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Red House Exterior with a Blue Roof Ideas and Designs

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Quarry Gray - TruDefinition® Duration®
Quarry Gray - TruDefinition® Duration®
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Design ideas for a red traditional detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Oeanside Japanese-style Farmhouse
Oeanside Japanese-style Farmhouse
Ludwig DesignLudwig Design
Exterior View from Spaa toward home. Close corner holds Dining area, Left corner holds Kitchen/Family Room Alcove. long deck on right passes along Great Room to Guest Bath and Lower Floor Guest Bed. Upper level shows niche for Master Bed view deck.
Fassade zur Straße
Fassade zur Straße
JUHU! Architektur - Jensen und Hultsch ArchitektenJUHU! Architektur - Jensen und Hultsch Architekten
This is an example of a medium sized and red classic brick flat in Hanover with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a blue roof and shiplap cladding.
Picturesque Princess Anne
Picturesque Princess Anne
12/12 Architects & Planners12/12 Architects & Planners
2-story addition to this historic 1894 Princess Anne Victorian. Family room, new full bath, relocated half bath, expanded kitchen and dining room, with Laundry, Master closet and bathroom above. Wrap-around porch with gazebo. Photos by 12/12 Architects and Robert McKendrick Photography.
Peggy Kurtin Award for Excellence in Restoration HERITAGE HOMELENCE REBUILD
Peggy Kurtin Award for Excellence in Restoration HERITAGE HOMELENCE REBUILD
Maggee Gibson Design Inc.Maggee Gibson Design Inc.
Victorian Historical - Peggy Kurtin Excellence In Restoration 2020 Award-Restoration Rebuild - High End Modern Addition
Medium sized and red victorian render detached house in Toronto with three floors, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Riverside House
Riverside House
Christopher David DesignChristopher David Design
A view of our beautiful traditional Georgian home at our Surrey Riverside Project.
Large and red classic two floor brick and front detached house in Berkshire with a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a blue roof.
Fassade zur Straße
Fassade zur Straße
JUHU! Architektur - Jensen und Hultsch ArchitektenJUHU! Architektur - Jensen und Hultsch Architekten
Design ideas for a medium sized and red traditional brick flat in Hanover with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a blue roof and shiplap cladding.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Design ideas for a red classic detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Red traditional detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Red classic detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Riverside House
Riverside House
Christopher David DesignChristopher David Design
A view of our beautiful traditional Georgian home at our Surrey Riverside Project.
Inspiration for a large and red traditional two floor brick and front detached house in Berkshire with a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a blue roof.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Red traditional detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Inspiration for a red traditional detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Pacific Wave - TruDefinition® Duration® Designer Shingles
Owens Corning RoofingOwens Corning Roofing
Red traditional detached house in Other with a shingle roof and a blue roof.

Red House Exterior with a Blue 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 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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