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Medium Sized House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Barn Reconstruction - exterior
Barn Reconstruction - exterior
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
Orion General Contractors
Medium sized country house exterior in Philadelphia.
Country Exterior
Country Exterior
Design ideas for a medium sized country house exterior in Cheshire with a half-hip roof.
Heritage Cabin
Heritage Cabin
RMT ArchitectsRMT Architects
This is an example of a medium sized rustic house exterior in Denver with wood cladding.
Barn Reconsidered
Barn Reconsidered
MaMo ArchitectsMaMo Architects
Jeffrey Totoro
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic house exterior in Philadelphia.
Awarded Top 50 American Homes by TRENDS
Awarded Top 50 American Homes by TRENDS
Catalano ArchitectsCatalano Architects
Carmel Brantley
Inspiration for a medium sized and white victorian two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Madeline Island
Madeline Island
Albertsson Hansen Architecture, LtdAlbertsson Hansen Architecture, Ltd
Photograph by Pete Sieger
Photo of a medium sized and red country two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Farmington Valley 1800's Dairy Barn Renovation
Farmington Valley 1800's Dairy Barn Renovation
Advantage ContractingAdvantage Contracting
This 1800's dairy barn was falling apart when this renovation began. It now serves as an entertaining space with two loft style bedrooms, a kitchen, storage areas, a workshop, and two car garage. Features: -Alaskan Cedar swing out carriage and entry doors pop against the traditional barn siding. -A Traeger wood pellet furnace heats the entire barn during winter months. -The entire kitchen was salvaged from another project and installed with new energy star appliances. -Antique slate chalkboards were cut into squares and used as floor tile in the upstairs bathroom. 1" thick bluestone tiles were installed on a mudjob in the downstairs hallway. -Corrugated metal ceilings were installed to help reflect light and brighten the lofted second floor. -A 14' wide fieldstone fire pit was installed in the field just off of the giant rear entertaining deck with pergola.
Puget Sound Residence
Puget Sound Residence
Sears ArchitectsSears Architects
Photo of a medium sized and red farmhouse two floor house exterior in Seattle.
Stone Creek Barns
Stone Creek Barns
John Gehri ZerrerJohn Gehri Zerrer
Design ideas for a medium sized rural house exterior in New York.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Birdseye DesignBirdseye Design
Photo of a medium sized rustic two floor house exterior in Burlington with wood cladding.
reudi retreat
reudi retreat
AXIS ProductionsAXIS Productions
axis productions, inc draper white photography
This is an example of a medium sized and brown rustic split-level detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Exterior - barn door closed
Exterior - barn door closed
Kaplan Thompson ArchitectsKaplan Thompson Architects
Photo by Trent Bell
Inspiration for a medium sized and red country two floor house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding.
Power Street Residence
Power Street Residence
Starr Design GroupStarr Design Group
Medium sized classic two floor house exterior in Los Angeles with wood cladding.
Lyme Hills
Lyme Hills
Nautilus ArchitectsNautilus Architects
It’s an oft-heard design objective among folks building or renovating a home these days: “We want to bring the outdoors in!” Indeed, visually or spatially connecting the interior of a home with its surroundings is a great way to make spaces feel larger, improve daylight levels and, best of all, embrace Nature. Most of us enjoy being outside, and when we get a sense of that while inside it has a profoundly positive effect on the experience of being at home.
Country Exterior
Country Exterior
Medium sized country two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding.
Rustic Exterior
Rustic Exterior
This is an example of a medium sized rustic two floor house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Landhausstil Häuser
Landhausstil Häuser
This is an example of a medium sized country house exterior in Dresden.

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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