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Medium Sized and Small House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Modern Town House
Modern Town House
MaterialMaterial
Medium sized and beige contemporary two floor terraced house with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Craftsman Delight
Craftsman Delight
12/12 Architects & Planners12/12 Architects & Planners
Front elevation, highlighting double-gable entry at the front porch with double-column detail at the porch and garage. Exposed rafter tails and cedar brackets are shown, along with gooseneck vintage-style fixtures at the garage doors..
Solar Faber
Solar Faber
Hays + Ewing Design StudioHays + Ewing Design Studio
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey modern detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a hip roof and a green roof.
Ascend at Nakoma
Ascend at Nakoma
grouparchitectgrouparchitect
Architect: Grouparchitect Modular Builder: Method Homes General Contractor: Mark Tanner Construction Photography: Candice Nyando Photography
Medium sized and brown modern bungalow detached house in Other with wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Garage Exterior Transformation - Halstead's Bay on Lake Minnetonka
Garage Exterior Transformation - Halstead's Bay on Lake Minnetonka
Thompson ConstructionThompson Construction
Spacecrafting / Architectural Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey traditional two floor detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
The Park House
The Park House
Element Property GroupElement Property Group
Luxury Home Facade
Inspiration for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in Brisbane with a metal roof, mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Steelaway
Steelaway
CAST architectureCAST architecture
The cottage is snug against tandem parking and the cedar grove to the west, leaving a generous yard. Careful consideration of window openings between the two houses maintains privacy for each. Weathering steel panels will patina to rich oranges and browns.
O'Haren Dry Creek Guest House
O'Haren Dry Creek Guest House
Thompson Studio ArchitectsThompson Studio Architects
Photo of a medium sized and brown modern bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Black on Beal
Black on Beal
Design 5 Landscape ArchitectureDesign 5 Landscape Architecture
Derik Olsen Photography
Inspiration for a small and beige contemporary two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
The Lillehammer - Front Porch
The Lillehammer - Front Porch
PAUL FICK HOMES INCPAUL FICK HOMES INC
Photo Credit: Tim Hanson Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and green classic bungalow detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Tarrytown Remodel
Tarrytown Remodel
John West Stoddard, Inc.John West Stoddard, Inc.
John West Stoddard & Associates
Medium sized and white classic bungalow brick detached house in Austin with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Contemporary Clean Lines
Contemporary Clean Lines
Victory Construction, IncVictory Construction, Inc
Photo of a medium sized and gey modern bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Midcentury Makeover
Midcentury Makeover
EdgeWork Design BuildEdgeWork Design Build
Exterior rear of house.
Photo of a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Minneapolis with vinyl cladding, a flat roof and a shingle roof.
Palmetto Bluff Duck Crossing Cottage
Palmetto Bluff Duck Crossing Cottage
lisa furey interiorslisa furey interiors
This is an example of a medium sized and white rural two floor detached house in Charleston with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Swannanoa Residence
Swannanoa Residence
Altura ArchitectsAltura Architects
Photography by Keith Isaacs
Photo of a medium sized and black midcentury two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Corona Del Mar
Corona Del Mar
McRae Lambert DunnMcRae Lambert Dunn
Design ideas for a multi-coloured and medium sized contemporary two floor detached house in Orange County with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Sebastopol Hillside Residence
Sebastopol Hillside Residence
Amy A. Alper, ArchitectAmy A. Alper, Architect
Eric Rorer Photographer
Medium sized and gey contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with concrete fibreboard cladding, a lean-to roof and a shingle roof.
Historic Colonial Roof Restoration
Historic Colonial Roof Restoration
TRUEHOME Roofing Siding WindowsTRUEHOME Roofing Siding Windows
This is an example of a medium sized and beige classic two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mazama Meadow Guest House. Mazama, Washington
Mazama Meadow Guest House. Mazama, Washington
Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest ArchitectsDan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects
Guest House entry door. Image by Stephen Brousseau.
Small and brown urban bungalow detached house in Seattle with metal cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
2018 Showcase of Homes | Saratoga Springs
2018 Showcase of Homes | Saratoga Springs
Witt ConstructionWitt Construction
Randall Perry Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in New York with vinyl cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Medium Sized and Small 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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