Wind Lake - Windows

Callen Construction, Inc.

A home in need of a full exterior remodel! All of the windows were replaced with Infinity from Marvin fiberglass windows. The siding was replaced. Installation of aluminum soffit & facia, new gutters, and new gutter topper. Installation of new ProVia front entry door and storm door.

Forest Heights Infill - Exterior

Steel and Spruce

Photo of a large and green contemporary two floor detached house in Edmonton with concrete fibreboard cladding, a mixed material roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.

Lost Island Water Park

Automated Lifestyles

Existing park with no blueprints for underground utilities. We had to dig by hand to install 30,000 ft. of wire for 80 speakers. The sound improvement allowed the park to be ranked #2 in the nation from #4 and they get a lot of positive feed back from their guests.

Metal Roof Upgrade Plans

Weather Shielders

After we prep the shingle roof be removing vents and other accessories, we cut the shingle overhang off the edges and install wood furr strips to screw the new metal roof down to. These are nailed on the rafters and spaced about 2ft o.c. we also install the wall flashing and valley flashing and drip edge trim prior to installing the panels.

New Bay Window and Bow Window in Delightful Home - Renewal by Andersen Long Isla

Renewal by Andersen Long Island

Delightful home with new bay and bow windows we installed. This adorable ranch style home with impeccable landscaping looks fantastic with two new bay windows and a new bow window. Get started buying new windows today with Renewal by Andersen Long Island, serving Suffolk, Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn. . . . . . . . . . . All your window and door needs are just a phone call away -- Contact Us Today! 844-245-2799

Lost Island Water Park

Automated Lifestyles

Dines Rd Add + Alt

jonathan paul fleming, architect

East elevation after second story addition.
Medium sized and green traditional two floor detached house in Cleveland with concrete fibreboard cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.

Green House Exterior with a Brown Roof 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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