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Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Gordon Drive clean transitional home with Gulf views
Gordon Drive clean transitional home with Gulf views
Linda Sonders DesignLinda Sonders Design
Photo: Blaine Jonathan
Inspiration for an expansive and white traditional two floor render detached house in Miami with a metal roof and a hip roof.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
Inspiration for an expansive and red traditional two floor brick detached house in Los Angeles with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Country House 1
Country House 1
Peter A. Sellar - Architectural PhotographerPeter A. Sellar - Architectural Photographer
Photography: Peter A. Sellar / www.photoklik.com
Photo of a classic house exterior in Toronto with stone cladding.
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Balnarring Beach House
Balnarring Beach House
Diane Bergeron InteriorsDiane Bergeron Interiors
This is an example of a traditional two floor house exterior in Melbourne with a pitched roof.
Hilltop Compound
Hilltop Compound
Sterling-Huddleson ArchitectureSterling-Huddleson Architecture
This is an example of a classic bungalow house exterior in Los Angeles with a shingle roof.
360 Painting of Havertown
360 Painting of Havertown
360 Painting of Havertown360 Painting of Havertown
Design ideas for a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in Philadelphia with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Fairy Tale Lake Cottage
Fairy Tale Lake Cottage
Maraya Interior DesignMaraya Interior Design
Old World European, Country Cottage. Three separate cottages make up this secluded village over looking a private lake in an old German, English, and French stone villa style. Hand scraped arched trusses, wide width random walnut plank flooring, distressed dark stained raised panel cabinetry, and hand carved moldings make these traditional farmhouse cottage buildings look like they have been here for 100s of years. Newly built of old materials, and old traditional building methods, including arched planked doors, leathered stone counter tops, stone entry, wrought iron straps, and metal beam straps. The Lake House is the first, a Tudor style cottage with a slate roof, 2 bedrooms, view filled living room open to the dining area, all overlooking the lake. The Carriage Home fills in when the kids come home to visit, and holds the garage for the whole idyllic village. This cottage features 2 bedrooms with on suite baths, a large open kitchen, and an warm, comfortable and inviting great room. All overlooking the lake. The third structure is the Wheel House, running a real wonderful old water wheel, and features a private suite upstairs, and a work space downstairs. All homes are slightly different in materials and color, including a few with old terra cotta roofing. Project Location: Ojai, California. Project designed by Maraya Interior Design. From their beautiful resort town of Ojai, they serve clients in Montecito, Hope Ranch, Malibu and Calabasas, across the tri-county area of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles, south to Hidden Hills. Patrick Price Photo
The Neapolitan
The Neapolitan
JMDG Architecture | Planning + InteriorsJMDG Architecture | Planning + Interiors
Front Elevation
Design ideas for a white traditional bungalow render detached house in Miami with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
English Carriage House
English Carriage House
Donald Lococo ArchitectsDonald Lococo Architects
©️Maxwell MacKenzie
This is an example of a classic two floor house exterior in DC Metro with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
OH Custom 8
OH Custom 8
Odenza Homes LtdOdenza Homes Ltd
Custom designed and built LXD. Vancouver BC.
Medium sized classic two floor house exterior in Vancouver with wood cladding.
NightScenes Landscape Lighting Professionals
NightScenes Landscape Lighting Professionals
NightScenesNightScenes
This is an example of a medium sized and beige classic bungalow house exterior in Austin with stone cladding.
Front Elevation
Front Elevation
Quintessa HomesQuintessa Homes
Design ideas for a white classic two floor detached house in Houston with a pitched roof.
Silvermist - Flower Mound, TX
Silvermist - Flower Mound, TX
One Specialty Landscape Design, Pools & HardscapeOne Specialty Landscape Design, Pools & Hardscape
Classic house exterior in Dallas with stone cladding.
Snake River Elevation
Snake River Elevation
DesignWorks DevelopmentDesignWorks Development
Classic house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Georgetown II
Georgetown II
Taralon HomesTaralon Homes
This is an example of a large and gey traditional two floor detached house in Tampa with a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Custom Architecture
Custom Architecture
JB Architecture Group, Inc.JB Architecture Group, Inc.
For this home we were hired as the Architect only. Siena Custom Builders, Inc. was the Builder. +/- 5,200 sq. ft. home (Approx. 42' x 110' Footprint) Cedar Siding - Cabot Solid Stain - Pewter Grey
City Home 1
City Home 1
Peter A. Sellar - Architectural PhotographerPeter A. Sellar - Architectural Photographer
Photography: Peter A. Sellar / www.photoklik.com
Inspiration for a classic two floor house exterior in Toronto with stone cladding.
Cedar Lake Renovation
Cedar Lake Renovation
Awad + Koontz Architects BuildersAwad + Koontz Architects Builders
Troy Gustafson Photography
Photo of a medium sized and white traditional two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood 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.

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.
Woodside Residence
Woodside Residence
Charlie Barnett AssociatesCharlie Barnett Associates
Matthew Millman
Design ideas for a classic house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
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