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Victorian Brown House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Extreme Home Makeover House
Extreme Home Makeover House
Hansen Architects, P.C.Hansen Architects, P.C.
Atlantic Archives, Richard Leo Johnson
Green victorian house exterior in Jacksonville with three floors.
Victorian Estate
Victorian Estate
Ashby CollectiveAshby Collective
Expansive and white victorian detached house in Houston with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Sweet Kirkwood Custom Home
Sweet Kirkwood Custom Home
Hibbs HomesHibbs Homes
The James Hardie siding in Boothbay Blue calls attention to the bright white architectural details that lend this home a historical charm befitting of the surrounding homes.
Halfround Gutter
Halfround Gutter
Precision Seamless Gutters LLCPrecision Seamless Gutters LLC
Precision Seamless Gutters
Design ideas for a victorian house exterior.
Bronte Freestanding Terrace
Bronte Freestanding Terrace
TO THE MIL excellence in constructionTO THE MIL excellence in construction
Simon Wood Photography
Inspiration for a brown victorian two floor house exterior in Sydney.
Upstate Manor
Upstate Manor
Meyer & Meyer, Inc. Architecture and InteriorsMeyer & Meyer, Inc. Architecture and Interiors
Christian
Inspiration for an expansive victorian house exterior in New York with three floors and stone cladding.
Back from the Brink
Back from the Brink
Architectural CollaborativeArchitectural Collaborative
Joseph Smith
Small and white victorian bungalow house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding.
Award Winning Portico
Award Winning Portico
GMT Home Designs Inc.GMT Home Designs Inc.
Inspiration for a victorian house exterior in Boston.
Project 1
Project 1
Schieber & Associates IncSchieber & Associates Inc
Gates designed by us, built by Fortin Ironworks.
Design ideas for a beige victorian brick detached house in Columbus with three floors.
1861 Mansion Exterior Restoration
1861 Mansion Exterior Restoration
MD EggersMD Eggers
Photo by Justin Meyer
Photo of an expansive and gey victorian house exterior in Other with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Color Consulting & Styling
Color Consulting & Styling
Plein HeirPlein Heir
Inspiration for a medium sized victorian house exterior in San Francisco with three floors.
The Parkwood house
The Parkwood house
Anything But Bland DesignsAnything But Bland Designs
Photo Credit: Ann Gazdik
Large and white victorian two floor detached house in Boston with metal cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Antique Home Renovation
Antique Home Renovation
North River Builders IncNorth River Builders Inc
Antique restoration & expansion; view from carriage house
Inspiration for a victorian house exterior in Boston.
Wellington County Farmhouse
Wellington County Farmhouse
SustainableSustainable
photo by George Opreff
Photo of a victorian two floor brick house exterior in Toronto.
St Margaret's TW1 - Victorian Terrace
St Margaret's TW1 - Victorian Terrace
The RMR GroupThe RMR Group
Pippa Wilson Photography Exterior shot of a double storey loft extension and single storey apex roof extension, looking through the open bi-fold doors into a light and airy modern family kitchen / diner.
2709 Hazelwood
2709 Hazelwood
Cayce Mill Design CenterCayce Mill Design Center
This is an example of a medium sized and beige victorian two floor brick house exterior in Nashville with a pitched roof.
Cottage Style Home
Cottage Style Home
Divine Custom HomesDivine Custom Homes
Photos by SpaceCrafting
This is an example of a gey victorian two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding.
Heights Victorian 2
Heights Victorian 2
Brickmoon DesignBrickmoon Design
Green victorian two floor house exterior in Houston.
Shingle Style House
Shingle Style House
VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.
VanBrouck & Associates, Inc. www.vanbrouck.com photos by: www.bradzieglerphotography.com
Photo of a victorian house exterior in Detroit with stone cladding.
On The Bay
On The Bay
UserUser
Photo of an expansive and gey victorian two floor house exterior in Vancouver with stone cladding and a pitched roof.

Victorian Brown 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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