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Midcentury House Exterior with a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

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Mid-Century Modern Jasmine Revitalized
Mid-Century Modern Jasmine Revitalized
Berghuis Construction LLCBerghuis Construction LLC
Medium sized and gey midcentury bungalow detached house in Grand Rapids with vinyl cladding and a mansard roof.
Devonwood Remodel Altadena
Devonwood Remodel Altadena
Willisland Design WorksWillisland Design Works
This is an example of a white midcentury bungalow render house exterior in Los Angeles with a mansard roof.
Front Door Restoration
Front Door Restoration
Flow Painting SolutionsFlow Painting Solutions
Inspiration for a small and beige retro bungalow render detached house in New York with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Buell
Buell
Yankee Barn HomesYankee Barn Homes
Gey midcentury two floor house exterior in New York with a mansard roof.
Freeport Carport
Freeport Carport
Anthony J. ValléeAnthony J. Vallée
Carport and rear addition
Design ideas for a medium sized and red midcentury two floor house exterior in Miami with concrete fibreboard cladding and a mansard roof.
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Tinsel HouseTinsel House
Design ideas for a small and green midcentury two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
2019 NARI CotY Award-Winning Entire House
2019 NARI CotY Award-Winning Entire House
National Association of the Remodeling IndustryNational Association of the Remodeling Industry
Liv Companies, LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois, 2019 NARI CotY Award-Winning Entire House Under $250,000
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey retro split-level brick detached house in Chicago with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Road's End Contracting #4
Road's End Contracting #4
UserUser
Medium sized and brown midcentury two floor house exterior in Vancouver with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Our Portfolio
Our Portfolio
Ohio Home ImprovementOhio Home Improvement
Large and blue retro two floor house exterior in Cleveland with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Devonwood Remodel Altadena
Devonwood Remodel Altadena
Willisland Design WorksWillisland Design Works
Design ideas for a white retro bungalow render house exterior in Los Angeles with a mansard roof.
Whole house renovation
Whole house renovation
Dena Caron InteriorsDena Caron Interiors
Voted BEST OF HOUZZ 2015. The mission of Dena Caron Interiors is to create a space that you are proud to call your own. You know what you like or maybe what you don't like. We are here to guide you in the defining, refining and execution of a finished design, that will reflect you at your best. Let's turn up the dial on your style. We provide interior design services and project management. This includes: color consultations, finish selections, space planning, remodeling and new construction planning and consulting, window treatments, furniture selection, accessory placement and procurement, wall and flooring treatment and bid preparation. In addition to my design and project management services, I can also assist clients in purchasing and selecting a "Fixer Upper" or "Unlivable" home and Redefine its Design to suit their needs and budget. Visit my other business Redefined Design, where we see the potential in the homes others have forgotten or wouldn't even consider purchasing. http://www.houzz.com/pro/denacaron/redefined-design
Pool House
Pool House
PLACE Designers, Inc.PLACE Designers, Inc.
Pool House with Extensive green roof and glazed corners
Inspiration for a retro bungalow house exterior in Austin with stone cladding, a mansard roof and a metal roof.
Waterford Homes French Provincial
Waterford Homes French Provincial
Waterford HomesWaterford Homes
This is an example of a large and brown midcentury two floor brick detached house in Atlanta with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Tinsel HouseTinsel House
Inspiration for a small and green midcentury two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Home Builders in Arizona
Custom Home Builders in Arizona
Fratantoni Luxury Estates Design/Build/RemodelingFratantoni Luxury Estates Design/Build/Remodeling
This stunning mansion features an incredible exterior front fountain, brick pavers, a stately circular drive and formal front entry, plus luxury landscaping.
Before & After
Before & After
Egan Painting LLCEgan Painting LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and gey retro bungalow concrete house exterior in Other with a mansard roof.
Front Door Restoration
Front Door Restoration
Flow Painting SolutionsFlow Painting Solutions
This is an example of a small and beige midcentury bungalow render detached house in New York with a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Matt Lehn ConstructionMatt Lehn Construction
Design ideas for a large and gey midcentury bungalow detached house in Orange County with stone cladding and a mansard roof.
Дом в Мамонтовке
Дом в Мамонтовке
Архитектурная мастерская Petr & PavelАрхитектурная мастерская Petr & Pavel
Петр Попов-Серебряков (Арх. бюро Dacha-Buro) Год реализации 2010-2011 Фото Иванов Илья
Medium sized and blue retro two floor house exterior in Moscow with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Glen Forest
Glen Forest
UserUser
Medium sized and brown retro two floor house exterior in Vancouver with wood cladding and a mansard roof.

Midcentury House Exterior with a Mansard Roof 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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