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Traditional Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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The Sweet Marsh - Hampton Lake
The Sweet Marsh - Hampton Lake
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
Exterior view of this model home in Hampton Lakes gives a good preview of the details to come! The garage is built for two cars and a golf cart, with a finished room above. Wide front porch welcomes visitors and draws them inside for warmth, friendship and family time.
Trees In Backyard
Trees In Backyard
Big Rock LandscapingBig Rock Landscaping
With plenty of space for outdoor entertaining, we wanted to make sure that each area was clearly delinated without making the yard feel chopped up. By adding a row of trees we extended the outdoor entertaining area.
Country French - Houston Bunkerhill Village
Country French - Houston Bunkerhill Village
Carrera Custom HomesCarrera Custom Homes
Design ideas for a large and gey classic two floor house exterior in Houston with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
New Riverfront Home
New Riverfront Home
T.R. Builder, Inc.T.R. Builder, Inc.
Photo Credit: ARC Imaging
White and large traditional two floor brick detached house in Other with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Clopay Garage Doors
Clopay Garage Doors
Central MN Door Service of Little FallsCentral MN Door Service of Little Falls
This is an example of a large and beige classic two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Cambridge Subdivision-Finish Pictures to Come
Cambridge Subdivision-Finish Pictures to Come
Allen Schrock & Sons, Inc.Allen Schrock & Sons, Inc.
Custom Front Porch
Inspiration for a gey classic two floor detached house in Chicago with mixed cladding.
Pathways
Pathways
Paramount Pavers & ConstructionParamount Pavers & Construction
Photo of a medium sized and yellow classic two floor house exterior in Los Angeles with mixed cladding.
Clopay Canyon Ridge Collection Limited Edition Series
Clopay Canyon Ridge Collection Limited Edition Series
ClopayClopay
Large and white classic two floor detached house in Orlando with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Germantown Custom Home
Germantown Custom Home
David Clark Construction, LLCDavid Clark Construction, LLC
Troy Glasgow
Design ideas for a large and beige traditional two floor brick detached house in Nashville with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Invicta Construction to completion
Invicta Construction to completion
Brittany C Wallace InteriorsBrittany C Wallace Interiors
This is an example of a medium sized and white classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Lake Hills Camas Washington
Lake Hills Camas Washington
Pahlisch Homes, Inc.Pahlisch Homes, Inc.
Inspiration for a large and brown classic two floor detached house in Portland with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Cortlandt
Cortlandt
Ridgewater Homes LLCRidgewater Homes LLC
Small and blue classic two floor house exterior in Houston with a pitched roof.
Northwest Craftsman in Kilkenny Farms Waunakee
Northwest Craftsman in Kilkenny Farms Waunakee
Chris Cook Homes LLCChris Cook Homes LLC
Chris Cook and his iPad
Photo of a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Leslie Homes New Orleans Project
Leslie Homes New Orleans Project
Jefferson Door CompanyJefferson Door Company
Home was built by Leslie Homes llc,. Jefferson Door supplied the windows (krestmark), exterior doors (Glass Craft), Interior doors (masonite), moldings, columns (HB&G), and hardware,
275 Crawford Street
275 Crawford Street
Our Town PlansOur Town Plans
Faith Allen
Inspiration for a blue classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding.
Lausanne
Lausanne
Hyrum McKay Bates Design, Inc.Hyrum McKay Bates Design, Inc.
The 'Lausanne' single-family home: Front Exterior done in Painted Brick with wood-clad aluminum windows and copper gutters/downspouts to complete the French Farmhouse Transitional style; Lindsay Salazar Photography
Outdoor Living
Outdoor Living
Long's Peak Landscape IncorporatedLong's Peak Landscape Incorporated
Large and brown traditional two floor detached house in Denver with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Private Residence - Coastal Georgia
Private Residence - Coastal Georgia
Stewart Brannen MillworkStewart Brannen Millwork
Photo of a white classic two floor house exterior in Charlotte with a hip roof.
Front Exterior Home Transformation
Front Exterior Home Transformation
Vanney-MacSwain Home PlanningVanney-MacSwain Home Planning
2-Story Craftsman Style with Dark Blue Narrow Horizontal Lap & Wide Dark Blue Shingle Style Accent Siding. Bright White Double Hung Windows with Wide White Trim. Tapered White Columns on a Wide Stone Base Column. 2nd Story Offset Accent Roof Line with Brackets or Corbels & Bright White Trim.
Transitional Quick Possession Home in Watermark
Transitional Quick Possession Home in Watermark
Trickle Creek Designer HomesTrickle Creek Designer Homes
Photo of a medium sized and gey traditional two floor render house exterior in Calgary with a hip roof.

Traditional 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 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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