Expansive and Beige House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Saratoga Rolling Hills Estate

Louie Leu Architect, Inc.

Frank Perez Photographer

Composite Windows Portfolio

Buckingham Double Glazing

Modern Ranch

Kyle Hunt & Partners, Incorporated

James Kruger, LandMark Photography, Peter Eskuche, AIA, Eskuche Design, Sharon Seitz, HISTORIC studio, Interior Design

Vail River house

Judge + Associates

A modern mountain home with a hidden integrated river.

The Canyons, Home 401

Kevin B Howard Architects, AIA

The entry steps up in time with the hillside meeting the main floor where it rests, bridging the ephemeral wash below. Dominique Vorillon Photography

Greenwich, Connecticut

The Outdoor Lights

The Outdoor Lights designed the outdoor and landscape lighting for this Connecticut home designed by Summerour Architects. Interior design by Beth Webb Interiors, Landscape design by Planters Garden and ironwork by Calhoun Metalworks. Photography by Mali Azima.

Waterfront Luxury Home Lake Travis

Jenkins Custom Homes

The front gate of this home consists of concrete pavers leading you into a stone and stucco home with a round turret and cantera columns with a tile roof and 4-car garage. The glass and steel front door was custom made for this home.

European Stone and Stucco Style Chateau with Slate Roof

Orren Pickell Building Group

http://www.pickellbuilders.com. Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. European Stone and Stucco Style Chateau with slate roof, Rustic Timber Window Headers, standing copper roofs, iron railing balcony and Painted Green Shutters. Paver walkways and terraces. Arch top stained wooden carriage style garage doors.

Solid White Oak Arched Top Double Front Door with Blue Stone Walkway

Orren Pickell Building Group

Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Solid White Oak Arched Top Glass Double Front Door with Blue Stone Walkway. Stone webwall with brick soldier course and stucco details. Copper flashing and gutters. Cedar shed dormer and brackets.

Laurelhurst Storybook Residence

Board & Vellum

The curved wall and curving staircase help round out the green space. It also creates a point where one can see all of the lower lawn and watch or talk with those below, providing a visual and verbal connection between the spaces.

Modern Home on Championship Golf Course

Wyrick Residential Design

Monterra Oaks

Lewis Builders

Our French Normandy-style estate nestled in the hills high above Monterey is complete. Featuring a separate one bedroom one bath carriage house and two garages for 5 cars. Multiple French doors connect to the outdoor spaces which feature a covered patio with a wood-burning fireplace and a generous tile deck!

East Coast Traditional

Fautt Homes

Expanded wrap around porch with dual columns. Bronze metal shed roof accents the rock exterior.

Plymouth Tudor Home

Oakwood Custom Homes

1931 Paradise Valley Adobe Restoration/Renovation

| SPIRAL ARCHITECTS |

The south courtyard was re-landcape with specimen cacti selected and curated by the owner, and a new hardscape path was laid using flagstone, which was a customary hardscape material used by Robert Evans. The arched window was originally an exterior feature under an existing stairway; the arch was replaced (having been removed during the 1960s), and a arched window added to "re-enclose" the space. Several window openings which had been covered over with stucco were uncovered, and windows fitted in the restored opening. The small loggia was added, and provides a pleasant outdoor breakfast spot directly adjacent to the kitchen. Architect: Gene Kniaz, Spiral Architects General Contractor: Linthicum Custom Builders Photo: Maureen Ryan Photography

Hillbrook

Lori Lynn Designs

Gorgeous, executive contemporary home in Dallas; large lot with pond and fountain.

Expansive and Beige 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 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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