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Medium Sized and Small House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Contemporary Clean Lines
Contemporary Clean Lines
Victory Construction, IncVictory Construction, Inc
Medium sized and gey modern bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Terrace Avenue
Terrace Avenue
Burmeister WoodworkBurmeister Woodwork
Reagen Taylor Photography
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary two floor render detached house in Chicago with a pitched roof and a metal 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.
New England Colonial | Mission Hills, Ks. Residence
New England Colonial | Mission Hills, Ks. Residence
Gahagan-Eddy Building CompanyGahagan-Eddy Building Company
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Brodecky House: Front Facade
Brodecky House: Front Facade
Atlas ArchitectsAtlas Architects
The front facade is composed of bricks, shiplap timbercladding and James Hardie Scyon Axon cladding, painted in Dulux Blackwood Bay.
This is an example of a medium sized and black contemporary two floor detached house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Craftsman
Craftsman
H.G. McCullough DesignersH.G. McCullough Designers
Jerry Butts-Photographer
This is an example of a medium sized and beige classic bungalow detached house in Other with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
South Jordan 2 Project
South Jordan 2 Project
Cedar + SteelCedar + Steel
Medium sized and white modern two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
House // TW
House // TW
M Gooden DesignM Gooden Design
Photo: Roy Aguilar
Design ideas for a small and black retro bungalow brick detached house in Dallas with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Chang-Lee
Chang-Lee
Signature Custom HomesSignature Custom Homes
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey classic two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse Tomball
Modern Farmhouse Tomball
Morning Star Builders LTDMorning Star Builders LTD
Kolanowski Studio
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey modern bungalow detached house in Houston with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Деревянные окна в домах из клееного бруса
Деревянные окна в домах из клееного бруса
ПАЛЕКС дома из клееного брусаПАЛЕКС дома из клееного бруса
Фасад дома из клееного бруса с эркером из 3 рядов окон. Окна освещают двусветную гостиную внутри дома. Деревянные окна с двухкамерным стеклопакетом, импостами. Двусторонняя окраска окон: снаружи белый, внутри бежево-золотистый. архитектор Александр Петунин, строительство ПАЛЕКС дома из клееного бруса
Lynwood Mid-Century Modern
Lynwood Mid-Century Modern
Cadence Design StudioCadence Design Studio
Photo by JC Buck
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey retro split-level detached house in Denver with wood cladding.
Seaview Escape
Seaview Escape
Coates Design Architecture + InteriorsCoates Design Architecture + Interiors
Coates Design Architects Seattle Lara Swimmer Photography Fairbank Construction
Medium sized and beige contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal 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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