Multi-coloured Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Urban Beach House

INKSPACE Architects & Interiors

Inspiration for a multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Dorset with mixed cladding.

Best in American Living Winner: Caruthers

Frankel Design Build

Inspiration for an expansive and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.

Modern Farmhouse - Parade of Homes 2018

Ezra Lee Design+Build

Our Modern Farmhouse features large windows, tall peaks and a mixture of exterior materials.
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.

The Hemlock

Kessler Construction LLC

Custom home with fiber cement lap siding and a custom pool.
Medium sized and multi-coloured classic bungalow detached house with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.

St. Paul French Country

John Kraemer & Sons

Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architecture: Charlie & Co. Design | Interior Design: Martha O'Hara Interiors | Landscaping: TOPO | Photography: Gaffer Photography

Aerial View of this Turn of the Century Home

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Aerial View of this Turn of the Century home. Photos by Kevin
Photo of an expansive and multi-coloured traditional detached house in New York with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

New Retreat

Whitlock Builders

Design ideas for a medium sized and multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Charlotte with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Walloon Lake Home North Shore Drive

Elaine Keiser Architect, Inc

This is an example of a multi-coloured classic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

South Hill Renovation

Greg Robinson Architect

Haris Kenjar Photography and Design
Multi-coloured and medium sized traditional two floor detached house in Seattle with a shingle roof and a pitched roof.

Brick Home with Stone Accents

Westpoint Homes

15917 Burkett Circle, Edmond, OK | Deer Creek Park
Photo of a large and multi-coloured traditional bungalow brick detached house in Oklahoma City.

Garage apartment

SkyWest Builders

Tre Dunham Design by Donna Osborn
Design ideas for a small and multi-coloured classic two floor house exterior in Austin with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Modern Prairie Style

Distinctive Architecture

Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Raleigh with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Residence with a Pool

Kate Cleveland Architect

Bates Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Philadelphia with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Drexel

Cusimano Architect

Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding and a metal roof.

Preston Hollow Listing

Mike Healey Photography

All images Copyright Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
This is an example of a large and multi-coloured traditional two floor brick detached house in Dallas with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Residential Roofing Projects

Michael Herman Aluminum & Vinyl Siding

Medium sized and multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in New York with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Water Front Exterior

Christie Kenny Interiors

Exterior refresh for this private retreat with panoramic water views. For the primary color, we went with Sherwin Williams Amazing Gray, which is precisely that. We also specified Iron Ore for the shutters, doors, and garage doors finished off with a high reflective white to add the final details.

Water Front Exterior

Christie Kenny Interiors

Roanoke Renovation

Architectural Craftsmen

Traditional Tudor with brick, stone and half-timbering with stucco siding has an artistic random-patterned clipped-edge slate roof. Garage at basement level and carport above.

James Hardie Siding, Porch Overhang, Roof, Windows

Lakeside Renovation & Design

This is an example of a large and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in St Louis with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Multi-coloured Traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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