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Spicewood Outpost
Spicewood Outpost
Olson Defendorf Custom HomesOlson Defendorf Custom Homes
This is an example of a white and large contemporary bungalow render detached house in Austin with a metal roof.
Woodlands Avenue
Woodlands Avenue
UserUser
Photography by Ben Anders and Juliet Murphy
Inspiration for a white contemporary two floor render house exterior in London with a flat roof.
Exterior
Exterior
THINK Architecture, Inc.THINK Architecture, Inc.
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Residence - Metro Boston
Custom Residence - Metro Boston
Luna Design GroupLuna Design Group
Sam Gray
Design ideas for a white classic two floor house exterior in Boston with a hip roof.
B-Line Medium 002 front facade
B-Line Medium 002 front facade
UserUser
Design ideas for a white modern two floor house exterior in Minneapolis.
Kohlstedt Keep
Kohlstedt Keep
SALA ArchitectsSALA Architects
Designed by Dale Mulfinger, Jody McGuire This new lake home takes advantage of the stunning landscape of Lake Superior. The compact floor plans minimize the site impact. The expressive building form blends the structure into the language of the cliff. The home provides a serene perch to view not only the big lake, but also to look back into the North Shore. With triple pane windows and careful details, this house surpasses the airtightness criteria set by the international Passive House Association, to keep life cozy on the North Shore all year round. Construction by Dale Torgersen Photography by Corey Gaffer
Lake Butler Custom Home
Lake Butler Custom Home
Total Solutions GroupTotal Solutions Group
Photo of a large and white traditional two floor house exterior in Orlando with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Prior Lake Modern Farm House
Prior Lake Modern Farm House
AMEK Custom BuildersAMEK Custom Builders
SM Herrick
Photo of a white and large country two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a metal roof.
Surrey Circle
Surrey Circle
SHM ArchitectsSHM Architects
Nathan Schroder
Inspiration for a white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Dallas.
East Aurora Residence
East Aurora Residence
Bushman Dreyfus ArchitectsBushman Dreyfus Architects
The project is laid out as a series of garden rooms. The house, its adjacent grounds, and the site are organized into four simple quadrants for approach, arrival, entertaining and privacy. Each quadrant affords its own special views across the varied landscape. Privacy is modulated by solid white walls, which extend from deep within the house, into the landscape outside. Photo: Ben Rahn
Outdoor Finery
Outdoor Finery
DiGiacomo Homes & RenovationDiGiacomo Homes & Renovation
Build: Rocky DiGiacomo, DiGiacomo Homes Interior Design: Gigi DiGiacomo, DiGiacomo Homes Photo: Paul Markert, Markert Photo Inc.
Design ideas for a white traditional two floor house exterior in Minneapolis.
Balboa Island 1
Balboa Island 1
Sinclair Associates ArchitectsSinclair Associates Architects
This is an example of a large and white nautical two floor house exterior in Orange County.
An Italian Villa, Carmel, California
An Italian Villa, Carmel, California
John Malick & AssociatesJohn Malick & Associates
Architect: John Malick & Associates Photographer: Russell Abraham
Inspiration for a large and white mediterranean two floor render detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Harbor Poolhouse
Harbor Poolhouse
Michaelson Homes LLCMichaelson Homes LLC
This pool house offers the best of everything - lots of shade, privacy, and a kitchen for drinks and snacks. The cable accents over the covered patio add an interesting design element and highlight the family's H monogram. Photography by: William Manning
Farmhouse
Farmhouse
James Schettino ArchitectsJames Schettino Architects
Connecticut Farmhouse
Design ideas for a white traditional house exterior in New York with three floors and wood cladding.
Haus K | Rösrath-Forsbach
Haus K | Rösrath-Forsbach
SKANDELLA ARCHITEKTUR INNENARCHITEKTURSKANDELLA ARCHITEKTUR INNENARCHITEKTUR
Constantin Meyer Photographie
This is an example of a white and large modern two floor house exterior in Cologne with a flat roof.
Villa campagne
Villa campagne
Didier Van Hau Photographe & GraphisteDidier Van Hau Photographe & Graphiste
Didier Van Hau
White and medium sized traditional two floor house exterior in Lille with a pitched roof.
Пасхальный дом
Пасхальный дом
Карпенко ВладимирКарпенко Владимир
Inspiration for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor render detached house in Moscow with a flat roof.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
White and medium sized traditional bungalow brick detached house in Dallas with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Chagrin Falls residential addition
Chagrin Falls residential addition
R. B. Schwarz, Inc.R. B. Schwarz, Inc.
R. B. Shwarz contractors built an addition onto an existing Chagrin Falls home. They added a master suite with bedroom and bathroom, outdoor fireplace, deck, outdoor storage under the deck, and a beautiful white staircase and railings. Photo Credit: Marc Golub

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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