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Medium Sized House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Classic Lake House Custom Home
Classic Lake House Custom Home
Alair Homes ClemsonAlair Homes Clemson
This house features an open concept floor plan, with expansive windows that truly capture the 180-degree lake views. The classic design elements, such as white cabinets, neutral paint colors, and natural wood tones, help make this house feel bright and welcoming year round.
Greenleaf House and Studio
Greenleaf House and Studio
Holbert and Associates ArchitectsHolbert and Associates Architects
Front elevation with industrial steel siding, shou sugi ban, and metal roof, Leslie Schwartz Photography
Medium sized and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Chicago with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Azure | Paradise Valley | Residence Three
Azure | Paradise Valley | Residence Three
Shea Homes - ArizonaShea Homes - Arizona
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in Phoenix with a flat roof.
The S.Barrett Project
The S.Barrett Project
Pratt GuysPratt Guys
The S. Barrett Project, designed and built by Pratt Guys, in 2018 - Photo owned by Pratt Guys - NOTE: Can only be used online, digitally, TV and print WITH written permission from Pratt Guys. (PrattGuys.com) - Photo was taken on February 15, 2019.
Healdsburg Craftsman
Healdsburg Craftsman
Bevan + AssociatesBevan + Associates
Main House Exterior
Inspiration for a yellow and medium sized traditional two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
The Willow
The Willow
Simons Design StudioSimons Design Studio
Low Country Style with a very dark green painted brick and board and batten exterior with real stone accents. White trim and a caramel colored shingled roof make this home stand out in any neighborhood. Interior Designer: Simons Design Studio Builder: Magleby Construction Photography: Alan Blakely Photography
7th Street
7th Street
The Design Build CompanyThe Design Build Company
Medium sized and beige modern bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Contemporary New Home Build
Contemporary New Home Build
Victory Construction, IncVictory Construction, Inc
Inspiration for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a shingle 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.
Front of house
Front of house
M Vincent Assets LLCM Vincent Assets LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and beige midcentury bungalow brick detached house in Wilmington with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
New Exterior
New Exterior
Lost Industries, LLCLost Industries, LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and gey country two floor detached house in Other with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Whole Home Re-Design & Stage
Whole Home Re-Design & Stage
Saavy Designs, LLCSaavy Designs, LLC
We painted the brick a Graige, took off the shutters, painted the trim black and replaced the front door with a more modern look.
This is an example of a medium sized and beige midcentury two floor brick detached house in Other with a metal roof.
Rabb Glen Exterior
Rabb Glen Exterior
Davey McEathron ArchitectureDavey McEathron Architecture
Leonid Furmansky
Design ideas for a medium sized and white modern render detached house in Austin with three floors, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Desert Color Project
Desert Color Project
MG Homes, LLCMG Homes, LLC
Medium sized and black traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary two floor detached house in New York with an orange house, a lean-to roof and wood cladding.
The New Traditional
The New Traditional
April BallietteApril Balliette
Photographer: Ryan Gamma
Inspiration for a medium sized and white modern render detached house in Tampa with three floors and a flat roof.
East Bay Cottage Custom Home
East Bay Cottage Custom Home
SDG ArchitectsSDG Architects
Photo by Eric Rorer
This is an example of a medium sized and black rustic two floor detached house in San Francisco with a tiled 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.
The Willowcrest - 2018 Fall Parade Home - Exterior
The Willowcrest - 2018 Fall Parade Home - Exterior
Snowden Builders LLCSnowden Builders LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and blue beach style two floor house exterior in Grand Rapids with vinyl cladding and a shingle 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 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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