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Coastal Shingle–Style Home on St. Andrews Bay
Coastal Shingle–Style Home on St. Andrews Bay
E. F. San JuanE. F. San Juan
Coastal Shingle Style on St. Andrew Bay Private Residence / Panama City Beach, Florida Architect: Eric Watson Builder: McIntosh-Myers Construction For this lovely Coastal Shingle–style home, E. F. San Juan supplied Loewen impact-rated windows and doors, E. F. San Juan Invincia® impact-rated custom mahogany entry doors, exterior board-and-batten siding, exterior shingles, and exterior trim and millwork. We also supplied all the interior doors, stair parts, paneling, mouldings, and millwork. Challenges: At over 10,000 square feet, the sheer size of this home—coupled with the extensive amount of materials we produced and provided—made for a great scheduling challenge. Another significant challenge for the E. F. San Juan team was the homeowner’s desire for an electronic locking system on numerous Invincia® doors we custom manufactured for the home. This was a first-time request for us, but a challenge we gladly accepted! Solution: We worked closely with the builder, Cliff Myers of McIntosh-Myers Construction, as well as the architect, Eric Watson, to ensure the timeliness of decisions as they related to the home’s critical production timeline. We also worked closely with our design engineer and the home’s engineer of record, Allen Barnes of Apex Engineering Group, to provide a solution that allowed for an electronic lock on our custom Invincia® mahogany doors. The completed home is a stunning example of coastal architecture that is as safe and secure as it is beautiful. --- Photography by Jack Gardner
East Coast Traditional
East Coast Traditional
Fautt HomesFautt Homes
Expanded wrap around porch with dual columns. Bronze metal shed roof accents the rock exterior.
Central Ave - Wilmette
Central Ave - Wilmette
Signature Properties of Illinois, LtdSignature Properties of Illinois, Ltd
Island Cottage
Island Cottage
Fiorentino Group ArchitectsFiorentino Group Architects
Photo Credit: Rob Karosis
Gull Lake MI Lake Home
Gull Lake MI Lake Home
YZDA | Yoshida + Zanon Design AtriumYZDA | Yoshida + Zanon Design Atrium
Collaboration Teams : AMDG Architects, Mike Schaap Builders and YZDA Photographer : Ashley Avila Photography
6950 Dume Dr
6950 Dume Dr
Burdge & Associates ArchitectsBurdge & Associates Architects
Traditional Beach home located in Malibu, CA. Designed by architect Douglas Burdge.
The Corindi by John Cannon Homes
The Corindi by John Cannon Homes
John Cannon HomesJohn Cannon Homes
The Corindi, 11514 Harbourside Lane in Harbourside at The Islands on the Manatee River; is the perfect setting for this 3,577 SF West Indies architectural style home with private backyard boat dock. This 3 bedroom, 3 bath home with great room, dining room, study, bonus room, outdoor kitchen and 3-car garage affords serene waterfront views from each room. Gene Pollux Photography
Boardwalk Builders
Boardwalk Builders
Boardwalk BuildersBoardwalk Builders
Shingle-style ocean-front beach house. Cedar shingle siding & roofing. Pella windows. Ipe decking & rails. Boardwalk Builders, Rehoboth Beach, DE www.boardwalkbuilders.com
Seaside Shingle in Southport
Seaside Shingle in Southport
HOBBS INCHOBBS INC
Mark P. Finlay Architects, AIA Photo by Larry Lambrecht
Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
Car Barn
Car Barn
Patrick Ahearn ArchitectPatrick Ahearn Architect
Greg Premru
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.
British Bermuda
British Bermuda
Design WestDesign West
Contemporary Naples home blends coastal style with green features and punches of feminine elegance. The home is unique in its two-story courtyard style, but encompasses plenty of coastal touches inside and out. Unique features of the home also include its green elements, such as solar panels on the roof to take advantage of the natural power of Florida’s sun, and attention to detail
Michigan Lake House
Michigan Lake House
National Association of Home BuildersNational Association of Home Builders
Photo by Erhard Preiffer
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
Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Head of Oyster Pond Maison Sirene d'Huitre
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
Custom Waterfront Shingle Style Home Riverside, CT: Aerial View
Custom Waterfront Shingle Style Home Riverside, CT: Aerial View
Davenport Contracting, Inc.Davenport Contracting, Inc.
This custom built Nantucket style shingle waterfront home is located on Long Island Sound in the Greenwich area. The home's elevation on a low site was seamlessly integrated with the 2013 FEMA flood standards, with a first floor elevation of 16 feet. This home was built with a state of the art Savant Control System, with iPad integration. The home has geothermal heating and cooling with electrical co-generation. Builder: Davenport Contracting.
Ryders Cove
Ryders Cove
Bilek BuildersBilek Builders
Beautiful Cape Cod Style home with bow roof situated on a bluff on Ryders Cove, Chatham, MA. Cape Cod. Perpetual Vacation.

Expansive Coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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