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Medium Sized Rustic House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Ross House
Ross House
Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + DesignDotter & Solfjeld Architecture + Design
Medium sized and brown rustic bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Casa Lago Custom Home
Casa Lago Custom Home
Alair Homes ClemsonAlair Homes Clemson
Modern functionality meets rustic charm in this expansive custom home. Featuring a spacious open-concept great room with dark hardwood floors, stone fireplace, and wood finishes throughout.
2017 Excellence in Green Design award winner
2017 Excellence in Green Design award winner
Old Hampshire Designs IncOld Hampshire Designs Inc
Built by Old Hampshire Designs, Inc. Sheldon Pennoyer & Renee Fair, Architects John W. Hession, Photographer
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown rustic bungalow detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
The Downing
The Downing
Yankee Barn HomesYankee Barn Homes
The Downing barn home back exterior. Jason Bleecher Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Breathtaking Bride Cabin
Breathtaking Bride Cabin
Great Northwest HomesGreat Northwest Homes
The snow finally melted all away and we were able to capture some photos of this incredible beauty! This house features prefinished siding by WoodTone - their rustic series. Which gives you the wood look and feel with the durability of cement siding. Cedar posts and corbels, all accented by the extensive amount of exterior stone!
Stripping and Staining Log Cabin
Stripping and Staining Log Cabin
William Buckham Painting, LLCWilliam Buckham Painting, LLC
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown rustic bungalow house exterior in Philadelphia with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
East Dallas Minimalism
East Dallas Minimalism
AquaTerra OutdoorsAquaTerra Outdoors
This minimalistic landscape design of grasses and concrete allow the dominate form of the residence shine. Photography Credit: Wade Griffith
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown rustic house exterior in Dallas with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Ranch Creek Camp
Ranch Creek Camp
MA StudiosMA Studios
On a secluded 40 acres in Colorado with Ranch Creek winding through, this new home is a compilation of smaller dwelling areas stitched together by a central artery, evoking a sense of the actual river nearby. Winter Park – Grand County, CO — Architecture Firm with no bounds
Entryways & Foyers
Entryways & Foyers
Carolina TimberworksCarolina Timberworks
Douglas Fir © Carolina Timberworks
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic two floor house exterior in Charlotte with wood cladding.
Sunset Project
Sunset Project
GBL Construction - Green Builders for LifeGBL Construction - Green Builders for Life
Photo of a medium sized and brown rustic bungalow detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Log Home, Woodstock N.Y.
Log Home, Woodstock N.Y.
Interior Analysis by Allan SkriloffInterior Analysis by Allan Skriloff
This Woodstock, NY Home has been featured in Log home living magazine and Cabin Fever a table top book. This is a "Swedish cope", Custom built "Log Home", and use of mostly "natural materials",
Arcadia Student Living
Arcadia Student Living
Miller ArchitectureMiller Architecture
2017 NAHB Best in American Living Awards Gold Award for Student Housing 2016 American Institute of Building Design ARDA American Residential Design Awards GRAND ARDA for Multi-Family of the Year
Exteriors
Exteriors
River City Building & Decking LLCRiver City Building & Decking LLC
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Roberts Lane Project
Roberts Lane Project
Executive Developers, LLCExecutive Developers, LLC
Rustic Allura wood grain sided ranch with cedar front porch and stained fiberglass front door
Photo of a medium sized and brown rustic bungalow detached house in Other with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Tahoe Chalet
Custom Tahoe Chalet
Stratford Building CorporationStratford Building Corporation
Custom modular chalet-style home. 3 Bed, 2 baths, 1718 SF. Knotty Alder at Ceiling, Cabinets, Interior Doors & Trim; Master Suite with Walk-in-Closet; Kitchen Island with Eating Bar; Open Concept Living Areas, Loft w/ Open to Below Ceilings; 10' Roof Overhang; Fireplace with Outside Chase; Unfinished Basement Foundation; Garage
North Carolina Cabin
North Carolina Cabin
Bob Lancaster DesignsBob Lancaster Designs
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Nashville with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Lake Sylvia
Lake Sylvia
Watermark Design GroupWatermark Design Group
Road Side of Lake Home. Remodel Photography by Alyssa Lee
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Rush Lake Rustic - Crosslake, MN
Rush Lake Rustic - Crosslake, MN
Dan J. Heid - Planning & DesignDan J. Heid - Planning & Design
Dan Heid
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Peers Homestead
Peers Homestead
Centre Sky Architecture LtdCentre Sky Architecture Ltd
The design of this home drew upon historical styles, preserving the essentials of the original movement while updating these elements with clean lines and modern materials. Peers Homestead drew upon the American Farmhouse. The architectural design was based on several factors: orientation with views and connection to seasonal water elements, glass cubes, simplistic form and material palette, and steel accents with structure and cladding. To capture views, the floor to ceiling windows in the great room bring in the natural environment into the home and were oriented to face the Spanish Peaks. The great room’s simple gable roof and square room shape, accompanied by the large glass walls and a high ceiling, create an impressive glass cube effect. Following a contemporary trend for windows, thin-frame, aluminum clad windows were utilized for the high performance qualities as well as the aesthetic appeal. (Photos by Whitney Kamman)
Western Red Cedar Shingles
Western Red Cedar Shingles
Buffalo Lumber Company Inc.Buffalo Lumber Company Inc.
Buffalo Lumber specializes in Custom Milled, Factory Finished Wood Siding and Paneling. We ONLY do real wood.
This is an example of a medium sized rustic split-level house exterior in Newark with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Medium Sized Rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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