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Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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A new home in the New York Suburbs
A new home in the New York Suburbs
UserUser
Design ideas for a large and black classic house exterior in New York with three floors and a pitched roof.
Fontrick Door Custom Exterior Hardwood Doors
Fontrick Door Custom Exterior Hardwood Doors
Fontrick Door IncFontrick Door Inc
4 lite French doors
Inspiration for a classic house exterior in New York.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
This is an example of a gey classic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
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Ivy Road House, Atlanta, Georgia
Ivy Road House, Atlanta, Georgia
C Kevin Coffey Dwellings | DesignC Kevin Coffey Dwellings | Design
White and large classic two floor brick house exterior in Atlanta.
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.
House Renovation - Gail Marsden Interior Design & Harrison Collier
House Renovation - Gail Marsden Interior Design & Harrison Collier
Craig Magee PhotographyCraig Magee Photography
Craig Magee Photography
Classic two floor brick house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
Modern North Burnaby
Modern North Burnaby
Clay Construction Inc.Clay Construction Inc.
Medium sized and brown traditional house exterior in Vancouver with three floors and mixed cladding.
Custom Residence - Metro Boston
Custom Residence - Metro Boston
Luna Design GroupLuna Design Group
Sam Gray
White traditional two floor house exterior in Boston with a hip roof.
Charleston
Charleston
John Griffiths Hardwood FloorJohn Griffiths Hardwood Floor
This is an example of a gey traditional two floor house exterior in Charleston.
Modern Tudor
Modern Tudor
UserUser
Photo of a classic brick house exterior in Charlotte.
Wright Street Home
Wright Street Home
Derrick ArchitectureDerrick Architecture
Bill Meyer Photography
This is an example of a traditional two floor house exterior in Chicago with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
My Houzz: Whimsical Chateau in the Pacific Northwest
My Houzz: Whimsical Chateau in the Pacific Northwest
Whitney LyonsWhitney Lyons
Photo: Whitney Lyons © 2012 Houzz
Classic two floor house exterior in Portland.
Front Exterior
Front Exterior
REFINED LLCREFINED LLC
Design ideas for a traditional house exterior in Minneapolis with stone cladding.
Custom Homes & Remodel/Additions
Custom Homes & Remodel/Additions
Dorothy Howard AIA, ArchitectDorothy Howard AIA, Architect
Custom homes & Remodels
Inspiration for a traditional house exterior in San Diego with wood cladding and a half-hip roof.
newton residence 1 - dplk.04
newton residence 1 - dplk.04
david phillipsdavid phillips
new construction / builder - cmd corp.
Inspiration for a large and beige traditional two floor detached house in Boston with stone cladding and a shingle roof.
Architecture Walk: Exterior Styles and Palettes
Architecture Walk: Exterior Styles and Palettes
Kerrie Kelly Design LabKerrie Kelly Design Lab
Exterior Design by Cheryl Holben Design at cholben@att.net 916-761-7370. David Gibson, landscape architect, and Cheryl Holben Design designed the iron work and it was crafted by McLellan Blacksmithing. The design was inspired by the original 1930s exterior lantern that hangs over the front door.
High Street front
High Street front
Helios Design GroupHelios Design Group
This is an example of a traditional house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
EW Renovation
EW Renovation
Castro Design StudioCastro Design Studio
Photo by Sacha Griffin
Medium sized classic two floor brick house exterior in Atlanta.
The Piedmont
The Piedmont
Lecasa Homes & RenovationsLecasa Homes & Renovations
Shutterbug Studios
Large and brown classic bungalow house exterior in Austin with wood cladding.

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.
Greenwood
Greenwood
Kate Benjamin Photography LLCKate Benjamin Photography LLC
Shot for MainStreet Design Build, Birmingham, MI
Blue traditional house exterior in Detroit with mixed cladding.
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