House Exterior with a Pink House and a Purple House Ideas and Designs

This is an example of a large classic two floor detached house in DC Metro with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof and a purple house.

Various Projects

Garrison Homes

Photo of an expansive classic house exterior in Other with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a purple house.

Before and after

Liquidscapes

This is an example of a traditional two floor house exterior in New York with a pink house.

Rennie Street Thornbury

Architect Hewson

A rear deck and custom hardwood pergola frame the exterior view of the new addition.
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary bungalow detached house in Melbourne with mixed cladding, a purple house, a butterfly roof, a metal roof, a white roof and shiplap cladding.

Custom Homes

Tom Bierster Fine Home Building & Renovation, Inc.

This is an example of a large victorian house exterior in Miami with three floors, wood cladding, a hip roof and a pink house.

Two Bedroom Wee House Exterior

The Wee House Company

Small victorian house exterior in Glasgow with a pitched roof and a pink house.

Whalehead • When You Wish Upon a Star

SAGA Realty & Construction

Large coastal house exterior in Other with three floors, vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a purple house.

Queen Anne Cottage

Gill Design Co.

Inspiration for a large victorian two floor detached house in Nashville with wood cladding, a purple house, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.

Beach House

Sally Morgan Architect

Matt Darley-Bently
Inspiration for a coastal two floor detached house in Wollongong with a purple house and a pitched roof.

Glass Houses

sander architects llc

Sharon Risedoprh
Contemporary house exterior in Los Angeles with a purple house.

Rogers South Padre Island

WM BURNS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Photo of a modern house exterior in Austin with a pink house.

Castro Residence

450 Architects

Garry Belinsky
Photo of a modern house exterior in San Francisco with a pink house.

The Melaleuca — The Grove at Lake Ida — Delray Beach, Florida

Seaside Builders Of Delray Beach, Florida

This is an example of an expansive world-inspired two floor detached house in Miami with wood cladding, a pink house, a hip roof and a metal roof.

Summit Residence

DK Studio

The Summit Project consisted of architectural and interior design services to remodel a house. A design challenge for this project was the remodel and reconfiguration of the second floor to include a primary bathroom and bedroom, a large primary walk-in closet, a guest bathroom, two separate offices, a guest bedroom, and adding a dedicated laundry room. An architectural study was made to retrofit the powder room on the first floor. The space layout was carefully thought out to accommodate these rooms and give a better flow to the second level, creating an oasis for the homeowners.

Custom Contemporary Home

Gryphon Builders

This custom contemporary home was designed and built with a unique combination of products that give this home a fun and artistic flair. For more information about this project please visit: www.gryphonbuilders.com. Or contact Allen Griffin, President of Gryphon Builders, at 281-236-8043 cell or email him at allen@gryphonbuilders.com

Traditional American Style Home

Builders, LLC

This is an example of a traditional two floor detached house in New York with a purple house, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Richard

Rosewood Custom Builders

Design ideas for a large classic two floor detached house in Dallas with mixed cladding, a purple house, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Now Room for Children and Toys in Bernal Heights

Architect Mason Kirby Inc.

Joseph Schell
Photo of a medium sized classic detached house in San Francisco with three floors, wood cladding, a purple house, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Cambridge

Bruno's Painting Co.

Victorian house exterior in Boston with a purple house.

Hacineda Siting

David Ludwig - Architect

Downspout detailing. Note how downspout design leaves a gap between spout and catch basin so that debris from the roof can be trapped by the stone filter and prevented from entering the underground drainage system,

House Exterior with a Pink House and a Purple House 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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