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Farmhouse Home with a Fashionable Interior
Farmhouse Home with a Fashionable Interior
Noble Classic HomesNoble Classic Homes
Ariana with ANM Photograhy
Design ideas for a large and beige traditional bungalow detached house in Dallas with mixed cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.
Lake Minnetonka Chateau
Lake Minnetonka Chateau
John Kraemer & SonsJohn Kraemer & Sons
Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architecture: Sharratt Design | Landscaping: Yardscapes | Photography: Landmark Photography
Large and white classic two floor render detached house in Minneapolis with a shingle roof and a hip roof.
Monterey Entry
Monterey Entry
Leneeva HomesLeneeva Homes
Tracii Wearne
Design ideas for a large and gey classic two floor detached house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Los Altos Modern Prairie II
Los Altos Modern Prairie II
Studio S Squared Architecture, Inc.Studio S Squared Architecture, Inc.
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige traditional two floor render detached house in San Francisco with a hip roof and a metal roof.
Sigmon Design
Sigmon Design
PtidesignPtidesign
Large and brown classic two floor brick detached house in Charlotte with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Flat Lime Wash in Fairview Texas
Flat Lime Wash in Fairview Texas
UserUser
Lime washed brick next to black painted door with SW Dovetail 7018 Painted Trim. Photo by: Jeff Murrey
Photo of a large and white classic two floor brick detached house in Dallas with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Oak Hill Building & RemodelingOak Hill Building & Remodeling
Robert Miller Photography
Photo of a large and blue classic detached house in DC Metro with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a shingle roof, a pitched roof and a grey roof.
Innovative Windows & Doors by Kolbe
Innovative Windows & Doors by Kolbe
Kolbe Windows & DoorsKolbe Windows & Doors
Design ideas for a large and brown classic two floor brick detached house in Other with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
RMF Craftsman
RMF Craftsman
MacMillan-Pace, LLCMacMillan-Pace, LLC
Large and gey classic two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a shingle roof and a pitched roof.
Stonewall
Stonewall
Whalen Custom HomesWhalen Custom Homes
Photo of a medium sized and red traditional bungalow brick detached house in St Louis with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Tahoma Treasure
Tahoma Treasure
King Construction ConsultantsKing Construction Consultants
This is an example of a medium sized and brown traditional two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Whitefish Lake Home
Whitefish Lake Home
Bolkema ConstructionBolkema Construction
Michael Buck
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey classic bungalow house exterior in Grand Rapids with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
French Park
French Park
Creative Landscapes Detroit LLCCreative Landscapes Detroit LLC
Flowers by other.
Photo of an expansive and brown classic house exterior in Detroit with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
The Berwick II - 2016 Parade of Homes Showcase Home
The Berwick II - 2016 Parade of Homes Showcase Home
Farabough HomesFarabough Homes
The front Exterior of our 2016 Parade of Homes Showcase. This home features cast stone look accents and stucco trim to create a comfortable yet modern look for this home.
New Construction, Glencoe IL
New Construction, Glencoe IL
NEWLOOK DevelopmentNEWLOOK Development
Medium sized and gey traditional two floor house exterior in Chicago with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Six Mile Lake
Six Mile Lake
CedarCoast Timber HomesCedarCoast Timber Homes
Inspiration for a large and green traditional two floor house exterior in Toronto with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Nest in the Trees
Nest in the Trees
Anchor BuildersAnchor Builders
Design & Build Team: Anchor Builders, Photographer: Andrea Rugg Photography
This is an example of a gey and medium sized traditional two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Santa Rosa Beach | Susan Lovelace
Santa Rosa Beach | Susan Lovelace
Lovelace InteriorsLovelace Interiors
Photography: Colleen Duffley
Design ideas for a white and large classic two floor brick detached house in Miami with a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
The "New Traditional" Home - Exterior
The "New Traditional" Home - Exterior
Allard + Roberts Interior Design, IncAllard + Roberts Interior Design, Inc
Interior Designer: Allard & Roberts Interior Design, Inc, Photographer: David Dietrich, Builder: Evergreen Custom Homes, Architect: Gary Price, Design Elite Architecture
Westchester Pool House
Westchester Pool House
Significant Homes LLCSignificant Homes LLC
Charles Hilton Architects, Robert Benson Photography From grand estates, to exquisite country homes, to whole house renovations, the quality and attention to detail of a "Significant Homes" custom home is immediately apparent. Full time on-site supervision, a dedicated office staff and hand picked professional craftsmen are the team that take you from groundbreaking to occupancy. Every "Significant Homes" project represents 45 years of luxury homebuilding experience, and a commitment to quality widely recognized by architects, the press and, most of all....thoroughly satisfied homeowners. Our projects have been published in Architectural Digest 6 times along with many other publications and books. Though the lion share of our work has been in Fairfield and Westchester counties, we have built homes in Palm Beach, Aspen, Maine, Nantucket and Long Island.

Premium 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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