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White Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
Sandalwood transitional
Sandalwood transitional
Jamestown Estate HomesJamestown Estate Homes
Photo of an expansive and white classic two floor brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Olmi Landrith Dr
Olmi Landrith Dr
The Ransom CompanyThe Ransom Company
This is an example of a white classic two floor detached house in DC Metro with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Comstock Hills - Total Renovation, Spanish Transitional
Comstock Hills - Total Renovation, Spanish Transitional
Dana Benson ConstructionDana Benson Construction
Interior Design by Grace Benson Photography by Bethany Nauert
Inspiration for a white classic two floor clay detached house in Los Angeles.
Cozy Cottage
Cozy Cottage
Gatling DesignGatling Design
Photo by Ed Gohlich
Photo of a small and white traditional bungalow detached house in San Diego with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
HEYDT DESIGNSHEYDT DESIGNS
Design ideas for a large and white traditional two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
The Front Exterior View
The Front Exterior View
Arch Studio, Inc.Arch Studio, Inc.
Light and Airy! Fresh and Modern Architecture by Arch Studio, Inc. 2021
Photo of a large and white traditional two floor render detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
Green Hills Classic
Green Hills Classic
Noble Johnson ArchitectsNoble Johnson Architects
Photography: Garett + Carrie Buell of Studiobuell/ studiobuell.com
Photo of a large and white classic two floor detached house in Nashville with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Bungalow Expansion
Bungalow Expansion
Red House ArchitectsRed House Architects
The front porch of the existing house remained. It made a good proportional guide for expanding the 2nd floor. The master bathroom bumps out to the side. And, hand sawn wood brackets hold up the traditional flying-rafter eaves. Max Sall Photography
Modern Tudor Project
Modern Tudor Project
The Fox GroupThe Fox Group
Design ideas for a white classic two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Coastal Cottage
Coastal Cottage
Mom's Design BuildMom's Design Build
https://www.spacecrafting.com
Ridgehaven Transitional
Ridgehaven Transitional
Shaddock Custom Builders and DevelopersShaddock Custom Builders and Developers
Inspiration for a medium sized and white classic two floor render detached house in Dallas with a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Front Entrance
Front Entrance
Tim Barber ArchitectsTim Barber Architects
Front entrance of a Colonial Revival custom (ground-up) residence with traditional Southern charm. The window-lined exterior provides natural illumination throughout the house, and segments the transition from the indoor spaces to the exterior, front porch. Photograph by Laura Hull.
Hampton On The Lake
Hampton On The Lake
New Image ConstructionNew Image Construction
Inspiration for a large and white traditional two floor brick house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
536 Ansley Street
536 Ansley Street
Thrive Homes, LLCThrive Homes, LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and white traditional two floor house exterior in Atlanta with a pitched roof, a brown roof and a mixed material roof.
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
St. Paul Custom Home
St. Paul Custom Home
ADŌR HomesADŌR Homes
SpaceCrafting Real Estate Photography
This is an example of a white and medium sized traditional two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with a pitched roof and wood cladding.
Colonial Whole Home Update
Colonial Whole Home Update
Titus Built, LLCTitus Built, LLC
Jane Beiles Photography
White classic house exterior in New York with three floors, vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Walker Meadow
Walker Meadow
Hutker ArchitectsHutker Architects
Eric Roth
This is an example of a white traditional house exterior in Boston with a pitched roof.
Old Hill House
Old Hill House
Sellars Lathrop Architects, llcSellars Lathrop Architects, llc
Medium sized and white classic two floor house exterior in Bridgeport with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.

White Traditional 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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