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White House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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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.
Exterior Sarasota architecture
Exterior Sarasota architecture
Murray HomesMurray Homes
Design ideas for a white and medium sized world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Tampa with a hip roof.
House of Light: Chevy Chase, Maryland Home inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen
House of Light: Chevy Chase, Maryland Home inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.
Featured in Home & Design Magazine, this Chevy Chase home was inspired by Hugh Newell Jacobsen and built/designed by Anthony Wilder's team of architects and designers.
SI.House
SI.House
UserUser
SI.House - 愛媛県四国中央市川之江町の住宅
This is an example of a white contemporary bungalow house exterior in Other with a flat roof.
Mediterranean Exterior
Mediterranean Exterior
Photo of a white mediterranean two floor render detached house in Orange County with a tiled roof.
Wallis Residence
Wallis Residence
Cornerstone ArchitectsCornerstone Architects
Photography by Chase Daniel
Expansive and white mediterranean two floor detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Roxbury_1
Roxbury_1
Teale ArchitectureTeale Architecture
Keith Sutter Photography
Large and white contemporary two floor render house exterior in Orange County with a flat roof.
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.
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.
Omaroo
Omaroo
WeststyleWeststyle
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in Perth with a flat roof.
Southern Estate
Southern Estate
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
Large and white rural two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a tiled roof and a pitched roof.
Cape Cod West
Cape Cod West
Timothy Corrigan, Inc.Timothy Corrigan, Inc.
Originally built in 1922, this home more than doubled in size but stayed true to its formative roots, Originally built in 1922, the Cape Cod-style bungalow home more than doubled in size but stayed true to its formative roots, thanks to LA- based designer Timothy Corrigan’s recognizing of the property’s architecture, interiors and landscape. Photo by Jim Bartsch
Estate8
Estate8
John David RulonJohn David Rulon
A large residence with eight bedrooms ensuite for the owner and guests. The residence has a Great Room that includes kitchen and rear prep kitchen, dining area and living area with two smaller rooms facing the front for more casual gatherings. The Great Room has large four panel bi-parting pocketed doors and screens that open to deep front and rear covered porches for entertaining. The tower off the front entrance contains a wine room at its base,. A square stair wrapping around the wine room leads up to a middle level with large circular windows. A spiral stair leads up to the top level with an inner glass enclosure and exterior covered deck with two balconies for wine tasting. Two story bedroom wings flank a pool in the center, Each of the bedrooms have their own bathroom and exterior garden spaces. The rear central courtyard also includes outdoor dining covered with trellis with woven willow.
Front Elevation
Front Elevation
Quintessa HomesQuintessa Homes
Design ideas for a white classic two floor detached house in Houston with a pitched roof.
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.
Disney's Golden Oak Monterey
Disney's Golden Oak Monterey
Chad Baumer PhotographyChad Baumer Photography
Inspiration for a white mediterranean two floor detached house in Orlando with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor house exterior in Toronto with wood cladding.
Pembrook CAM15 at Mediterra
Pembrook CAM15 at Mediterra
London Bay HomesLondon Bay Homes
This is an example of a large and white mediterranean bungalow detached house in Miami with a hip roof.
McLean Estate Home
McLean Estate Home
TriCrest Homes, LLCTriCrest Homes, LLC
Large and white mediterranean two floor detached house in DC Metro with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
独立した二世帯が集う家
独立した二世帯が集う家
設計事務所アーキプレイス設計事務所アーキプレイス
Photo by：大沢誠一
This is an example of a medium sized and white contemporary house exterior in Tokyo Suburbs with three floors and a flat roof.

White 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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