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Small Home with a Big Heart
Small Home with a Big Heart
Tommy Daspit PhotographerTommy Daspit Photographer
New home construction in Homewood Alabama photographed for Willow Homes, Willow Design Studio, and Triton Stone Group by Birmingham Alabama based architectural and interiors photographer Tommy Daspit. You can see more of his work at http://tommydaspit.com
RoShamBo at Seabrook
RoShamBo at Seabrook
grouparchitectgrouparchitect
A custom vacation home by Grouparchitect and Hughes Construction. Photographer credit: © 2018 AMF Photography.
This is an example of a medium sized and blue beach style detached house in Seattle with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Einfamilienhaus in Schwalmtal
Einfamilienhaus in Schwalmtal
Philip Kistner FotografiePhilip Kistner Fotografie
@ Philip Kistner / www.philipkistner.com
This is an example of a large contemporary two floor brick house exterior in Dusseldorf with a flat roof.
Modern Home in Rural Hamlet
Modern Home in Rural Hamlet
Wiedemann Architects LLCWiedemann Architects LLC
Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography LLC
Inspiration for a white and large contemporary two floor detached house in DC Metro with a pitched roof, wood cladding and a metal roof.
Magnolia Custom
Magnolia Custom
M. Lahr HomesM. Lahr Homes
Photo of a large and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Orlando with a flat roof and mixed cladding.
Shah Residence
Shah Residence
E3 Architecture IncE3 Architecture Inc
Merle Prosofsky
Inspiration for a contemporary two floor house exterior in Edmonton with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Phinney Design GroupPhinney Design Group
Elizabeth Haynes
This is an example of a large and brown rustic detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Paradise Valley Project #1
Paradise Valley Project #1
Riverbend BuildersRiverbend Builders
Design ideas for a brown and medium sized rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Traditional Home West U Home with a Modern Twist
Traditional Home West U Home with a Modern Twist
Mirador BuildersMirador Builders
Traditional Style Speculative Home in West University. The home maximizes a 5250 sq ft lot with a 4000 sq foot home and room for a pool. Architecture by J Marshall Porterfield. Interior, Exterior and Landscaping Design by Jennifer Hamelet of Mirador Builders.
Traditional Orangery
Traditional Orangery
Vale Garden HousesVale Garden Houses
Orangery designed to blend seemlessly with the house. Built incorporating stone piers to the corners and either side of the doors. Inset roof light with automatically controlled ventilation.
Project
Project
Pagliaro Bartels Sajda ArchitectsPagliaro Bartels Sajda Architects
Photo of a gey and medium sized victorian detached house in New York with three floors, vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Frankenprey House
Frankenprey House
CplusC Architects + BuildersCplusC Architects + Builders
Murray Fredericks
Large and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Sydney with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Elegant Home
Elegant Home
LDB HOMES LLCLDB HOMES LLC
Beautiful modern home. Professionally landscaped.
This is an example of a large and multi-coloured retro two floor detached house in Seattle.
Little Venice
Little Venice
Nigel Bird ArchitectsNigel Bird Architects
External View
Inspiration for a medium sized classic house exterior in London.
Tree house with Natureaged siding
Tree house with Natureaged siding
TrestlewoodTrestlewood
Photo by June Cannon, Trestlewood
Photo of a medium sized and beige rustic detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
N. Andover, MA
N. Andover, MA
G. M. Roth Design Remodeling, Inc.G. M. Roth Design Remodeling, Inc.
Inspiration for a gey and medium sized contemporary bungalow detached house in Boston with vinyl cladding and a shingle roof.
House A
House A
Simón García AsensioSimón García Asensio
Simon Garcia | arqfoto.com
White and large contemporary two floor render house exterior in Barcelona with a flat roof.
Monomoscoy Custom Home
Monomoscoy Custom Home
Thomas J. O'Neill, Inc.Thomas J. O'Neill, Inc.
Custom Waterfront Home Designed and Built by Thomas J. O'Neill, INC
This is an example of a gey and expansive victorian house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
East Hampton Beach Cottage
East Hampton Beach Cottage
ChangoChango
East Hampton beach house facade. Blue door and natural cedar shingles. See more at: http://chango.co/portfolio/east-hampton-beach-cottage/ Photo by: Ball & Albanese
Brentwood
Brentwood
Corr Contemporary HomesCorr Contemporary Homes
Large and beige contemporary two floor glass detached house in Los Angeles.

Premium 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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