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Expansive and Gey House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Delray Ocean
Delray Ocean
INTELAEINTELAE
Lake Minnetonka New Construction
Lake Minnetonka New Construction
Vivid Interior Design - Danielle LovenVivid Interior Design - Danielle Loven
Hendel Homes Landmark Photography
Golden Hour Garden
Golden Hour Garden
Herlong ArchitectsHerlong Architects
Shore Acres British West Indies
Shore Acres British West Indies
Wiez Design & ConstructionWiez Design & Construction
Large rear yard on Tampa Bay. British West Indies style with metal roof.
Highlands Creek
Highlands Creek
Cornelius Homes, Inc.Cornelius Homes, Inc.
Twilight exterior front elevation. This home has Hardi-shingle siding painted gray with white trim. The roof is a dark gray concrete tile. The driveway is a dark gray tinted concrete, while the sidewalk leading to the front door is paved with bluestone. The stone on the house and retaining wall is a limestone called Cottonwood. Photo by Paul Bonnichsen.
Lakeside - Quebec, Canada
Lakeside - Quebec, Canada
Pagliaro Bartels Sajda ArchitectsPagliaro Bartels Sajda Architects
Oshry Residence
Oshry Residence
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Barton Creek || New Construction || Austin, Texas || Exterior
Barton Creek || New Construction || Austin, Texas || Exterior
Etch Design GroupEtch Design Group
Contemporary Farmhouse
Contemporary Farmhouse
EKO DevelopmentEKO Development
Gladwyne Historic Carriage House
Gladwyne Historic Carriage House
521 Atelier Interiors and Lighting Design521 Atelier Interiors and Lighting Design
Bradley Boulevard Residence
Bradley Boulevard Residence
The Ley GroupThe Ley Group
Paul Burk Photography, Matthew Ossolinski Architects.
Grey Stone Facade
Grey Stone Facade
OMNIA Group ArchitectsOMNIA Group Architects
No less than a return to the great manor home of yesteryear, this grand residence is steeped in elegance and luxury. Yet the tuxedo formality of the main façade and foyer gives way to astonishingly open and casually livable gathering areas surrounding the pools and embracing the rear yard on one of the region's most sought after streets. At over 18,000 finished square feet it is a mansion indeed, and yet while providing for exceptionally well appointed entertaining areas, it accommodates the owner's young family in a comfortable setting.
Classical Revival
Classical Revival
VanderHorn ArchitectsVanderHorn Architects
A new shingle style home strikes a pose to capture harbor views as the landscape cascades naturally towards the tidal wetlands of a meandering coastline.
Golden Hour Garden
Golden Hour Garden
Herlong ArchitectsHerlong Architects
Mandeville Residence
Mandeville Residence
Vertoch Design ArchitectsVertoch Design Architects
The Kensington at Simmons Creek
The Kensington at Simmons Creek
Landmark HomesLandmark Homes
This 2-story home with first-floor Owner’s Suite includes a 3-car garage and an inviting front porch. A dramatic 2-story ceiling welcomes you into the foyer where hardwood flooring extends throughout the main living areas of the home including the Dining Room, Great Room, Kitchen, and Breakfast Area. The foyer is flanked by the Study to the left and the formal Dining Room with stylish coffered ceiling and craftsman style wainscoting to the right. The spacious Great Room with 2-story ceiling includes a cozy gas fireplace with stone surround and shiplap above mantel. Adjacent to the Great Room is the Kitchen and Breakfast Area. The Kitchen is well-appointed with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops with tile backsplash, and attractive cabinetry featuring crown molding. The sunny Breakfast Area provides access to the patio and backyard. The Owner’s Suite with includes a private bathroom with tile shower, free standing tub, an expansive closet, and double bowl vanity with granite top. The 2nd floor includes 2 additional bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms.
English Manor Style
English Manor Style
EKO DevelopmentEKO Development
Rustic Chic New Construction - Northbrook, IL
Rustic Chic New Construction - Northbrook, IL
Scott Simpson Design + BuildScott Simpson Design + Build
Everywhere you look is a nod to rustic chic design, a commitment to reuse of materials and an amazing representation of what happens when custom homebuilding is genuinely custom.
Red Rock Country Club Remodel
Red Rock Country Club Remodel
JKL Development Inc.JKL Development Inc.
This 5687 sf home was a major renovation including significant modifications to exterior and interior structural components, walls and foundations. Included were the addition of several multi slide exterior doors, windows, new patio cover structure with master deck, climate controlled wine room, master bath steam shower, 4 new gas fireplace appliances and the center piece- a cantilever structural steel staircase with custom wood handrail and treads. A complete demo down to drywall of all areas was performed excluding only the secondary baths, game room and laundry room where only the existing cabinets were kept and refinished. Some of the interior structural and partition walls were removed. All flooring, counter tops, shower walls, shower pans and tubs were removed and replaced. New cabinets in kitchen and main bar by Mid Continent. All other cabinetry was custom fabricated and some existing cabinets refinished. Counter tops consist of Quartz, granite and marble. Flooring is porcelain tile and marble throughout. Wall surfaces are porcelain tile, natural stacked stone and custom wood throughout. All drywall surfaces are floated to smooth wall finish. Many electrical upgrades including LED recessed can lighting, LED strip lighting under cabinets and ceiling tray lighting throughout. The front and rear yard was completely re landscaped including 2 gas fire features in the rear and a built in BBQ. The pool tile and plaster was refinished including all new concrete decking.
Front Yard
Front Yard
Matrix DesignMatrix Design
View through master wing.

Expansive and Gey 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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