Country House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Downtown Greenville Residence II

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Cliffside Farmhouse // Modern Farmhouse

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Downtown Greenville Residence II

Ridgeline Construction Group, Inc

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ROCKY VIEW | MODERN FARMHOUSE

Andison Residential Design

Modern Farmhouse architecture is all about putting a contemporary twist on a warm, welcoming traditional style. This spacious two-story custom design is a fresh, modern take on a traditional-style home. Clean, simple lines repeat throughout the design with classic gabled roofs, vertical cladding, and contrasting windows. Rustic details like the wrap around porch and timber supports make this home fit in perfectly to its Rocky Mountain setting. While the black and white color scheme keeps things simple, a variety of materials bring visual depth for a cozy feel.

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The strategy for this project was to renovate the barn and pool house using sustainable and reclaimed materials, to produce an intersection of modern and antique design

Eastover HG1 - Black and White Modern Farmhouse

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John Merrill Homes, LLC

Low Country Style home with sprawling porches. The home consists of the main house with a detached car garage with living space above with bedroom, bathroom, and living area. The high level of finish will make North Florida's discerning buyer feel right at home.

Contemporary Farmhouse

Tindall Architecture Workshop

2 Story Luxury Farmhouse Plan #66318

Ahmann Design, Inc.

Fenwick Model 2.0 in Country Meadows

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West Seattle Modern Farmhouse

Blue Sound Construction, Inc.

Exterior of all new home built on original foundation. Builder: Blue Sound Construction, Inc. Design: MAKE Design Photo: Miranda Estes Photography

Modern Farmhouse

Square Inch Design

A for-market house finished in 2021. The house sits on a narrow, hillside lot overlooking the Square below. photography: Viktor Ramos

Westview, Summit Farmhouse

Jagoe Homes Inc.

Farmhouse ranch in Boonville, Indiana, Westview community. Blue vertical vinyl siding with 2 over 2 windows.

Midcentury Farmhouse

Timber Trails Development Company

Cottages at Triangle Ranch

Josh Wynne Construction

Prairie Cottage- Florida Cracker inspired 4 square cottage

Contemporary New Custom Home in Los Altos

Spaces By Juliana Linssen, Inc.

Vitalhaus Oberhaching

Regnauer Hausbau GmbH & Co. KG

Ein Bauplatz am Ortsrand mit wunderschönem alten Baumbestand. Einen besseren Standort für das Konzept des Regnauer Musterhauses Liesl kann es nicht geben. Hier ist die Baufamilie „dahoam“. In ihrem modernen Landhaus – basierend auf Traditionellem. Die Grundfläche ist etwas kompakter geschnitten, die Raumaufteilung auch auf leicht kleinerer Fläche immer noch sehr großzügig. Die Variabilität des ursprünglichen Grundrisses wurde genutzt für die Umsetzung eigener Ideen, die ganz den persönlichen Bedürfnissen Rechnung tragen. Auch die äußere Gestalt des Hauses zeigt eine eigene Handschrift. Zu sehen an der Auslegung des Balkons, der eleganten Holzverschalung im Obergeschoss und weiteren Details, die erkennbar sachlicher gehalten sind – gelungen, stimmig, individuell.

Country 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 country 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 country 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 country 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 country 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 country exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

The Perfectly Imperfect Farmhouse

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Sometimes what you’re looking for is right in your own backyard. This is what our Darien Reno Project homeowners decided as we launched into a full house renovation beginning in 2017. The project lasted about one year and took the home from 2700 to 4000 square feet.

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