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White House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Northgate Queenslander Renovation
Northgate Queenslander Renovation
GreenCoast Building DesignGreenCoast Building Design
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor detached house in Brisbane with a hip roof and a metal roof.
Silver Street Project
Silver Street Project
Levan DesignLevan Design
Design ideas for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Melbourne with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Haus Bohlenstraße
Haus Bohlenstraße
Splietker Bau GmbH & Co. KGSplietker Bau GmbH & Co. KG
This is an example of a large and white contemporary two floor render detached house in Other with a flat roof.
Southern Estate
Southern Estate
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
This is an example of a large and white rural two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding and a tiled roof.
Acadia Bayou-1105
Acadia Bayou-1105
Manuel Builders, LLCManuel Builders, LLC
Medium sized and white rural two floor detached house in New Orleans with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Terrace Avenue
Terrace Avenue
Burmeister WoodworkBurmeister Woodwork
Reagen Taylor Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and white contemporary two floor render detached house in Chicago with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
Photo of a medium sized and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Charleston with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
The Brielle
The Brielle
CMM Custom HomesCMM Custom Homes
Photo of a gey beach style detached house in Other with three floors, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
State St
State St
Entablature, LLCEntablature, LLC
This is an example of a blue and small classic bungalow detached house in New Orleans with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Urban Farmhouse
Urban Farmhouse
DC Fine Homes Inc.DC Fine Homes Inc.
DC Fine Homes Inc.
Photo of a medium sized and white rural two floor detached house in Portland with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
The Onassis
The Onassis
rvkinsrvkins
Inspiration for a gey contemporary two floor detached house in Perth with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Modern Bungalow
Modern Bungalow
David Small DesignsDavid Small Designs
Photo Credit: Jason Hartog Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and multi-coloured modern bungalow detached house in Toronto with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Sierra De Monserat Transitional Mediterranean
Sierra De Monserat Transitional Mediterranean
Donald Joseph Inc.Donald Joseph Inc.
Large and white mediterranean bungalow render detached house in Sacramento with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Modern Custom Ranch - 8/8/2017
Modern Custom Ranch - 8/8/2017
Cypress Homes, Inc.Cypress Homes, Inc.
This ranch style home features a very unique and modern exterior.
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey modern bungalow detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Picard Lane
Picard Lane
InterstructInterstruct
https://davidbarrarchitects.com.au/
Design ideas for a medium sized industrial two floor house exterior in Perth.
Jackson's Grant Model Home
Jackson's Grant Model Home
Old Town Design GroupOld Town Design Group
The finials give this gorgeous craftmanstyle home a distinctive feature. Photo by: Thomas Graham Interior Design by: Everything Home Designs
Design ideas for a large and red traditional two floor house exterior in Indianapolis with wood cladding.
Minneapolis Transitional
Minneapolis Transitional
Filament Lighting & HomeFilament Lighting & Home
Large and white traditional two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
KLM Design-BuildKLM Design-Build
AKD Photography (Austin, TX)
Medium sized and white rural bungalow house exterior in Austin with a lean-to roof.
Waverly Plan in Hanbury
Waverly Plan in Hanbury
Stephen Alexander Homes & NeighborhoodsStephen Alexander Homes & Neighborhoods
Jonathan Edwards
Large and blue coastal two floor concrete house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
Meeting flood regulations in style
Meeting flood regulations in style
Baine Contracting, Inc.Baine Contracting, Inc.
Inspiration for a large and blue beach style house exterior in New York with three floors and wood cladding.

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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