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Sherwood Forest Cottage
Sherwood Forest Cottage
Becker Morgan Group, Inc.Becker Morgan Group, Inc.
Design ideas for a green and small rustic bungalow detached house in Baltimore with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Casa El Bosquet
Casa El Bosquet
Aleix Bagué FotografíaAleix Bagué Fotografía
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey rustic two floor house exterior in Barcelona with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Lakeside Stone Manor House
Lakeside Stone Manor House
Wade Weissmann ArchitectureWade Weissmann Architecture
This imposing home is constructed almost entirely of local stone.
Design ideas for a brown rustic house exterior in Milwaukee with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
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Tree length half-log cedar siding
Tree length half-log cedar siding
Waldmann ConstructionWaldmann Construction
Waldmann Construction
Photo of a brown and large rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
114 AZ
114 AZ
UserUser
This is an example of a large rustic two floor house exterior in Denver with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Beaucatcher Barn Home
Beaucatcher Barn Home
Altura ArchitectsAltura Architects
We used the timber frame of a century old barn to build this rustic modern house. The barn was dismantled, and reassembled on site. Inside, we designed the home to showcase as much of the original timber frame as possible. Photography by Todd Crawford
Property Gates
Property Gates
Wrought Iron DesignsWrought Iron Designs
Rustic house exterior in Santa Barbara.
Tahoe Ski Cabin
Tahoe Ski Cabin
Studio Bergtraun AIAStudio Bergtraun AIA
Natural ventilation occurs through high hopper windows and multi-slide floor-to-ceiling windows, positioned to convect cool air currents from the nearby creek. The roof and exterior walls are clad in lifetime corrugated dark steel reducing maintenance and replacement waste, and insulated with high-rated green material – soy-foam.
Paradise Valley Project #3
Paradise Valley Project #3
Riverbend BuildersRiverbend Builders
Design ideas for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Sagle Mountain Hideaway
Sagle Mountain Hideaway
Selle Valley Construction, Inc.Selle Valley Construction, Inc.
View of the back porch of this mountain hideaway. Photography by Marie-Dominique Verdier.
Rustic bungalow house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding.
Lincoln Cabin
Lincoln Cabin
Phoenix Construction Company LLCPhoenix Construction Company LLC
Lockwood McLaughlin
Photo of a medium sized rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Custom Homes
Custom Homes
Bailey Draper Custom Homes, Inc.Bailey Draper Custom Homes, Inc.
Design ideas for a white rustic bungalow house exterior in Dallas with mixed cladding.
Hill Country Weekend Retreat
Hill Country Weekend Retreat
Pollard Hodgson ArchitectsPollard Hodgson Architects
Design ideas for a large and beige rustic two floor house exterior in New Orleans with stone cladding and a hip roof.
JH Modern
JH Modern
Pearson Design GroupPearson Design Group
Design ideas for a large rustic two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Bay Lake 2
Bay Lake 2
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
Exterior Lakeside
Large and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Santa Barbara Spanish Home with Tuscan Accents
Santa Barbara Spanish Home with Tuscan Accents
Santa Barbara Home DesignSanta Barbara Home Design
Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.
Booth Lake Portico & Exterior Remodel
Booth Lake Portico & Exterior Remodel
Stebnitz Builders, Inc.Stebnitz Builders, Inc.
This East Troy home on Booth Lake had a few drainage issues that needed to be resolved, but one thing was clear, the homeowners knew with the proper design features, their property had amazing potential to be a fixture on the lake. Starting with a redesign of the backyard, including retaining walls and other drainage features, the home was then ready for a radical facelift. We redesigned the entry of the home with a timber frame portico/entryway. The entire portico was built with the old-world artistry of a mortise and tenon framing method. We also designed and installed a new deck and patio facing the lake, installed an integrated driveway and sidewalk system throughout the property and added a splash of evening effects with some beautiful architectural lighting around the house. A Timber Tech deck with Radiance cable rail system was added off the side of the house to increase lake viewing opportunities and a beautiful stamped concrete patio was installed at the lower level of the house for additional lounging. Lastly, the original detached garage was razed and rebuilt with a new design that not only suits our client’s needs, but is designed to complement the home’s new look. The garage was built with trusses to create the tongue and groove wood cathedral ceiling and the storage area to the front of the garage. The secondary doors on the lakeside of the garage were installed to allow our client to drive his golf cart along the crushed granite pathways and to provide a stunning view of Booth Lake from the multi-purpose garage. Terry Mayer http://www.terrymayerphotography.com/
Country Cottage
Country Cottage
Blackbird ArchitectsBlackbird Architects
Tyson Ellis
Inspiration for a small and gey rustic bungalow house exterior in Santa Barbara with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
House Tree
House Tree
Kaotic Photography - Marco RIcciKaotic Photography - Marco RIcci
Marco Ricci
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
Rustic Exterior
Rustic Exterior
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Charlotte with mixed cladding.
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