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Alexandria - Scandinavian Modern
Alexandria - Scandinavian Modern
Andison Residential DesignAndison Residential Design
With bold, clean lines and beautiful natural wood vertical siding, this Scandinavian Modern home makes a statement in the vibrant and award-winning master planned Currie community. This home’s design uses symmetry and balance to create a unique and eye-catching modern home. Using a color palette of black, white, and blonde wood, the design remains simple and clean while creating a homey and welcoming feel. The sheltered back deck has a big cozy fireplace, making it a wonderful place to gather with friends and family. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow natural light to pour in from outside. This stunning Scandi Modern home is thoughtfully designed down to the last detail.
Hill House, Wheelers Hill
Hill House, Wheelers Hill
Inbetween ArchitectureInbetween Architecture
Scandi two floor painted brick and front house exterior in Melbourne with a pitched roof.
Contemporary boat shed beach home
Contemporary boat shed beach home
Atelier Aitken ArchitectureAtelier Aitken Architecture
This is an example of a medium sized and black scandinavian two floor front detached house with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a black roof and shiplap cladding.
Scandinavian Townhouse - Exterior
Scandinavian Townhouse - Exterior
DGK ArchitectsDGK Architects
Inspired by the traditional Scandinavian architectural vernacular, we adopted various design elements and further expressed them with a robust materiality palette in a more contemporary manner. – DGK Architects
1960's remodel - Japanese & Scandinavian style house
1960's remodel - Japanese & Scandinavian style house
Mark Hazeldine PhotographyMark Hazeldine Photography
Exterior of a 1960s detached house, remodelled with cedar cladding and black render
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown scandinavian two floor front house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a red roof and board and batten cladding.
Wooden House
Wooden House
Annalisa Carli ArchitettoAnnalisa Carli Architetto
Facciata. Realizzazione dell'azienda Marlegno. Foto di Simone Marulli
Medium sized scandi two floor front flat in Milan with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Sandown Rd
Sandown Rd
Aesir Construction LimitedAesir Construction Limited
This is an example of a large scandinavian two floor front detached house in Kent with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a grey roof.
London Fields Renovation
London Fields Renovation
Name ArchitectsName Architects
Traditional Victorian terraced house exterior and features are preserved to pay homage to the heritage of the area.
Medium sized scandi two floor front house exterior in London with a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a brown roof.
アプローチ側 外観
アプローチ側 外観
株式会社 ジェイ・ウッド・ビルド株式会社 ジェイ・ウッド・ビルド
This is an example of a beige scandi front detached house in Other with a metal roof.
西外観　（玄関側）／オグハウス
西外観　（玄関側）／オグハウス
合同会社インクアーキテクツ合同会社インクアーキテクツ
外観の夕景です。 外壁はガルバリウム鋼板の一文字葺です。パラペットの（上端）は特殊な納まりとなっており、一文字葺の縦のラインが美しく見えます。 玄関前など部分的に木製の外壁を貼っています。これは建替え前の既存建物の木材を古材として利用し、手割りで製材した「柿（こけら）板」を葺いています。この柿葺きは建主さんのセルフビルドで作られました。建替え前の既存建物は建主さんの祖父母の代に建てられた家で、建替える新築の家にも何らかのかたちで引き継ぐことができればとの思いからのアイデアです。 ２方向に道路のある角地で１階にダイニングキッチンのある間取りとなっていますことからプライバシーへの配慮が必要でした。道路からはプライバシーが確保できており、実家である隣家側計画した中庭に対して開放的な平面計画となっているため落ち着いた居心地の良い１階のダイニングキッチンとなっています。 玄関ドアは二重の引き戸となっています。外側は防火戸となっていて、開けると内側に建主さんこだわりの木製のガラスドアがあります。玄関ドアの向きはダイニング側に対して角度を振っていて、ガラスドアからダイニングへの視線を交わすことで、プライバシーに配慮した平面計画となっています。
Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
HBD SystemsHBD Systems
Gey scandinavian two floor front terraced house in Hertfordshire.
Hill House, Wheelers Hill
Hill House, Wheelers Hill
Inbetween ArchitectureInbetween Architecture
Scandinavian two floor painted brick and front detached house in Melbourne with a pitched roof.
Alexandria - Scandinavian Modern
Alexandria - Scandinavian Modern
Andison Residential DesignAndison Residential Design
With bold, clean lines and beautiful natural wood vertical siding, this Scandinavian Modern home makes a statement in the vibrant and award-winning master planned Currie community. This home’s design uses symmetry and balance to create a unique and eye-catching modern home. Using a color palette of black, white, and blonde wood, the design remains simple and clean while creating a homey and welcoming feel. The sheltered back deck has a big cozy fireplace, making it a wonderful place to gather with friends and family. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow natural light to pour in from outside. This stunning Scandi Modern home is thoughtfully designed down to the last detail.
Wooden House
Wooden House
Annalisa Carli ArchitettoAnnalisa Carli Architetto
Vista prospettica. Realizzazione dell'azienda Marlegno. Foto di Simone Marulli
Inspiration for a medium sized scandinavian two floor front flat in Milan with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Sandown Rd
Sandown Rd
Aesir Construction LimitedAesir Construction Limited
Photo of a large scandinavian two floor front detached house in Kent with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Sandown Rd
Sandown Rd
Aesir Construction LimitedAesir Construction Limited
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured scandinavian two floor front detached house in Kent with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Sandown Rd
Sandown Rd
Aesir Construction LimitedAesir Construction Limited
Design ideas for a large scandi two floor front detached house in Kent with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a grey roof.

Scandinavian Front 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 Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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