Large Rustic House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Photo: KCM
This is an example of a large and brown rustic house exterior in Charlotte with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Lake Elmo Lodge

Peter Eskuche, AIA

LandMark Photography/Spacecrafters
Design ideas for a large rustic house exterior in Minneapolis with three floors and stone cladding.

Carroll Residence

Everett Custom Homes

Everett Custom Homes & Jim Schmid Photography
This is an example of a large and gey rustic two floor render detached house in Charlotte with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Morningstar Residence

Zone 4 Architects, LLC

David O. Marlow
Photo of a large and green rustic two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Highland's home in Bend, OR

Norman Building & Design

Another view of the front entry and courtyard. Use of different materials helps to highlight the homes contemporary take on a NW lodge style home
Photo of a large and multi-coloured rustic two floor detached house in Portland with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Farm house in Northeast Missouri

Donna F. Boxx, Architect, P.C.

Farm house exterior Photo provided by Alise O'Brien
Design ideas for a large and beige rustic two floor house exterior in St Louis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Azalea Ridge

Wright Design

Beautiful home on Lake Keowee with English Arts and Crafts inspired details. The exterior combines stone and wavy edge siding with a cedar shake roof. Inside, heavy timber construction is accented by reclaimed heart pine floors and shiplap walls. The three-sided stone tower fireplace faces the great room, covered porch and master bedroom. Photography by Accent Photography, Greenville, SC.

Hill Section Home

Birdseye Design

Photo of a large and beige rustic two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding and a metal roof.

Martis Camp Lot 640

Kelly & Stone Architects

Roger Wade Studio
This is an example of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding.

The Dockside Model

Dillard-Jones Builders, LLC

Inspiro 8
Design ideas for a large and brown rustic two floor render house exterior in Other.

Great Northern Lodge

Centre Sky Architecture Ltd

Located in Whitefish, Montana near one of our nation’s most beautiful national parks, Glacier National Park, Great Northern Lodge was designed and constructed with a grandeur and timelessness that is rarely found in much of today’s fast paced construction practices. Influenced by the solid stacked masonry constructed for Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park, Great Northern Lodge uniquely exemplifies Parkitecture style masonry. The owner had made a commitment to quality at the onset of the project and was adamant about designating stone as the most dominant material. The criteria for the stone selection was to be an indigenous stone that replicated the unique, maroon colored Sperry Chalet stone accompanied by a masculine scale. Great Northern Lodge incorporates centuries of gained knowledge on masonry construction with modern design and construction capabilities and will stand as one of northern Montana’s most distinguished structures for centuries to come.

Mount Vernon View

Wiedemann Architects LLC

View of east side of home with patio off family room.
Large and gey rustic two floor detached house in DC Metro with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Morrison Mountain Home | Cedar to James Hardie WoodTone Rustic

Bellwether

This home in Morrison, Colorado had aging cedar siding, which is a common sight in the Rocky Mountains. The cedar siding was deteriorating due to deferred maintenance. Colorado Siding Repair removed all of the aging siding and trim and installed James Hardie WoodTone Rustic siding to provide optimum protection for this home against extreme Rocky Mountain weather. This home's transformation is shocking! We love helping Colorado homeowners maximize their investment by protecting for years to come.

Rush Lake 5

Lands End Development - Designers & Builders

Inspiration for a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

6' Aermotor Replicated Vintage (Distressed) Windmill Ceiling Fan

Windmill Ceiling Fans of Texas

A 6' Replicated Vintage Aermotor Windmill Ceiling Fan with a closed, long box design. Located in a beautiful outdoor kitchen and bar area.
Photo of a large rustic house exterior in Houston.

Crenshaw Residence

Jordan Iverson Signature Homes

Modern home in the Pacific Northwest, located in Eugene, Oregon. Double car garage with a lot of windows for natural sunlight.
This is an example of a large and gey rustic two floor detached house in Portland with mixed cladding, a mixed material roof and a lean-to roof.

Organic Modern Mountain Home

Living Stone Design + Build

Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured rustic detached house in Other with mixed cladding and three floors.

Lake House

R.R. CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, LLC

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

North Asheville Custom Home

HomeSource Builders

This client loved wood. Site-harvested lumber was applied to the stairwell walls with beautiful effect in this North Asheville home. The tongue-and-groove, nickel-jointed milling and installation, along with the simple detail metal balusters created a focal point for the home. The heavily-sloped lot afforded great views out back, demanded lots of view-facing windows, and required supported decks off the main floor and lower level. The screened porch features a massive, wood-burning outdoor fireplace with a traditional hearth, faced with natural stone. The side-yard natural-look water feature attracts many visitors from the surrounding woods.

Mountain Retreat

HMA Architecture Inc.

Large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.

Large Rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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