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Medium Sized House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Barrington Farm House
Barrington Farm House
Brewster Thornton Group Architects, LLPBrewster Thornton Group Architects, LLP
Robert Brewster Photography
White and medium sized rural two floor detached house in Providence with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Pass-a-grille Mediterranean
Pass-a-grille Mediterranean
Jeffery M Wolf General Contractor, Inc.Jeffery M Wolf General Contractor, Inc.
This home has a masonry structure with impact rated clad wood windows and a clay tile roof. It sits on a small beachfront lot. The exterior stone is fossilized coral. The driveway is random fossilized coral with irrigated grass placed between the stones. The exterior is in a fairly traditional Mediterranean style but the interior is more modern and eclectic. Frank Bapte
Jekyll Island renovation 1204-02
Jekyll Island renovation 1204-02
Kevin M. Higgins, Architect. P.C.Kevin M. Higgins, Architect. P.C.
This 1960s ranch was transformed into a spacious, airy beach cottage -- ideal for its laid-back Jekyll Island setting. Contractor: Wilson Construction, Brunswick, GA
Custom Contemporary Home
Custom Contemporary Home
Gryphon BuildersGryphon Builders
This custom contemporary home was designed and built with a unique combination of products that give this home a fun and artistic flair. For more information about this project please visit: www.gryphonbuilders.com. Or contact Allen Griffin, President of Gryphon Builders, at 281-236-8043 cell or email him at allen@gryphonbuilders.com
Gracehaus
Gracehaus
Integrate Architecture & PlanningIntegrate Architecture & Planning
Entry at the Gracehaus in Portland, Oregon by Integrate Architecture & Planning. Cor-ten steel, weathering steel at facade beyond.
Medium sized and green rustic two floor house exterior in Portland with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
30th Street Residence
30th Street Residence
Levy Art + ArchitectureLevy Art + Architecture
Paul Dyer, Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Cape Cod Shingle Style
Cape Cod Shingle Style
Ron Brenner ArchitectsRon Brenner Architects
A Classic that will stand the test of time. - Cape Cod Shingle Style Home. Photography: Phillip Mueller Photography House plan is available for purchase at http://simplyeleganthomedesigns.com/Lakeland_Unique_Cape_Cod_House_Plan.html
New Orleans Style Shotgun
New Orleans Style Shotgun
RHD HomesRHD Homes
Medium sized and blue traditional bungalow house exterior in New Orleans with concrete fibreboard cladding and a hip roof.
Coffman Studio
Coffman Studio
The Design LaboratoryThe Design Laboratory
Leland Gebhardt
Medium sized retro house exterior in Phoenix.
Anna Wynants House: Colonial Revival House
Anna Wynants House: Colonial Revival House
Connor Mill-Built HomesConnor Mill-Built Homes
Formal Entry with elegant architectural details and proper scale and proportion.
Inspiration for a medium sized and white traditional two floor house exterior in Burlington with wood cladding.
Side Exterior
Side Exterior
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Side Elevation
Medium sized classic house exterior in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof.
Topar
Topar
SDG Architecture, Inc.SDG Architecture, Inc.
Photographer: Dean J. Birinyi
Photo of a medium sized traditional two floor house exterior in San Francisco.
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home BuildersOakley Home Builders
Photo of a medium sized and blue traditional two floor house exterior in Chicago with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
1A Third Street Black Rock 3193
1A Third Street Black Rock 3193
Urban AbodeUrban Abode
1A Third Street Black Rock 3193 - Residential Urban Abode Architectural photography for marketing residential, commercial & short stays & small business. https://www.urbanabode.com.au/urban-photography/ _______ . . . #photography #urbanabode #urbanphotography #yourabodeourcanvas #melbourne #australia #urbankiosk #yourabodeourcanvas
Houston Heights Project 1
Houston Heights Project 1
Collaborative Design Group-Architects & InteriorsCollaborative Design Group-Architects & Interiors
Front Elevation
Inspiration for a medium sized and green victorian two floor house exterior in Houston with wood cladding.
Morningside Make-Over
Morningside Make-Over
Blake Shaw HomesBlake Shaw Homes
This mid-century home was given a complete overhaul, just love the way it turned out.
Photo of a medium sized and beige traditional two floor brick detached house in Atlanta with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Stone & Stucco Addition-Towson Area
Stone & Stucco Addition-Towson Area
Jeffrey Lees, ArchitectJeffrey Lees, Architect
Rear view of Addition- roofline was held beneath existing shed dormer and upper gable roof line, while repeating gable roof configuration of existing house. Rear porch protects patio doors giving access to new patio at grade. J. Brough Schamp
Front Exterior
Front Exterior
Ryan Group ArchitectsRyan Group Architects
Ethan Rohloff Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Sacramento with wood cladding.
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home BuildersOakley Home Builders
Medium sized and gey victorian house exterior in Chicago with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Levy Residence
Levy Residence
David D. Quillin ArchitectureDavid D. Quillin Architecture
View of the house from the street. The house is relatively closed in this direction for privacy from the street, but numerous high clerestory windows provide light and ventilation. David Quillin, Andy Levy

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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