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House Exterior with Wood Cladding Ideas and Designs

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Garage
Garage
OakwrightsOakwrights
This is an example of a farmhouse two floor detached house in West Midlands with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a red roof.
Bedminster Barn Residence
Bedminster Barn Residence
brandes maselli architectsbrandes maselli architects
Design ideas for a country house exterior in New York with wood cladding.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
White farmhouse two floor detached house in Baltimore with a pitched roof, a metal roof, wood cladding and board and batten cladding.
Melody Ln, Naperville, IL
Melody Ln, Naperville, IL
M House DevelopmentM House Development
This is an example of a white farmhouse two floor detached house in Chicago with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a black roof.
woods cove contemporary cottage
woods cove contemporary cottage
Moss Yaw Design studioMoss Yaw Design studio
Vertical cedar, smooth stucco, clean white siding, and metal standing seam roof create a modern cottage aesthetic for curb appeal at the front exterior of this Laguna Beach home.
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
HEYDT DESIGNSHEYDT DESIGNS
Design ideas for a large and white traditional two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
California Ranch Replacement Windows
California Ranch Replacement Windows
Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
Traditional bungalow house exterior in Los Angeles with wood cladding.
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.
Mountain Modern
Mountain Modern
Münter Design & BuildMünter Design & Build
Design ideas for a large and gey industrial two floor detached house in Calgary with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Field Cottage, Holybourne, Hampshire
Field Cottage, Holybourne, Hampshire
RP SuperstructuresRP Superstructures
Dormer detail showing oak cladding, and pre-finished timber windows.
This is an example of a large and red rural two floor detached house in Hampshire with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Softscape
Softscape
Motor City LandscapingMotor City Landscaping
Inspiration for a brown contemporary two floor detached house in Detroit with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Prospect House
Prospect House
Johnston ArchitectsJohnston Architects
Medium sized and brown contemporary bungalow detached house in Seattle with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
James E. Moline Builders, Inc.James E. Moline Builders, Inc.
Photo by Ethington
Medium sized and white country two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding and a mixed material roof.
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
Sogno Design GroupSogno Design Group
Michele Lee Wilson
Photo of a large and brown traditional detached house in San Francisco with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Green Mountain Getaway - Main House
Green Mountain Getaway - Main House
Flavin ArchitectsFlavin Architects
This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography
Custom Dockside Living
Custom Dockside Living
Normerica Timber Homes & CottagesNormerica Timber Homes & Cottages
Photo credit, Dockside Magazine
This is an example of a large and green rustic two floor house exterior in Toronto with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Great East Lake Camp
Great East Lake Camp
Whitten ArchitectsWhitten Architects
Jonathan Reece
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown classic two floor detached house in Portland Maine with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Rolling Hollow Farm
Rolling Hollow Farm
King Construction Company LLCKing Construction Company LLC
Photo of a medium sized and red farmhouse two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding.
Rain Garden
Rain Garden
Frederick + Frederick ArchitectsFrederick + Frederick Architects
John McManus Photography, Verdant Enterprises (Landscape Architect)
This is an example of a large and white classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
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.

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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