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Texas Ranch
Texas Ranch
Wills Design AssociatesWills Design Associates
Design ideas for a classic house exterior in Houston.
Midtown - American Foursquare
Midtown - American Foursquare
Alair Homes DecaturAlair Homes Decatur
Photography by Jeff Herr
This is an example of a gey classic two floor detached house in Atlanta with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Empire Real Thin Stone Veneer Home Exterior Accent Wall
Empire Real Thin Stone Veneer Home Exterior Accent Wall
Quarry MillQuarry Mill
Empire real thin stone veneer from the Quarry Mill adds modern elegance to this stunning residential home. Empire natural stone veneer consists of mild shades of gray and a consistent sandstone texture. This stone comes in various sizes of mostly rectangular-shaped stones with squared edges. Empire is a great stone to create a brick wall layout while still creating a natural look and feel. As a result, it works well for large and small projects like accent walls, exterior siding, and features like mailboxes. The light colors will blend well with any décor and provide a neutral backing to any space.
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Sandalwood transitional
Sandalwood transitional
Jamestown Estate HomesJamestown Estate Homes
Photo of an expansive and white classic two floor brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse-Upstate
Modern Farmhouse-Upstate
Crisp ArchitectsCrisp Architects
Farmhouse
Traditional house exterior in New York.
Claremont
Claremont
Frazier Home DesignFrazier Home Design
This is an example of a medium sized and white traditional two floor detached house in Raleigh with a pitched roof.
Spring Valley Transitional
Spring Valley Transitional
Frankel Design BuildFrankel Design Build
Photo of a large and white traditional two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding and a shingle roof.
Craftsman Mountain Home: Wood Front Door
Craftsman Mountain Home: Wood Front Door
Timberlake Custom HomesTimberlake Custom Homes
Gorgeous Craftsman mountain home with medium gray exterior paint, Structures Walnut wood stain on the rustic front door with sidelites. Cultured stone is Bucks County Ledgestone & Flagstone
Casual Cottage
Casual Cottage
Cummings Architecture + InteriorsCummings Architecture + Interiors
Classic house exterior in Boston.
Exterior Renovations
Exterior Renovations
Exterior Home Solutions VAExterior Home Solutions VA
Design ideas for a large and green classic two floor detached house in San Diego with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Marietta Exterior Update
Marietta Exterior Update
HomeVisionConcepts, IncHomeVisionConcepts, Inc
Large and gey classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with mixed cladding.
Shagbark Residence
Shagbark Residence
Highland Builders LLCHighland Builders LLC
The large angled garage, double entry door, bay window and arches are the welcoming visuals to this exposed ranch. Exterior thin veneer stone, the James Hardie Timberbark siding and the Weather Wood shingles accented by the medium bronze metal roof and white trim windows are an eye appealing color combination. Impressive double transom entry door with overhead timbers and side by side double pillars. (Ryan Hainey)
Desert Color Project
Desert Color Project
MG Homes, LLCMG Homes, LLC
Medium sized and black traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Kingston-upon-Thames
Kingston-upon-Thames
Mumford & WoodMumford & Wood
Conservation™ windows are made to the exacting standards of the British Woodworking Federation’s Wood Window Alliance (WWA) scheme. The company uses only premium grade Siberian larch in their manufacture which is engineered for maximum strength and stability to help ensure long lasting aesthetics and performance, while at the same time achieving a perfect factory-finished, paint-ready surface typical of fine joinery.
Chorlton Passivhaus Retrofits
Chorlton Passivhaus Retrofits
Guy Taylor AssociatesGuy Taylor Associates
Inspiration for a red traditional two floor brick detached house in Manchester with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
The Ramble - #209
The Ramble - #209
PettlerWorks ArchitecturePettlerWorks Architecture
Ryan Theede
Inspiration for a large classic two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding.
Cooper Woods 2 Story
Cooper Woods 2 Story
Havlicek Builders Inc.Havlicek Builders Inc.
Inspiration for a blue and large classic two floor detached house in Chicago with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, wood cladding, board and batten cladding and shiplap cladding.
Вилла DRO
Вилла DRO
Portner ArchitectsPortner Architects
Виктория Иваненко
Design ideas for a classic house exterior in Moscow.
Eastport Annapolis Ready for Market
Eastport Annapolis Ready for Market
Julie SullivanJulie Sullivan
This historic home in Eastport section of Annapolis has a three color scheme. The red door and shutter color provides the pop against the tan siding. The porch floor is painted black with white trim.

Traditional 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.
Craftsman Cottage
Craftsman Cottage
Mariani LandscapeMariani Landscape
Photo Credit: Linda Oyama Bryan
This is an example of a large and brown traditional two floor detached house in Chicago with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
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