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Traditional Grey House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Arthur Court
Arthur Court
Plan ArchitecturePlan Architecture
Design ideas for a large and white classic two floor brick detached house in New York with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
French Country
French Country
Bainbridge Design GroupBainbridge Design Group
This is an example of a beige classic two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding.
Buckhead- Custom Home on East Wood Valley Rd
Buckhead- Custom Home on East Wood Valley Rd
Hask Custom HomesHask Custom Homes
Inspiration for a large and white classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Low Country Cottage
Low Country Cottage
Esposito DesignEsposito Design
Design ideas for a medium sized and white classic bungalow house exterior in Jacksonville with concrete fibreboard cladding and a mansard roof.
Custom Lakeside 2-story
Custom Lakeside 2-story
Xpand Inc. | Homes of XcellenceXpand Inc. | Homes of Xcellence
This is an example of a large and gey classic two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Manchester By The Sea House
Manchester By The Sea House
Charles R. Myer & Partners, Ltd.Charles R. Myer & Partners, Ltd.
Charles R Myer
This is an example of an expansive and gey classic house exterior in Boston with three floors, stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Prodigy Homes Inc.Prodigy Homes Inc.
This home won the 2015 Parade of Homes "Best Exterior Appeal" award, as well as "Best Landscaping". Unique stamped and colored concrete beautifully compliments the stucco and stone exterior.
Beaux-Arts Classic
Beaux-Arts Classic
Morales Construction Co., Inc.Morales Construction Co., Inc.
Morales Construction Company is one of Northeast Florida’s most respected general contractors, and has been listed by The Jacksonville Business Journal as being among Jacksonville’s 25 largest contractors, fastest growing companies and the No. 1 Custom Home Builder in the First Coast area.
Andersen windows 100 series
Andersen windows 100 series
Wood Windows, Inc.Wood Windows, Inc.
This is Andersens 100 series window in dark bronze.Window is fibrex . Made from recycled wood . Great product.
Design ideas for a medium sized classic two floor house exterior in Boise.
Side Garden
Side Garden
Woodstone Builders, LLC.Woodstone Builders, LLC.
White and expansive classic render house exterior in Houston with three floors.
2014-12-West Allis Window Replacement
2014-12-West Allis Window Replacement
Zen Windows Milwaukee LLCZen Windows Milwaukee LLC
Photo of a medium sized and gey traditional two floor detached house in Milwaukee with vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Traditionnel Façade
Traditionnel Façade
NOOOR architecte d'interieurNOOOR architecte d'interieur
Photo of a medium sized and beige traditional house exterior in Paris with three floors, stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Homearama 2014
Homearama 2014
TR Design Group "The" Residential Design GroupTR Design Group "The" Residential Design Group
James Haefner Photography
Inspiration for an expansive and beige traditional two floor house exterior in Detroit with mixed cladding and a hip roof.
Montecito Residence
Montecito Residence
Cearnal Collective LLPCearnal Collective LLP
Design ideas for an expansive and beige traditional two floor render detached house in Santa Barbara with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Residential Stone Exteriors
Residential Stone Exteriors
Fireplace Stone & PatioFireplace Stone & Patio
This house features Dutch Quality's Prestige Drystack, which is carried at Fireplace Stone & Patio. For more information, visit: fireplacestonepatio.com Photographer: Thom Neese
LP Smartsiding
LP Smartsiding
Waldmann ConstructionWaldmann Construction
Textured Lap Siding and Fascia in CLAY color. Textured Shake Siding in TERRA BRONZE color
Photo of a traditional house exterior in Other.
Wyckoff James Hardie Exterior
Wyckoff James Hardie Exterior
PJ Sullivan ExteriorsPJ Sullivan Exteriors
Dressed up with a box bay combination window done with James Hardie Siding (light Mist), Azek panels and crown molding. PJS
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey traditional bungalow house exterior in New York with mixed cladding.
FRENCH CHATEAU
FRENCH CHATEAU
Firmitas Design, LLCFirmitas Design, LLC
Photo of an expansive and beige classic two floor render detached house in Dallas with a tiled roof.
DC Area's First Passive House
DC Area's First Passive House
Peabody ArchitectsPeabody Architects
First Certified Passive House in Maryland and in DC region. Jim Tetro, photographer
Traditional house exterior in DC Metro.
Stone and Stucco French Provincial with Arch Top White Oak Front Door
Stone and Stucco French Provincial with Arch Top White Oak Front Door
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
Linda Oyama Bryan, photograper Stone and Stucco French Provincial with arch top white oak front door and limestone front entry. Asphalt and brick paver driveway and bluestone front walkway.

Traditional Grey 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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