Small Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Griffin/Yarborough Residence - Bold and Beautiful Lowcountry

Bold and beautiful colors accentuate this traditional Charleston style Lowcountry home. Warm and inviting.
This is an example of a small and red classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.

Black on Beal

Design 5 Landscape Architecture

Derik Olsen Photography
Inspiration for a small and beige contemporary two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Freeport Tiny House

Marvin Design Gallery by Eldredge Lumber

Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors open this tiny house up to a larger-than-life ocean view.
Small and white country two floor tiny house in Portland Maine with a metal roof and a pitched roof.

Silver Lake Guest House

Battle Associates, Architects

Reconstruction of old camp at water's edge. This project was a Guest House for a long time Battle Associates Client. Smaller, smaller, smaller the owners kept saying about the guest cottage right on the water's edge. The result was an intimate, almost diminutive, two bedroom cottage for extended family visitors. White beadboard interiors and natural wood structure keep the house light and airy. The fold-away door to the screen porch allows the space to flow beautifully. Photographer: Nancy Belluscio

Stanford Wood Lodge

Absolute Architecture

Stanford Wood Cottage extension and conversion project by Absolute Architecture. Photos by Jaw Designs, Kitchens and joinery by Ben Heath.
Small and white classic two floor render house exterior in Berkshire with a pitched roof.

Cleft House

Form Found Design

Conceived of as a vertical light box, Cleft House features walls made of translucent panels as well as massive sliding window walls. Located on an extremely narrow lot, the clients required contemporary design, waterfront views without loss of privacy, sustainability, and maximizing space within stringent cost control. A modular structural steel frame was used to eliminate the high cost of custom steel.

Cotswolds Cottage

Imperfect Interiors

We painted the windows and doors in a dark green brown at our Cotswolds Cottage project. Interior Design by Imperfect Interiors Armada Cottage is available to rent at www.armadacottagecotswolds.co.uk

Whidbey Family Camp

H2D Architecture + Design

This family camp on Whidbey Island is designed with a main cabin and two small sleeping cabins. The main cabin is a one story with a loft and includes two bedrooms and a kitchen. The cabins are arranged in a semi circle around the open meadow. Designed by: H2D Architecture + Design www.h2darchitects.com Photos by: Chad Coleman Photography #whidbeyisland #whidbeyislandarchitect #h2darchitects

庭見る小居

株式会社エキップ

外観。木の背景となるように開口は必要最小限に抑えた。
Inspiration for a small and beige two floor render and front detached house in Tokyo with a pitched roof, a metal roof and a black roof.

Portfolio

Color Touch Painting

Colorful exterior by Color Touch Painting
Small and yellow coastal two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

West Hills ADU

TELFORD+BROWN STUDIO ARCHITECTURE

This 800 square foot Accessory Dwelling Unit steps down a lush site in the Portland Hills. The street facing balcony features a sculptural bronze and concrete trough spilling water into a deep basin. The split-level entry divides upper-level living and lower level sleeping areas. Generous south facing decks, visually expand the building's area and connect to a canopy of trees. The mid-century modern details and materials of the main house are continued into the addition. Inside a ribbon of white-washed oak flows from the entry foyer to the lower level, wrapping the stairs and walls with its warmth. Upstairs the wood's texture is seen in stark relief to the polished concrete floors and the crisp white walls of the vaulted space. Downstairs the wood, coupled with the muted tones of moss green walls, lend the sleeping area a tranquil feel. Contractor: Ricardo Lovett General Contracting Photographer: David Papazian Photography

外観

株式会社トミオ

23坪の土地を最大限に活かしながらシンプルで優しい外観。アイアン手すりも角ばらないようDesignしました。
Photo of a small and white modern two floor render detached house in Other.

Little Black House

Elizabeth Herrmann architecture + design

Inspiration for a small and black scandinavian two floor detached house in Burlington with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Purington Natick Home

i3 Architects

This is an example of a small and yellow traditional two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Contemporary Lake Cottage Design - Marcellus, Michigan

Keystone Designs

Photo of a small and yellow contemporary two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Lake Calhoun Organic Modern

John Kraemer & Sons

Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Photography: Landmark Photography
Inspiration for a small and gey modern two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Greenfield House

Bluetime Collaborative

Robert Swinburne
Design ideas for a small and white rural two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Cortlandt

Ridgewater Homes LLC

Small and blue classic two floor house exterior in Houston with a pitched roof.

Pensacola Beach Design,

Dalrymple | Sallis Architecture

Bethany Brown
Small and yellow beach style two floor house exterior in Houston with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.

The Right House v1.0

Harry Hunt Architects

Photo-Jim Westphalen
This is an example of a small and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Small Two Floor 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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