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Custom Home Bolingbrook - 17AE
Custom Home Bolingbrook - 17AE
King's Court Builders, Inc.King's Court Builders, Inc.
Craftsman home with side-load garage features JamesHardie siding and a stone table. Custom-built home by King's Court Builders, Naperville, Illinois. (17AE) Photos by: Picture Perfect House
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.
Brickyard Plantation Residence
Brickyard Plantation Residence
Spivey Architects, Inc.Spivey Architects, Inc.
Newport653
This is an example of a white and large classic two floor detached house in Charleston with wood cladding and a mixed material roof.
Transitional
Transitional
Candelaria Design AssociatesCandelaria Design Associates
Beige and large mediterranean bungalow detached house in Phoenix with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
cjb HOMES
cjb HOMES
cjb HOMEScjb HOMES
Design ideas for a large and white classic two floor house exterior in Dallas with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Custom built home by Dave Knecht Homes
Custom built home by Dave Knecht Homes
Dave Knecht Homes, LLCDave Knecht Homes, LLC
Karen knecht Photography
Design ideas for a large and beige traditional two floor brick house exterior in Chicago with a hip roof.
Mountain Modern Music | Evening Exterior
Mountain Modern Music | Evening Exterior
Dovetail ConstructionDovetail Construction
Design ideas for a large and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
The Twisted Willow
The Twisted Willow
Gordon Tobey DevelopmentsGordon Tobey Developments
Mountain craftsman style one and a half storey home, Energy-star certified, located in Brighton, Ontario. Photo by © Daniel Vaughan (vaughangroup.ca)
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.
Shaughnessy Tudor 2
Shaughnessy Tudor 2
Feature Projects Ltd.Feature Projects Ltd.
This is an example of a large and brown traditional two floor house exterior in Vancouver with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
Bella Vista CompanyBella Vista Company
Shoot2Sell Bella Vista Company This home won the NARI Greater Dallas CotY Award for Entire House $750,001 to $1,000,000 in 2015.
Large and beige mediterranean two floor render house exterior in Dallas.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Paredes-Grube ArchitectureParedes-Grube Architecture
Green and large traditional two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding and a shingle roof.
Bayside Residence
Bayside Residence
By DesignBy Design
Bruce Butler
Design ideas for a gey and large traditional detached house in Portland Maine with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Irvine Canyon
Irvine Canyon
Riviera Bronze Mfg.Riviera Bronze Mfg.
Custom steel doors and windows.
Photo of a large and brown mediterranean house exterior in Orange County with mixed cladding, three floors and a pitched roof.
Hilltop Hacienda
Hilltop Hacienda
AlphaStudio Design GroupAlphaStudio Design Group
Centered on seamless transitions of indoor and outdoor living, this open-planned Spanish Ranch style home is situated atop a modest hill overlooking Western San Diego County. The design references a return to historic Rancho Santa Fe style by utilizing a smooth hand troweled stucco finish, heavy timber accents, and clay tile roofing. By accurately identifying the peak view corridors the house is situated on the site in such a way where the public spaces enjoy panoramic valley views, while the master suite and private garden are afforded majestic hillside views. As see in San Diego magazine, November 2011 http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/November-2011/Hilltop-Hacienda/ Photos by: Zack Benson
GAF Roofing
GAF Roofing
Lindus Construction/Midwest LeafGuardLindus Construction/Midwest LeafGuard
GAF Timberline Shingles Photo Courtesy of GAF
Inspiration for a large and brown contemporary two floor brick house exterior in Minneapolis.
Kara Weik © 2012 Houzz
Kara Weik © 2012 Houzz
Kara WeikKara Weik
Design ideas for a large and white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Dallas.
Madrona Residence
Madrona Residence
Lee Edwards - residential designLee Edwards - residential design
A Northwest Modern, 5-Star Builtgreen, energy efficient, panelized, custom residence using western red cedar for siding and soffits. Photographs by Miguel Edwards
Swedish Exterior
Swedish Exterior
Ike Kligerman BarkleyIke Kligerman Barkley
Durston Saylor
Inspiration for a large and black traditional two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof, board and batten cladding and shingles.
2010 Bobcat Trail
2010 Bobcat Trail
Thoroughbred Custom HomesThoroughbred Custom Homes
This beautiful transitional home was designed by our client with one of our partner design firms, Covert + Associates Residential Design. Our client’s purchased this one-acre lot and hired Thoroughbred Custom Homes to build their high-performance custom home. The design incorporated a “U” shaped home to provide an area for their future pool and a porte-cochere with a five-car garage. The stunning white brick is accented by black Andersen composite windows, custom double iron entry doors and black trim. All the patios and the porte-cochere feature tongue and grove pine ceilings with recessed LED lighting. Upon entering the home through the custom doors, guests are greeted by 24’ wide by 10’ tall glass sliding doors and custom “X” pattern ceiling designs. The living area also features a 60” linear Montigo fireplace with a custom black concrete façade that matches vent hood in the kitchen. The kitchen features full overlay cabinets, quartzite countertops, and Monogram appliances with a Café black and gold 48” range. The master suite features a large bedroom with a unique corner window setup and private patio. The master bathroom is a showstopper with an 11’ wide ‘wet room’ including dual shower heads, a rain head, a handheld, and a freestanding tub. The semi-frameless Starphire, low iron, glass shows off the floor to ceiling marble and two-tone black and gold Kohler fixtures. There are just too many unique features to list!

Large 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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