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Rustic House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Wildwood Holt
Wildwood Holt
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
This is an example of a rustic two floor render detached house in Cornwall.
Secluded Lake Cabin
Secluded Lake Cabin
Yellowstone TraditionsYellowstone Traditions
MillerRoodell Architects // Gordon Gregory Photography
Photo of a brown rustic bungalow house exterior in Other with wood cladding, a shingle roof and a pitched roof.
Texas vacation cabin
Texas vacation cabin
TrestlewoodTrestlewood
Photo by June Cannon, Trestlewood
This is an example of a rustic house exterior in Salt Lake City with wood cladding.
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Log Cabin
Log Cabin
Interior Design Beth PhillipsInterior Design Beth Phillips
Photo of a brown rustic detached house in Kansas City with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Wood Family Cabin Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Wood Family Cabin Deconstruction and Reconstruction
ServeScapeServeScape
Alex Arnett (Alex the Photo Guy)
Inspiration for a rustic bungalow house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Cabin Renovation - Architect, Jan Paul Donelson
Cabin Renovation - Architect, Jan Paul Donelson
Timberland DesignTimberland Design
Roger Wade Studio
Design ideas for a small rustic two floor house exterior in Louisville with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Cabin in the Woods
Cabin in the Woods
Tricia Shay PhotographyTricia Shay Photography
Front entry. Original 1850's hand hewn log cabin taken down from other location and rebuilt on current site with additions. Metal roof. Local stone used for chimney and foundation. ©Tricia Shay
Plecker River Cabin on the Cow Pasture River
Plecker River Cabin on the Cow Pasture River
Country Mountain Homes LLCCountry Mountain Homes LLC
The Plecker Cowpasture River Cabin is a dilapidation rescue. That means the original antique structure was uninhabitable and required a complete restoration. We moved the white oak structure, which was built around 1810, nearly 60 miles from its original location in a country field to its current riverfront. Homeowner Tim Plecker designed and engineered the entire project. Country Mountain Homes strives to use as much of the original structure as possible. We used the original logs, upstairs floor, and even rescued the stone from the original fireplaces to use in the front rock retaining wall. The addition is a new post-and-beam structure housing the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom.
Headwaters Camp Cabin, Big Sky, Montana - Private Residence
Headwaters Camp Cabin, Big Sky, Montana - Private Residence
UserUser
Headwaters Camp Custom Designed Cabin by Dan Joseph Architects, LLC, PO Box 12770 Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 83001 - PH 1-800-800-3935 - info@djawest.com info@djawest.com
Rustic Lake Home
Rustic Lake Home
Mårka ArchitectureMårka Architecture
Lake House - Nisswa, MN
Large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Minneapolis with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Hill Section Home
Hill Section Home
Birdseye DesignBirdseye Design
This is an example of a large and beige rustic two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding and a metal roof.
winter park mountain home
winter park mountain home
jennifer rhode designjennifer rhode design
This is an example of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with mixed cladding, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Alexander Valley Ranch
Alexander Valley Ranch
Wade Design ArchitectsWade Design Architects
Photo of a rustic bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a shingle roof.
Weatherford Modern Ranch
Weatherford Modern Ranch
J Christopher ArchitectureJ Christopher Architecture
Rustic detached house in Dallas with mixed cladding.
Organic Modern Mountain Home
Organic Modern Mountain Home
Living Stone Design + BuildLiving Stone Design + Build
Large and multi-coloured rustic detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Custom Tree House
Custom Tree House
Miles Bradley Building and RemodelingMiles Bradley Building and Remodeling
Custom designed and built tree house with large cedar architectural timbers, Trex Transcend flooring, galvanized standing seam steel roof, galvanized wire mesh railing. It also has features like a fireman's pole and rope bridge. The interior of the room is cedar trimmed and the exterior siding is reclaimed Michigan barn wood.
Black Mountain Residence
Black Mountain Residence
UserUser
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a flat roof.
East Vail Residence
East Vail Residence
Arrigoni Woods, Inc.Arrigoni Woods, Inc.
A luxury residence in Vail, Colorado featuring wire-brushed Bavarian Oak wide-plank wood floors in a custom finish and reclaimed sunburnt siding on the ceiling. Arrigoni Woods specializes in wide-plank wood flooring, both recycled and engineered. Our wood comes from old-growth Western European forests that are sustainably managed. Arrigoni's uniquely engineered wood (which has the look and feel of solid wood) features a trio of layered engineered planks, with a middle layer of transversely laid vertical grain spruce, providing a solid core. This gorgeous mountain modern home was completed in the Fall of 2014. Using only the finest of materials and finishes, this home is the ultimate dream home. Photographer: Kimberly Gavin
Hathaway Point Lake Cottage
Hathaway Point Lake Cottage
Bickford Construction CorporationBickford Construction Corporation
Lake Cottage Porch, standing seam metal roofing and cedar shakes blend into the Vermont fall foliage. Simple and elegant. Photos by Susan Teare
Design ideas for a rustic bungalow house exterior in Burlington with wood cladding, a metal roof and a black 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.
Lake George Retreat
Lake George Retreat
Phinney Design GroupPhinney Design Group
Street view of the house, Rob Spring Photography
Photo of a gey rustic two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding.
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