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World-Inspired Purple House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Home Farm 1
Home Farm 1
Alix Bragg Interior DesignAlix Bragg Interior Design
Inspiration for a world-inspired house exterior in Charleston with wood cladding, a half-hip roof, a metal roof and a white roof.
Casita de Tierra
Casita de Tierra
Casa de TierraCasa de Tierra
Our pioneer project, Casita de Tierra in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, showcases the natural building techniques of a rubble trench foundation, earthbag construction, natural plasters, earthen floors, and a composting toilet. Our earthbag wall system consists of locally available, cost-efficient, polypropylene bags that are filled with a formula of clay and aggregate unearthed from our building site. The bags are stacked like bricks in running bonds, which are strengthened by courses of barbed wire laid between each row, and tamped into place. The walls are then plastered with a mix composed of clay, sand, soil and straw, and are followed by gypsum and lime renders to create attractive walls. The casita exhibits a load-bearing wall system demonstrating that thick earthen walls, with no rebar or cement, can support a roofing structure. We, also, installed earthen floors, created an indoor dry-composting toilet system, utilized local woods for the furniture, routed all grey water to the outdoor garden, and maximized air flow by including cross-ventilating screened windows below the natural palm frond and cane roof. Casita de Tierra exemplifies an economically efficient, structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing, environmentally kind, and socially responsible home.
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
British West Indies Custom Home in Naples
Simonsen-Hickok InteriorsSimonsen-Hickok Interiors
Photo of an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami with mixed cladding.
青井谷のいえ
青井谷のいえ
UserUser
青井谷のいえ
Photo of a world-inspired house exterior in Other.
Sunset Park – Coastal; Custom Waterfront
Sunset Park – Coastal; Custom Waterfront
Sunset Properties of Tampa BaySunset Properties of Tampa Bay
White and large world-inspired two floor render detached house in Tampa with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Bali Beach
Bali Beach
Elise Fett & Associates, Ltd.Elise Fett & Associates, Ltd.
The inspiration for this house was both tropical and nautical, so the rear facade was intended to look like the prow of a ship. Photograph by: Phil Mosby
Casa O - Wellington
Casa O - Wellington
Alonso & Associates, Inc.Alonso & Associates, Inc.
Jerry Rabinowitz
This is an example of an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Miami.
Exteriors
Exteriors
BCB Homes, Inc.BCB Homes, Inc.
Lori Hamilton Photography
Inspiration for a large and white world-inspired two floor house exterior in Miami.
Norway
Norway
Property WonkProperty Wonk
Photo of a beige world-inspired two floor detached house in Los Angeles with a hip roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Visionary General Contracting, LLCVisionary General Contracting, LLC
Visionary General Contracting
Design ideas for a white world-inspired split-level house exterior in Hawaii.
Seagrape House
Seagrape House
John Doak ArchitectureJohn Doak Architecture
Martyn Poynor/John Doak Architecture
Inspiration for a white world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Other with a hip roof.
Lotus on Orange
Lotus on Orange
Leader Design StudioLeader Design Studio
Ryan Gamma Photography
Design ideas for a white world-inspired bungalow render house exterior in Tampa with a flat roof.
夷川通りの「結の家」
夷川通りの「結の家」
有限会社 栗原写真事務所有限会社 栗原写真事務所
撮影／栗原写真事務所　設計／小田裕美建築設計事務所
Photo of a world-inspired house exterior in Kyoto.
Historic Diamondhead Residence - Exterior Entry Detail
Historic Diamondhead Residence - Exterior Entry Detail
Architectural DesignWorks, LLC (ADW)Architectural DesignWorks, LLC (ADW)
Historic Renovation to CW Dickey's Residence, an iconic Hawaii Architect
This is an example of a medium sized and white world-inspired two floor house exterior in Hawaii with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Kaanapali Residence
Kaanapali Residence
ARQUITECTURAARQUITECTURA
Architect- Marc Taron Contractor- Trend Builders Interior Design- Wagner Pacific Landscape Architect- Irvin Higashi Photography- Dan Cunningham
Design ideas for a beige world-inspired bungalow render detached house in Hawaii with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
3rd Street Splendor
3rd Street Splendor
Stofft Cooney ArchitectsStofft Cooney Architects
Photo of a world-inspired house exterior in Miami.
Tradewinds
Tradewinds
Geoffrey Mouen Architect, LLCGeoffrey Mouen Architect, LLC
The residence’s parti is a contemporary adaptation of the ancient Roman courtyard house, allowing it to maximize energy efficiency through passive cooling and solar heating. The first floor terraces gracefully above the exterior grade, and the plan is focused around a central pool and courtyard that opens to an adjacent lake and prevailing breezes. The line between interior and exterior space is blurred by over 50 feet of Nana doors, which facilitate a refreshing flow of natural ventilation that exits the house through operable transom windows and the cupola tower. Exterior colors and materials were selected to maximize heat reflectivity, and generous eave overhangs maximize shading in the summer and heat gain in the winter. Materials, products and equipment were specified based on their exemplary environmental and efficiency attributes, and whenever possible local materials and craftsmen were used. The residence is a Florida Green Building Commission certified Florida Green Home.
Bali Pavilions on Kauai
Bali Pavilions on Kauai
Smith BrothersSmith Brothers
The curb appeal of the Bali Pavilions on Kauai, built by Smith Brothers.
Photo of an expansive and brown world-inspired two floor house exterior in Hawaii.
Palm House
Palm House
Cantin Homes, LLCCantin Homes, LLC
Inspiration for a large and yellow world-inspired bungalow house exterior in Tampa with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
中庭を囲むコの字型の家
中庭を囲むコの字型の家
大輪建設株式会社大輪建設株式会社
Photo by STUDIO Diavolo 設計/井上久実設計室 施工/大輪建設
Photo of a world-inspired house exterior in Other.

World-Inspired Purple 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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