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French Provincial Cottage - Elements Design Build Greenville SC
French Provincial Cottage - Elements Design Build Greenville SC
Elements Design BuildElements Design Build
Stunning French Provincial stucco cottage with integrated stone walled garden. Designed and Built by Elements Design Build. The warm shaker roof just adds to the warmth and detail. www.elementshomebuilder.com www.elementshouseplans.com
Elkins Ave - Nashville, TN
Elkins Ave - Nashville, TN
Dawn JacksonDawn Jackson
Restored exterior
Design ideas for a large and blue vintage two floor house exterior in Nashville with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Spanish Poetry
Spanish Poetry
NUMI BuildNUMI Build
Design ideas for a small and white vintage bungalow render house exterior in Los Angeles.
Dan & Mary
Dan & Mary
Kendel-Dezoete Designs, Ltd.Kendel-Dezoete Designs, Ltd.
RDZ Photography
Medium sized and gey vintage split-level detached house in Ottawa with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
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JMS Design Associates 310-552-1644JMS Design Associates 310-552-1644
This low entry gate encloses the yard and helps emphasize the paving to the front door. It was designed to give color and create a lasting impact on the viewer as they enter the residence.-- Let us help you put all the concepts that you gather together into a beautiful landscape. We have designers in the office and we are a fully licensed landscape contractor.
Oak Canyon Natural Stone Veneer Siding
Oak Canyon Natural Stone Veneer Siding
Quarry MillQuarry Mill
This beautiful house showcases Oak Canyon natural thin veneer from the Quarry Mill.
This is an example of a romantic two floor detached house in Other with stone cladding and a shingle roof.
Pasadena
Pasadena
Bella Vista CompanyBella Vista Company
Design ideas for a large and yellow romantic bungalow house exterior in Dallas with vinyl cladding.
Wayzata Addition
Wayzata Addition
Revision LLCRevision LLC
Spacecrafting Photography
Inspiration for a large and gey vintage two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Earlwood
Earlwood
The Site ForemanThe Site Foreman
This lovely old home has been given a new lease on life, and will provide a warm sanctuary for a new generation, just as it did long ago.
This is an example of a medium sized and gey romantic bungalow detached house in Sydney with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Communities - Herriman, Utah (38)
Communities - Herriman, Utah (38)
Magleby ConstructionMagleby Construction
Photo of a large and green shabby-chic style two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Azek Building Products Decks & Patios
Azek Building Products Decks & Patios
Vosburg Building ServicesVosburg Building Services
This is an example of a medium sized and blue vintage two floor house exterior in Cedar Rapids with wood cladding.
Salt Lake Parade Of Homes 2015
Salt Lake Parade Of Homes 2015
Foremost InteriorsForemost Interiors
Craftsman style home with gray plank siding and stone accents.
Photo of a large and gey shabby-chic style house exterior in Salt Lake City with three floors and concrete fibreboard cladding.
Siding Installations
Siding Installations
MD SeamlessMD Seamless
DaVinci Cabot Blue Dutch Lap Siding
Medium sized and blue romantic bungalow detached house in Tampa with vinyl cladding, a hip roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.
Elkins Ave - Nashville, TN
Elkins Ave - Nashville, TN
Dawn JacksonDawn Jackson
Barn wood shutters with hammered heart strap hinges and Christmas wreath.
Large shabby-chic style house exterior in Nashville.
Athens Natural Stone Veneer Residential
Athens Natural Stone Veneer Residential
Quarry MillQuarry Mill
Athens natural thin stone veneer from the Quarry Mill gives this home a warm and eloquent appearance. Athens white to tan color range helps bring a uniform look to your natural stone veneer project. The rectangular shapes with squared edges and various sizes of the Athens stones make it perfect for creating random patterns. The selection of stone size also allows for a balanced look without a repeating pattern.
Salt Lake Parade Of Homes 2015
Salt Lake Parade Of Homes 2015
Foremost InteriorsForemost Interiors
Craftsman style home with gray plank siding and stone accents.
Photo of a large and gey vintage house exterior in Salt Lake City with three floors and concrete fibreboard cladding.
Dalton House Plan 3462 Front
Dalton House Plan 3462 Front
Elite Design GroupElite Design Group
This is an example of a large and white romantic two floor detached house in Richmond with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Deephaven Custom Home
Deephaven Custom Home
Black Dog HomesBlack Dog Homes
http://www.spacecrafting.com/
Shabby-chic style house exterior in Minneapolis.
171 Tennyson Drive Short Hills, New Jersey
171 Tennyson Drive Short Hills, New Jersey
Fucci Custom BuildersFucci Custom Builders
This is an example of a large and beige romantic two floor brick house exterior in New York with a half-hip roof.
Chateau De Lac
Chateau De Lac
Adrian S. Cutchshaw Architectural Design+BuildAdrian S. Cutchshaw Architectural Design+Build
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey romantic house exterior in Atlanta with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Premium Shabby-Chic Style 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style 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 shabby-chic style exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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