House Exterior with Wood Cladding Ideas and Designs

National Custom Home of the Year Silver Award Winner

David Laurer
This is an example of a white farmhouse two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Mountain Peek

Centre Sky Architecture Ltd

Mountain Peek is a custom residence located within the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana. The layout of the home was heavily influenced by the site. Instead of building up vertically the floor plan reaches out horizontally with slight elevations between different spaces. This allowed for beautiful views from every space and also gave us the ability to play with roof heights for each individual space. Natural stone and rustic wood are accented by steal beams and metal work throughout the home. (photos by Whitney Kamman)

Fox Hollow

Rick Keating Photographer, RK Productions

Exquisite Get Away

McKinney Homes LLC

David White
This is an example of a large and beige traditional bungalow detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

West Fenwick - Exterior Remodel

D.R. Contracting, LLC

Design ideas for a small and gey traditional bungalow detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Summit Ridge Lodge

Summit Ridge Design LLC

Inspiration for an expansive and brown rustic two floor detached house in Portland with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Front Facade

TK Architectural Design Services

Medium sized and blue traditional bungalow detached house in Milwaukee with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Encinal

Jim Maliksi and Associates

This is an example of a white traditional two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a hip roof.

Dutch Colonial Charm

Cummings Architecture + Interiors

Joyelle West Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and white classic two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a shingle roof.

石川町の住居兼クリーニング店

木名瀬佳世建築研究室

石川町のクリーニング店　撮影：傍島利浩
Brown world-inspired two floor detached house in Yokohama with a metal roof, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Cow Hollow House

Mark English Architects, AIA

Joe Fletcher
Photo of a medium sized classic house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Pinehaven

George Allen Cole Design Studio

Front elevation - a mix of brick, stucco, and Cumaru wood
This is an example of a large and white contemporary two floor detached house in Houston with a flat roof and wood cladding.

New photos

Sysum Construction Inc

Large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Carmel Exterior Remodel

Custom Living

Exterior Remodel Complete exterior siding removal and replacement/paint. Replacement of 4 windows. Custom Living Designer- Justin Schwab After Photos By Jamie Sangar

Purington Natick Home

i3 Architects

This is an example of a small and yellow traditional two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Terrasse de réception

Marc Loustalot - Feelink

L'ensemble de l'aspect exterieur a été modifié. L'ajout de la terrasse et du majestueux escalier, le carport pour 2 voitures, les gardes corps vitrés et le bardage périphérique de la maison.

Residential Gallery

MPA Painters

This is an example of a medium sized and green victorian two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Sunset Ridge Home 2

Tim Hollerbach Designs, LLC

Becky Hollerbach
Inspiration for a large and gey traditional detached house in St Louis with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Board + Batten Shutters - Belfair, Bluffton, SC

Armor Building Solutions

Beautiful and simple ARMOR board and batten shutters complement Lowcountry architecture, as seen on this Bluffton, SC custom home. Learn more about benefits of our beautiful, rustic board and batten shutters: • Popular architectural style • Custom sizes for any window • Finest quality in the industry • Won’t shrink or crack • Available in any color and many styles

San Marco Colonials

John Merrill Homes, LLC

Jeff Westcott
Photo of a medium sized and white classic two floor detached house in Jacksonville with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

House Exterior with Wood Cladding 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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