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Rustic House Exterior with a Shingle Roof Ideas and Designs

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Platte Lake 1
Platte Lake 1
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
Design ideas for a brown rustic detached house in Minneapolis with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Sequoia House
Sequoia House
Seven SundaysSeven Sundays
Photo of a medium sized and green rustic two floor detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Casa Lago Custom Home
Casa Lago Custom Home
Alair Homes ClemsonAlair Homes Clemson
Modern functionality meets rustic charm in this expansive custom home. Featuring a spacious open-concept great room with dark hardwood floors, stone fireplace, and wood finishes throughout.
Contemporary Mountain Asheville
Contemporary Mountain Asheville
BlueStone Construction, LLCBlueStone Construction, LLC
A simple trellis frames the entryway providing a streamlined punctuation to the otherwise clean lines in keeping with the overall contemporary style. Potted plants on either side add a touch of green and further embolden the main entry.
Eco-Luxe Carpenter's Cabin
Eco-Luxe Carpenter's Cabin
Details Design and StagingDetails Design and Staging
The front view of the cabin hints at the small footprint while a view of the back exposes the expansiveness that is offered across all four stories. This small 934sf lives large offering over 1700sf of interior living space and additional 500sf of covered decking.
214 Mt Royal Dr.
214 Mt Royal Dr.
CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING LLCCAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING LLC
Photo of a large and multi-coloured rustic house exterior in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Gray's Crossing W119
Gray's Crossing W119
Steele ConstructionSteele Construction
Custom Mountain Modern home designed and engineered by Dennis Dodds & Associates of Truckee, CA. Built by Steele Construction. Exterior features Trestlewood Natureaged siding, honey-silver natural ledge stone, and Sierra Pacific Windows.
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.
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.
Sunset Idea House
Sunset Idea House
Lauren Nelson DesignLauren Nelson Design
Design ideas for a gey rustic two floor detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Front Door
Front Door
Petrucci Johnson HomesPetrucci Johnson Homes
Inspiration for a large and beige rustic two floor detached house in Detroit with wood cladding, a shingle roof and a hip roof.
Unbelievable Water Features
Unbelievable Water Features
JLF & Associates, Inc.JLF & Associates, Inc.
Design ideas for a rustic detached house in Other with mixed cladding and a shingle roof.
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Phinney Design GroupPhinney Design Group
Elizabeth Haynes
This is an example of a large and brown rustic detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Lake Norman Cottage
Lake Norman Cottage
Mcclure Nicholson Montgomery ArchitectsMcclure Nicholson Montgomery Architects
Photo of a brown rustic detached house in Charlotte with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Portfolio
Portfolio
Ryan Hainey Photography LLC.Ryan Hainey Photography LLC.
Gey rustic two floor detached house in Milwaukee with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a shingle roof.
Authentic Rocky Mountain Log Cabin
Authentic Rocky Mountain Log Cabin
ChillcootsChillcoots
Design ideas for a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
2017 Calendar Projects
2017 Calendar Projects
TrestlewoodTrestlewood
June Cannon
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey rustic two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Timberframe Lake Escape
Timberframe Lake Escape
Old Hampshire Designs IncOld Hampshire Designs Inc
Built by Old Hampshire Designs, Inc. John W. Hession, Photographer
Photo of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
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.
Our Work
Our Work
Markus Burkhart ConstructionMarkus Burkhart Construction
Photo of a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Rustic House Exterior with a Shingle 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 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.
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