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World-Inspired Blue House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Behind Nilabh hospital
Behind Nilabh hospital
Globes constructionGlobes construction
Design ideas for a world-inspired house exterior in Other.
Pirate's Cove
Pirate's Cove
Black Ink InteriorsBlack Ink Interiors
From this vantage point, you can see the original home (top), the shipwrecked boat (where the water slide comes out), the ship mast, and pirate keeping watch on the crows nest. Oh the left of the screen you can see the torches burning on the front of the fort.
Lierneux
Lierneux
ZWARTHOUT Shou Sugi Ban # Bois BruléZWARTHOUT Shou Sugi Ban # Bois Brulé
zwarthout Shou sugi Ban
Black world-inspired house exterior in Amsterdam with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Traditional Portfolio
Traditional Portfolio
Jessica Glynn PhotographyJessica Glynn Photography
Jessica Klewicki Glynn
Inspiration for a world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami with a hip roof.
Custom Home Exteriors
Custom Home Exteriors
Osprey Custom HomesOsprey Custom Homes
Experience is the foundation of trust, and you can trust your home to Osprey Custom Homes. For more than 50 years, Osprey Custom Homes has been building quality, stylish homes in Central Florida. Throughout many of Orlando’s most prestigious communities, including Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, Reserve at Belmere and Braemer you’ll find a wide range of luxurious homes built by Osprey Custom Homes — and a matching number of satisfied homeowners.
Landscapes
Landscapes
D'Asign SourceD'Asign Source
D'Asign Source
Design ideas for a world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami with a pink house.
Paradise Key South Beach
Paradise Key South Beach
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Built by Glenn Layton Homes in Paradise Key South Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
Large and blue world-inspired two floor house exterior in Jacksonville with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Bermuda Colonial Residence
Bermuda Colonial Residence
Village Architects AIA, Inc.Village Architects AIA, Inc.
Photo by Ron Rosenzweig
Design ideas for a white world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Miami.
Purdum Residence
Purdum Residence
Cooper Johnson Smith Architects and Town PlannersCooper Johnson Smith Architects and Town Planners
The architectural vocabulary draws upon British Colonial precedents in the West Indies with masonry-stucco walls, a standing seam metal hip roof with a kick at the eaves, a wooden balcony supported by wood brackets on the more public street facade, and a wooden gallery atop hefty masonry columns framed with wood brackets on the more private waterfront façade. These features have been developed and refined over hundreds of years to accommodate comfortable living in the Caribbean and have evolved into a living tradition of beautiful vernacular architecture that is, as a result, truly sustainable. The covered outdoor spaces in conjunction with the protected courts, deep overhangs and operable wood shutters provide a sustainable home that respects the context and climate, maximizes energy-efficiency and minimizes environmental impact. The simple massing and layout of this house with its simple and flexible spaces can accommodate many different family types and lifestyles and can even change uses as market demands change over time. These characteristics together with a timeless elegance and beauty support the firmness, commodity and delight required for truly sustainable living.
Tropical Exterior
Tropical Exterior
Photo of a beige world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami with a hip roof.
Ms. Vasanthi Residence - Exterior Design
Ms. Vasanthi Residence - Exterior Design
Stambha ArchitectsStambha Architects
Inspiration for a world-inspired house exterior in Chennai.
The New American Remodeled Home 2017
The New American Remodeled Home 2017
Phil Kean Design GroupPhil Kean Design Group
Jeffrey A. Davis Photography
Inspiration for a world-inspired house exterior in Orlando.
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
Simonsen-Hickok InteriorsSimonsen-Hickok Interiors
Inspiration for an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor detached house in Miami with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a tiled roof.
May 2016 Southwest Florida Edition
May 2016 Southwest Florida Edition
HOME & DESIGN MAGAZINE NAPLESHOME & DESIGN MAGAZINE NAPLES
This home was featured in the May 2016 edition of HOME & DESIGN Magazine. To see the rest of the home tour as well as other luxury homes featured, visit http://www.homeanddesign.net/cordial-contemporary/
Barnacle Point
Barnacle Point
Piedras InternationalPiedras International
www.piedrasintl.com
Inspiration for a beige world-inspired bungalow house exterior in Miami.
Captiva Island, Florida
Captiva Island, Florida
Randall Stofft ArchitectsRandall Stofft Architects
World-inspired house exterior in Miami.
vacation home
vacation home
Network ArchitectsNetwork Architects
pma properties
Design ideas for an expansive and white world-inspired render detached house in Boise with three floors and a hip roof.
Kauai Lake Front Estate
Kauai Lake Front Estate
Tropical Architecture Group, Inc.Tropical Architecture Group, Inc.
Tropical resort style estate home
Inspiration for a world-inspired house exterior in Hawaii.
Front Elevation
Front Elevation
JMDG Architecture | Planning + InteriorsJMDG Architecture | Planning + Interiors
photography by Michael McVay
Inspiration for a world-inspired house exterior in Miami.
John McDonald Co.
John McDonald Co.
John McDonald CompanyJohn McDonald Company
A beautifully designed classical anglo carribean home. It features arch transoms over french doors flanked by matching balconies and porches
This is an example of a white world-inspired house exterior in Miami.

World-Inspired Blue 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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