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Barnstable Contemporary Barn Home
Barnstable Contemporary Barn Home
Yankee Barn HomesYankee Barn Homes
Photo of a large and gey rural two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Flower Avenue Residence
Flower Avenue Residence
Peter Vincent ArchitectsPeter Vincent Architects
Tessa Neustadt & Amber Interiors
Black scandinavian two floor detached house in Los Angeles.
Ashton Heights Renovation
Ashton Heights Renovation
WINN Design+BuildWINN Design+Build
Inspiration for a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in DC Metro with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
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Custom Barndominium
Custom Barndominium
Broadshield Custom Homes and ContractorsBroadshield Custom Homes and Contractors
Photo of a medium sized and beige rustic bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Chiott Custom Homes, Inc.Chiott Custom Homes, Inc.
Photo of an expansive and white traditional two floor brick detached house in Charlotte with a half-hip roof and a mixed material roof.
English Tudor
English Tudor
Sims Luxury BuildersSims Luxury Builders
Large and beige mediterranean detached house in Houston with three floors, stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Entry Door Projects
Entry Door Projects
Carby's LumberCarby's Lumber
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige traditional bungalow brick detached house in Boston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
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TCU Urban Dream Home
TCU Urban Dream Home
Bannister Custom HomesBannister Custom Homes
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This is an example of a white classic two floor brick detached house in Dallas with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Priest Lake Cabin
Priest Lake Cabin
Marie-Dominique Verdier, photographerMarie-Dominique Verdier, photographer
photo © Marie-Dominique Verdier
Inspiration for a rustic house exterior in Other.
California Dreamin'
California Dreamin'
NUMI BuildNUMI Build
The Salty Shutters
Photo of a medium sized and white rural bungalow detached house in Los Angeles with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Barwon Heads Beach House
Barwon Heads Beach House
Siobhan Donoghue DesignSiobhan Donoghue Design
New build and interior design project in Barwon Heads. Four bedroom home with open plan kitchen, pantry, two living spaces and two outdoor living spaces. A contemporary aesthetic with polished concrete floors, barn doors on rails, inside-outside living with the dining room looking out onto the patio and children's play area beside the entertainment room with surround sound media experience. Photos by the lovely Nikole Ramsay
California Dreamin'
California Dreamin'
NUMI BuildNUMI Build
The Salty Shutters
This is an example of a medium sized and white rural bungalow detached house in Los Angeles with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Vestavia Hills Remodel
Vestavia Hills Remodel
Tommy Daspit PhotographerTommy Daspit Photographer
Exterior of a remodeled home by Adams & Gerndt Architecture firm and Harris Coggin Building Company in Vestavia Hills Alabama. Photographed by Tommy Daspit a Birmingham based architectural and interiors photographer. You can see more of his work at http://tommydaspit.com
Urban Farmhouse
Urban Farmhouse
DC Fine Homes Inc.DC Fine Homes Inc.
DC Fine Homes Inc.
Photo of a medium sized and white rural two floor detached house in Portland with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mid Century Makeover
Mid Century Makeover
Zieba Builders, Inc.Zieba Builders, Inc.
Built in the 1960’s, this 1,566 sq. ft. single story home needed updating and visual interests. The clients love to entertain and wanted to create a welcoming, fun atmosphere. Their wish lists were to have an enclosed courtyard to utilize the outdoor space, an open floor plan providing a bigger kitchen and better flow, and to incorporate a mid-century modern style. The goal of this project was to create an open floor plan that would allow for better flow and function, thereby providing a more usable workspace and room for entertaining. We also incorporate the mid-century modern feel throughout the entire home from the inside to the out, bringing elements of design to all the spaces resulting in a completely uniform home. Opening-up the space and removing any visual barriers resulted in the interior and exterior spaces appearing much larger. This allowed a much better flow into the space, and a flood of natural sunlight from the windows into the living area. We were able to enclose the outside front space with a rock wall and a gate providing additional square footage and a private outdoor living space. We also introduced materials such as IPE wood, stacked stone, and metal to incorporate into the exterior which created a warm, aesthetically pleasing, and mid-century modern courtyard.
Modern Board and Batton Farmhouse
Modern Board and Batton Farmhouse
Wyrick Residential DesignWyrick Residential Design
William David Homes
Photo of a large and white country two floor detached house in Houston with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Our Custom Built Home
Our Custom Built Home
UserUser
Inspiration for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Chicago with a flat roof.
Home Remodel
Home Remodel
Pacific Wood DesignsPacific Wood Designs
Large and beige bungalow render detached house in San Diego with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

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.
Valerie - Modern
Valerie - Modern
Thomas HomesThomas Homes
Design ideas for a large and white modern two floor render detached house in Miami with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Stone Exterior
Stone Exterior
Reward BuildersReward Builders
Inspiration for a large and brown traditional two floor detached house in Raleigh with stone cladding.
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