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Green House Exterior with a Shingle Roof Ideas and Designs

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Country Home, Gloucestershire
Country Home, Gloucestershire
Justin Van Breda LondonJustin Van Breda London
Photo of a beige rural detached house in Gloucestershire with three floors, stone cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
My Projects
My Projects
Manage My ProjectManage My Project
Photo of a small and beige classic two floor detached house in Philadelphia with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Woman Lake 2
Woman Lake 2
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
This is an example of a brown rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Front of House
Front of House
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
Tom Jenkins Photography Siding color: Sherwin Williams 7045 (Intelectual Grey) Shutter color: Sherwin Williams 7047 (Porpoise) Trim color: Sherwin Williams 7008 (Alabaster) Windows: Andersen
Westway Residence
Westway Residence
L. Lumpkins Architect, Inc.L. Lumpkins Architect, Inc.
Named one the 10 most Beautiful Houses in Dallas
Photo of a large and gey nautical two floor detached house in Dallas with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Green Oaks
Green Oaks
Thompson Custom HomesThompson Custom Homes
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor brick detached house in Houston with a shingle roof.
upper long lake house
upper long lake house
kevin akey - azd associates - michigankevin akey - azd associates - michigan
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured modern two floor detached house in Detroit with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Glen Road
Glen Road
risa boyer architecturerisa boyer architecture
Inspiration for a large and black midcentury bungalow detached house in Portland with wood cladding, a lean-to roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
City Modern Farmhouse Town & Country Charlotte
City Modern Farmhouse Town & Country Charlotte
Linnane HomesLinnane Homes
Inspiration for a large and white country two floor painted brick detached house in Charlotte with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Coastal Craftsman Estate | Downtown Naperville
Coastal Craftsman Estate | Downtown Naperville
DJK Custom HomesDJK Custom Homes
Large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Chicago with concrete fibreboard cladding, a shingle roof and a pitched roof.
The Wallace Home Plan 1446
The Wallace Home Plan 1446
Donald A. Gardner ArchitectsDonald A. Gardner Architects
Cedar shakes mix with siding and stone to create a richly textural Craftsman exterior. This floor plan is ideal for large or growing families with open living spaces making it easy to be together. The master suite and a bedroom/study are downstairs while three large bedrooms with walk-in closets are upstairs. A second-floor pocket office is a great space for children to complete homework or projects and a bonus room provides additional square footage for recreation or storage.
Highland Park Residence
Highland Park Residence
Wernerfield ArchitectureWernerfield Architecture
Charles Davis Smith
Inspiration for a medium sized and white classic two floor render detached house in Dallas with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Home Bolingbrook - 17AE
Custom Home Bolingbrook - 17AE
King's Court Builders, Inc.King's Court Builders, Inc.
Craftsman home with side-load garage features JamesHardie siding and a stone table. Custom-built home by King's Court Builders, Naperville, Illinois. (17AE) Photos by: Picture Perfect House
Napa Victorian
Napa Victorian
Paul Kelley ArchitecturePaul Kelley Architecture
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue victorian bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Historic District Lewes Delaware
Historic District Lewes Delaware
Allbright Bullock ArchitectsAllbright Bullock Architects
The roof line comes down low on the second floor to reduce the height of the house and create an interesting roof form without losing too much floor space on the second floor. Pushing the shed dormers out flush with exterior walls helps accomplish these goals. This is Phase-1 of a 2 phase project. The future Phase-2 addition will enclose the fireplace with a matching bedroom wing that will complete the symmetry centered on the front porch. The windows on the gable wall will move out to the new gable wall.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Paredes-Grube ArchitectureParedes-Grube Architecture
Green and large traditional two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
The Cottage on Cole
The Cottage on Cole
8th & Main8th & Main
This is an example of a small and blue classic bungalow detached house in Dallas with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
White and Gray Stucco Transitional
White and Gray Stucco Transitional
Wyrick Residential DesignWyrick Residential Design
Photo of a large and white traditional two floor brick detached house in Houston with a hip roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Detached House in West Hampstead
Detached House in West Hampstead
VORBILD ArchitectureVORBILD Architecture
Photo of a large and red contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.

Green House Exterior with a Shingle 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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