Medium Sized and Multi-coloured House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Inviting front entry with modern balcony and railing, including James Hardie smooth soffits and square columns wrapped in cedar trim.
Medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding.

202 Venetian Drive | Delray Beach, Florida - Offered at $4.295 Million

Seaside Builders Of Delray Beach, Florida

Front Exterior
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured modern detached house in Miami with three floors, mixed cladding, a flat roof and a mixed material roof.

Mid Century Modern

Riverdell Construction, Inc.

Jesse Smith
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured retro bungalow detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a shingle roof.

Custom exterior corner windows

Buckingham Resources LTD

Corner windows in the garage
Medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Portland with mixed cladding.

Contemporary Exterior

This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor house exterior in Seattle with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Wedgetail Retreat

Mikasa Designs

DMAX Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary bungalow brick detached house in Perth with a flat roof and a metal roof.

Evergreen coverage among concrete forms

Innoterra

Medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Vancouver with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

In the Garden

New Amherst Homes

This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured classic bungalow brick detached house in Toronto with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Union Street

ballonSTUDIO interiors & remodeling

Our San Francisco studio designed this beautiful four-story home for a young newlywed couple to create a warm, welcoming haven for entertaining family and friends. In the living spaces, we chose a beautiful neutral palette with light beige and added comfortable furnishings in soft materials. The kitchen is designed to look elegant and functional, and the breakfast nook with beautiful rust-toned chairs adds a pop of fun, breaking the neutrality of the space. In the game room, we added a gorgeous fireplace which creates a stunning focal point, and the elegant furniture provides a classy appeal. On the second floor, we went with elegant, sophisticated decor for the couple's bedroom and a charming, playful vibe in the baby's room. The third floor has a sky lounge and wine bar, where hospitality-grade, stylish furniture provides the perfect ambiance to host a fun party night with friends. In the basement, we designed a stunning wine cellar with glass walls and concealed lights which create a beautiful aura in the space. The outdoor garden got a putting green making it a fun space to share with friends. --- Project designed by ballonSTUDIO. They discreetly tend to the interior design needs of their high-net-worth individuals in the greater Bay Area and to their second home locations. For more about ballonSTUDIO, see here: https://www.ballonstudio.com/

Haus KRL

Ferreira | Verfürth Architekten

This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary bungalow brick detached house in Dusseldorf with a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a black roof.

Pelican Waters Freshness

Green Earth Homes

Front yard and facade of this home
Design ideas for a medium sized and multi-coloured coastal bungalow detached house in Sunshine Coast with concrete fibreboard cladding and a metal roof.

Cloninger Construction Exteriors

Cloninger Homes LLC

This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Charlotte with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Paradise Valley Modern

CW Architecture, Inc.

CW Life Photography
Medium sized and multi-coloured modern bungalow detached house in Phoenix with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Mission Hill

The Artisans Group, Inc.

This beautiful LEED Certified Mediterranean style home rests upon a sloped hillside in a classic Pacific Northwest setting. Part of a bustling and prominent neighborhood with great urban walkability, the graceful Aging In Place design features an open floor plan and a residential elevator all packaged within traditional Mission interiors. With extraordinary views of Budd Bay, downtown, and Mt. Rainier, mixed with exquisite detailing and craftsmanship throughout, Mission Hill is an instant gem of the South Puget Sound. Photography: Poppi Photography

Meadow Drive Exterior

Amy Carman Design

This modern home is artfully tucked into a wooded hillside, and much of the home's beauty rests in its direct connection to the outdoors. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels slide open to connect the interior with the expansive deck outside, nearly doubling the living space during the warmer months of the year. A palette of exposed concrete, glass, black steel, and wood create a simple but strong mix of materials that are repeated throughout the residence. That balance of texture and color is echoed in the choice of interior materials, from the flooring and millwork to the furnishings, artwork and textiles.

Brick Aperture House

Kreis Grennan Architecture

Photography by Michael Nicholson
Medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor brick detached house in Sydney with a flat roof and a metal roof.

Landscape: Main Street

SHED Architecture & Design

Mark Woods
Photo of a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Elwood Residence

DW Architects and Interiors

Medium sized and multi-coloured modern brick terraced house in Melbourne with three floors, a flat roof, a metal roof and a black roof.

BRB 9 Stadtvilla Urban und ländlich

HGK Hamburger Grundstückskontor GmbH

Wer sagt denn, dass sich Widersprüche ausschließen? Urban und ländlich. Streng und leicht. Für HGK sind das nicht unauflösliche Widersprüche, sondern eine zu bewältigende Herausforderung. Denn wer das richtige Grundstück und die richtige Architektur angeboten bekommt, kann beides zugleich haben. Dieses Haus ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür. Werden wir konkret: Dem Bauherren war einerseits die Nähe zum Flughafen und ein urbanes Umfeld wichtig. Andererseits kam es ihm auf ein Wohnen an, das sich ins ländliche Grüne öffnet. Außerdem wichtig: Das Haus sollte im gewohnten Umfeld gebaut werden, damit die drei Kinder weiter zu Ihrer Schule gehen können. HGK suchte und fand es: das passende Grundstück für diese Vorgaben und auch die Architektur, die HGK zusammen mit dem Bauherrn und dem Architekten entwarf. Sie ist von klarer Strenge, und steht mit ihren Anklängen an die Backsteinmoderne für eine klassische urbane Orientierung. Jedoch löst sich die Strenge im Innenraum zugunsten von großzügigen, transparenten, sehr lichten Räumen völlig auf – und transportieren das grüne Umfeld quasi ins Haus.

Braesvalley Custom Home

Alair Homes Houston

A modern mid century custom home design from exterior to interior has a focus on liveability while creating inviting spaces throughout the home. The Master suite beckons you to spend time in the spa-like oasis, while the kitchen, dining and living room areas are open and inviting.

Medium Sized and Multi-coloured 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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