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Luxury Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Wellesley Country Home
Wellesley Country Home
The Lagasse Group, LLCThe Lagasse Group, LLC
Exterior of Wellesley Country Home project. Architect: Morehouse MacDonald & Associates. Landscape Design: Gregory Lombardi Design. Photo: Sam Gray Photography
Country French Home
Country French Home
OMNIA Group ArchitectsOMNIA Group Architects
The comfortable elegance of this French-Country inspired home belies the challenges faced during its conception. The beautiful, wooded site was steeply sloped requiring study of the location, grading, approach, yard and views from and to the rolling Pennsylvania countryside. The client desired an old world look and feel, requiring a sensitive approach to the extensive program. Large, modern spaces could not add bulk to the interior or exterior. Furthermore, it was critical to balance voluminous spaces designed for entertainment with more intimate settings for daily living while maintaining harmonic flow throughout. The result home is wide, approached by a winding drive terminating at a prominent facade embracing the motor court. Stone walls feather grade to the front façade, beginning the masonry theme dressing the structure. A second theme of true Pennsylvania timber-framing is also introduced on the exterior and is subsequently revealed in the formal Great and Dining rooms. Timber-framing adds drama, scales down volume, and adds the warmth of natural hand-wrought materials. The Great Room is literal and figurative center of this master down home, separating casual living areas from the elaborate master suite. The lower level accommodates casual entertaining and an office suite with compelling views. The rear yard, cut from the hillside, is a composition of natural and architectural elements with timber framed porches and terraces accessed from nearly every interior space flowing to a hillside of boulders and waterfalls. The result is a naturally set, livable, truly harmonious, new home radiating old world elegance. This home is powered by a geothermal heating and cooling system and state of the art electronic controls and monitoring systems. The roof is simulated slate made from recycled materials. The company for this home is no longer in business but today we specify Inspire by Boral https://www.boralroof.com/product-profile/composite/classic-slate/4IFUE5205/
Biltmore Forest Romantic
Biltmore Forest Romantic
ACM DesignACM Design
Design ideas for an expansive and gey classic two floor house exterior in Other with stone cladding.
Tudor Revival Home
Tudor Revival Home
Cella ArchitectureCella Architecture
Cella Architecture - Erich Karp, AIA Laurelhurst Portland, OR
Design ideas for a large and beige classic render detached house in Portland with a pitched roof, three floors and a shingle roof.
New French Country
New French Country
Kyle Hunt & Partners, IncorporatedKyle Hunt & Partners, Incorporated
James Kruger, LandMark Photography Interior Design: Martha O'Hara Interiors Architect: Sharratt Design & Company
Beige and large traditional bungalow render detached house in Minneapolis with a shingle roof.
Henry Ford Estate Home- Complete Copper Gutter System Restortion. Beatiful Home
Henry Ford Estate Home- Complete Copper Gutter System Restortion. Beatiful Home
Great Lakes Gutter IncGreat Lakes Gutter Inc
John Laurie
Inspiration for a large and white traditional two floor house exterior in Detroit with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Trollinger House
Trollinger House
Andrew A. Willett, Architect, PAAndrew A. Willett, Architect, PA
Jay Weiland
This is an example of an expansive and brown traditional house exterior in Other with three floors and stone cladding.
Lake Front Country Estate
Lake Front Country Estate
Markalunas Architecture GroupMarkalunas Architecture Group
Lake Front Country Estate Entry Court, designed by Tom Markalunas and built by Resort Custom Homes. Photography by Rachael Boling
Inspiration for an expansive classic house exterior in Other.
Details - Sea Captain's House
Details - Sea Captain's House
Torrey Architecture, Inc.Torrey Architecture, Inc.
Inspiration for a large and yellow traditional two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding.
Warren Avenue
Warren Avenue
Richard Bubnowski Design LLCRichard Bubnowski Design LLC
Exterior South Elevation Sam Oberter Photography
This is an example of a large and gey traditional detached house in New York with three floors, vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Stone and Cedar Screened Porch with Cathedral Ceiling
Stone and Cedar Screened Porch with Cathedral Ceiling
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Stone and Cedar Screened Porch with Cathedral Ceiling and flagstone walkway.
Scott's Lake House
Scott's Lake House
Bassett Furniture Design StudioBassett Furniture Design Studio
Interior designer Scott Dean's home on Sun Valley Lake
Photo of a green and medium sized classic house exterior in Other with mixed cladding, three floors and a pitched roof.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
This is an example of an expansive and beige traditional two floor detached house in Other with stone cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Brookhaven Model Home
Brookhaven Model Home
AR Homes | NashvilleAR Homes | Nashville
One of our most poplar exteriors! This modern take on the farmhouse brings life to the black and white aesthetic.
Photo of an expansive and white traditional two floor brick and front detached house in Nashville with a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a black roof.
Holly Springs Drive
Holly Springs Drive
Shannon CrainShannon Crain
Design ideas for a large and white classic two floor detached house in Houston with a shingle roof.
Bridle Trails
Bridle Trails
AOME ArchitectsAOME Architects
The simple entryway, framed in stone, casts a lantern-like glow in the evening. Photography by Mike Jensen
Design ideas for a large and gey traditional two floor detached house in Seattle with a lean-to roof, mixed cladding and a metal roof.
LIncoln Park - Clifton Avenue
LIncoln Park - Clifton Avenue
Middlefork Development LLCMiddlefork Development LLC
Nathan Kirkman
Large classic brick terraced house in Chicago with three floors.
Laurelhurst Storybook Residence
Laurelhurst Storybook Residence
Board & VellumBoard & Vellum
A full estate remodel transformed an old, well-loved but deteriorating Tudor into a sprawling property of endless details waiting to be explored.
Inspiration for an expansive and beige traditional two floor render detached house in Seattle with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
HOUSE IN KENSINGTON
HOUSE IN KENSINGTON
STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTSSTEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS
Photo of a large classic brick and front terraced house in London with four floors.
Gershwin home
Gershwin home
Allen Irvin - DesignerAllen Irvin - Designer
front of house
Large and white traditional two floor brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.

Luxury Traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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