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Luxury Rustic House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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winter park mountain home
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Photo of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a metal roof and a black roof.
Paradise River: Modern Riverside Home
Paradise River: Modern Riverside Home
Timberlake Custom HomesTimberlake Custom Homes
This gorgeous modern home sits along a rushing river and includes a separate enclosed pavilion. Distinguishing features include the mixture of metal, wood and stone textures throughout the home in hues of brown, grey and black.
Lake Michigan Urban Cottage
Lake Michigan Urban Cottage
New Urban Home BuildersNew Urban Home Builders
This is an example of a large rustic two floor detached house in Grand Rapids.
Amazing Mountain Home View: Custom Iron Doors & Windows
Amazing Mountain Home View: Custom Iron Doors & Windows
Clark Hall DoorsClark Hall Doors
Enjoy the mountain air and the spectacular view through the lens of these fully custom iron doors and windows.
Design ideas for a brown and expansive rustic two floor front detached house in Charlotte with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
East Bay Cottage Custom Home
East Bay Cottage Custom Home
SDG ArchitectsSDG Architects
Photo by Eric Rorer
Gey rustic two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Beaver Dam Residence
Beaver Dam Residence
Berglund ArchitectsBerglund Architects
LIV Sotheby's International Realty
Expansive and brown rustic semi-detached house in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Waterside Way
Waterside Way
Wright DesignWright Design
Perched on a knoll atop a lakeside peninsula, this transitional home combines English manor-inspired details with more contemporary design elements. The exterior is constructed from Doggett Mountain stone, tumbled brick and wavy edge siding topped with a slate roof. The front porch with limestone surround leads to quietly luxurious interiors featuring plaster walls and white oak floors, and highlighted by limestone accents and hand-wrought iron lighting.
Andesite Ridge Residence
Andesite Ridge Residence
KA ArchitectureKA Architecture
Photo of an expansive and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Orange County with mixed cladding.
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole
Zoske ConstructionZoske Construction
Karl Neumann Photography
Photo of an expansive and brown rustic detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Bar BC House
Bar BC House
Big-D SignatureBig-D Signature
This is an example of an expansive and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Jackson with mixed cladding and a pitched 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.
Tahoe Vista Lakeview
Tahoe Vista Lakeview
Loverde Builders Inc.Loverde Builders Inc.
Expansive and multi-coloured rustic detached house in Sacramento with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
North Rim - Puccoon Ct
North Rim - Puccoon Ct
Pacwest Builders LLCPacwest Builders LLC
Ross Chandler
Inspiration for a large and red rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
Golf View way
Golf View way
Kelly & Stone ArchitectsKelly & Stone Architects
Tim Stone
Large rustic bungalow house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Pollard Hodgson ArchitectsPollard Hodgson Architects
This is an example of a large and beige rustic two floor house exterior in New Orleans with stone cladding and a hip roof.
Mountain Retreat
Mountain Retreat
Durham Designs & Consulting, LLCDurham Designs & Consulting, LLC
Home is flanked by two stone chimneys with red windows and trim, a soft olive green maintenance-free cement fiberboard placed perfectly on the hillside. Designed by Melodie Durham of Durham Designs & Consulting, LLC. Photo by Livengood Photographs [www.livengoodphotographs.com/design].
Modern Ranch
Modern Ranch
Kyle Hunt & Partners, IncorporatedKyle Hunt & Partners, Incorporated
James Kruger, LandMark Photography, Peter Eskuche, AIA, Eskuche Design, Sharon Seitz, HISTORIC studio, Interior Design
Beige and large rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mountain Contemporary
Mountain Contemporary
186 Lighting Design Group - Gregg Mackell186 Lighting Design Group - Gregg Mackell
Architect: Charles Cunniffe Architects Interior Designer: Donna Guerra Photographer: James Ray Spahn
Inspiration for a rustic house exterior in Denver.
Lake Tahoe Retreat
Lake Tahoe Retreat
NSM ConstructionNSM Construction
© Vance Fox Photography
Design ideas for a brown and large rustic two floor house exterior in Sacramento with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Sunnyside Cabin at Lake Tahoe
Sunnyside Cabin at Lake Tahoe
Structerra, Inc.Structerra, Inc.
Tahoe Real Estate Photography
Photo of a medium sized and brown rustic house exterior in San Francisco with three floors and wood cladding.

Luxury 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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