Bungalow House Exterior with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

Broken Top contemporary craftsman

Norman Building & Design

The entry to this single story home allows for added plantings to enhance the arrival to the home.

Creekside Residence

MMW Architects

Jamison Creek 2

Riverside Builders, Inc.

West San Jose Remodel

Brian Capsey Design

The Tucker House Plan 1341

Donald A. Gardner Architects

The kitchen is hub of this small Craftsman home, with two islands providing room to prepare and serve casual meals with easy access to the great room and dining room. Built-in bookshelves in the great room and ceiling treatments throughout the home and add custom detail. Walk-in closets in each bedroom and a big utility room provide storage space, and screened and covered porches with skylights take living outdoors.

Flying Point Custom Home

Peter B. Rice & Co

Facing to the South the gable end contains a 2 story wall of glass that brings in light for the entire home. The windows and doors on this house are Marvin Integrity Wood-Ultrex units with a ebony exterior. The siding used on this house is a poly-fly ash material manufactured by Boral. For the vertical siding a channel groove pattern was chosen and at the entry (green) a ship-lap pattern. The decking is a composite product from Fiberon with a cable rail system at one end. All the products on the exterior were chosen in part because of their low maintenance qualities. Photography by Anthony Crisafulli Photography

Colorado Hill Country

Red Pencil Architecture

Michael deLeon Photography

Roselle

On Edge Design & Construction

Kirkwood Mid-Century Renovation

Studio Lark

Mid-Century renovation of a Ralph Fournier 1953 ranch house in suburban St. Louis. View of the reworked entry sided with horizontal shiplap Shou Sugi Ban siding and marine grade plywood soffits. Photo: ©Matt Marcinkowski

Indianapolis Exterior Paint Project

ONiT Painting

Brighton East House Extension - Melbourne

Period Extensions & Designs

Part of the brief of this house was to revitalise and expand the home to cater for a rapidly growing family and its modern needs. The result – a six bedroom family home that can once again stand proud and be admired for the next 100 years.

Brick Rambler front remodeled

MARK IV Builders, Inc

The exterior of this 1951 brick rambler was completely redesigned. A covered entryway now flocks the front door, gray bricks and shingles are used in combination with white columns on the exterior facade.

Cottage Country Home

Bending Chestnut Construction, INC

Lake Ellyn Exterior Project

Hyland Homes

What a transformation with this cute, bungalow in Glen Ellyn! We removed the old aluminum siding and re-sided with a custom color (matching original siding color that was unearthed) LP. Mitered cedar frames each window with a brown stain. For an eclectic twist, we installed multiple colored cedar tongue and groove on the three sides that face the street, which overtime will start to fade and blend more together. New custom yellow garage doors and expansive deck off the back.

Tiny House project by Odyssey Leadership academy. We got to stage the interior.

Emory Anne Interiors, LLC

Tiny House project by Odyssey Leadership academy. We got to stage the interior before a tour around the OKC metro. The house was auctioned off with the proceeds going to the school.

Galena Forest - Modern Mountain

Neil Adams Construction Inc.

Stonewall

Whalen Custom Homes

Camelback Home

Stucco Renovations of Arizona

This is an absolutely stunning home located in Scottsdale, Arizona at the base of Camelback Mountain that we at Stucco Renovations Of Arizona were fortunate enough to install the stucco system on. This home has a One-Coat stucco system with a Dryvit Smooth integral-color synthetic stucco finish. This is one of our all-time favorite projects we have worked on due to the tremendous detail that went in to the house and relentlessly perfect design. Photo Credit: Scott Sandler-Sandlerphoto.com Architect Credit: Higgins Architects - higginsarch.com

Silver Lake charred black wood fence and gates

Pacific Garage Doors & Gates

Designer: Laure Vincent Bouleau Photo credit: Korbin Bielski This fence, driveway gate and pedestrian gate were constructed using steel frames and horizontal 1 by 6 tongue & groove charred Cypress wood. The material is Kuro by reSAWN Timber.

Queen Anne Rehabilitation - 409 Florida

Ziga Architecture Studio, PLLC

Rehabilitation of a Queen Anne home in the Lavaca Historic District.

Bungalow House Exterior with a Pitched Roof 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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