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Purple House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
Coatesville Family Home
Coatesville Family Home
HarperHarper
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Auckland.
Mountain Modern Homestead
Mountain Modern Homestead
JSM BuildersJSM Builders
Design ideas for a rustic house exterior in Denver.
Exterior Front View
Exterior Front View
ODS ArchitectureODS Architecture
Design ideas for a multi-coloured and large midcentury split-level detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Historical Craftsman Renovation
Historical Craftsman Renovation
Balboa Design GroupBalboa Design Group
Photo of a green and medium sized classic bungalow house exterior in San Diego with a pitched roof and wood cladding.
Mountain Farmhouse
Mountain Farmhouse
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
White country two floor detached house in Other with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Spring Valley Residence
Spring Valley Residence
Principle Builders GroupPrinciple Builders Group
Galina Coada, Architectural Photographer
Inspiration for a large and gey modern two floor house exterior in Atlanta with stone cladding and a flat roof.
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse Features DuChâteau Floors
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse Features DuChâteau Floors
DUCHATEAU FloorsDUCHATEAU Floors
This gorgeous Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse features San Tropez from DuChâteau's Vernal Collection. Architect: Gast Architects | Photo credit: Elliott Johnson
Casa O - Wellington
Casa O - Wellington
Alonso & Associates, Inc.Alonso & Associates, Inc.
Jerry Rabinowitz
This is an example of an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Miami.
Sophisticated Modern Home | Backyard and Courtyard
Sophisticated Modern Home | Backyard and Courtyard
James Witt HomesJames Witt Homes
Photography by Bernard Andre
Beige modern bungalow house exterior in San Francisco with a flat roof.
Telluride at Dusk
Telluride at Dusk
CCY ArchitectsCCY Architects
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Denver.
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse
Arroyo Grande Modern Farmhouse
Gast ArchitectsGast Architects
Elliott Johnson Photographer
Photo of a gey farmhouse two floor house exterior in San Luis Obispo with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Rustic Exterior
Rustic Exterior
Design ideas for a rustic house exterior in Other.
View of Support Structures from Water
View of Support Structures from Water
Wiedemann Architects LLCWiedemann Architects LLC
View of Squash Court, Green House, and equipment shed from the water. Photography: Alan Russ @studioHDP
Photo of a house exterior in DC Metro.
Copper Mountain Residence
Copper Mountain Residence
PLAADPLAAD
Large and brown modern detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
ALLU ARJUN’S RESIDENCE
ALLU ARJUN’S RESIDENCE
Aamir and Hameeda AssociatesAamir and Hameeda Associates
Inspiration for a large and white contemporary bungalow detached house in Hyderabad with a flat roof.
Randall Mars
Randall Mars
Randall Mars ArchitectsRandall Mars Architects
The Pool House was pushed against the pool, preserving the lot and creating a dynamic relationship between the 2 elements. A glass garage door was used to open the interior onto the pool.
Casa entrebosques
Casa entrebosques
PAREDES + PAREDES arquitectosPAREDES + PAREDES arquitectos
Photo of a modern house exterior in Other.
English Contemporary Custom Home
English Contemporary Custom Home
ATK Construction | Custom HomesATK Construction | Custom Homes
Photo of a contemporary house exterior in Denver.
Tidewater Model in The Hammock at Nocatee
Tidewater Model in The Hammock at Nocatee
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Glenn Layton Homes, LLC, "Building Your Coastal Lifestyle" Jeff Westcott Photography
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured nautical two floor detached house in Jacksonville with mixed cladding.

Purple 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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