House Exterior with Concrete Fibreboard Cladding and Shiplap Cladding Ideas and Designs

16th Street Bungalow

MPR Architecture

Rear facade with paneled bay window and lattice.

Moreland - Palmetto Bluff Low Country Transitional Home

Markalunas Architecture Group

N45° 0' 20"

Unfold Architecture

Front Entry

204 Captains Island Drive

Cobb Architects

Cambridgeport Transitional Cottage

Wendel Klein Builders, Inc.

Front entry of a Cambridgeport cottage with red door and mahogany decking.

Colonial Refacing - Front Facade

Hierarchy Architecture + Design, PLLC

Refaced Traditional Colonial home with white Azek PVC trim and James Hardie plank siding. This home is highlighted by a beautiful Palladian window over the front portico and an eye-catching red front door.

Ashdale

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.

Dupont Circle Rowhouse Addition

Landis Architects | Builders

We completely gutted and renovated this historic DC rowhouse and added a rear addition and a roof deck, accessed by stairs to an enclosed structure. The client wanted to maintain a formal, traditional feel at the front of the house and add bolder and contemporary design at the back. We removed the existing partial rear addition, landings, walkways, and retaining walls. The new 3-story rear addition is across the entire width of the house, extending out 24-feet. Our original front entry design did not have a planter. However, the HPRB insisted on a planting area to maintain that original element of the house. The charcoal gray color at the trim and the front door had to be approved by HPRB. HPRB also had to review and approve our new code-compliant steps and railings to the front door.

Willis

Haynsworth Custom Homes

Charming custom Craftsman home in East Dallas.

Norman Park

Saunders Building Company Pty Ltd

Loop View: Craftsman Mountain Home

Timberlake Custom Homes

This lovely Craftsman mountain home features a neutral color palette. large windows and deck overlooking a beautiful view, and a vaulted ceiling on the main level.

Uniting a Blended Family Under 1 Roof

Brendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJ

New home for a blended family of six in a beach town. This 2 story home with attic has roof returns at corners of the house. This photo also shows a simple box bay window with 4 windows at the front end of the house. It features divided windows, awning above the multiple windows with a brown metal roof, open white rafters, and 3 white brackets. Light arctic white exterior siding with white trim, white windows, and tan roof create a fresh, clean, updated coastal color pallet. The coastal vibe continues with the side dormers at the second floor. The front door is set back.

Work in Progress: New Contemporary Home

QMA Architects

New three story contemporary home in Ventnor, NJ

Chicago, IL Victorian Hardie Board Remodeled Home

Siding & Windows Group Ltd

Removed old Brick and Vinyl Siding to install Insulation, Wrap, James Hardie Siding (Cedarmill) in Iron Gray and Hardie Trim in Arctic White, Installed Simpson Entry Door, Garage Doors, ClimateGuard Ultraview Vinyl Windows, Gutters and GAF Timberline HD Shingles in Charcoal. Also, Soffit & Fascia with Decorative Corner Brackets on Front Elevation. Installed new Canopy, Stairs, Rails and Columns and new Back Deck with Cedar.

Hill Top: One Level Craftsman Home

Timberlake Custom Homes

This mountain craftsman home blends clean lines with rustic touches for an on-trend design.

Rear Elevation

Great Rooms Building Group

Katie Basil Photography

Draper Front with Wrap-Around Porch and Tower

Aurora Architects + Builders

Front view of a restored Queen Anne Victorian with wrap-around porch, hexagonal tower and attached solarium and carriage house. Fully landscaped front yard is supported by a retaining wall.

Ultimate Split-Level

Gill Design Co.

Designed around the sunset downtown views from the living room with open-concept living, the split-level layout provides gracious spaces for entertaining, and privacy for family members to pursue distinct pursuits.

Custom Home Design Build

Build Permits LLC

Custom Craftsman Homes With more contemporary design style, Featuring interior and exterior design elements that show the traditionally Craftsman design with wood accents and stone. The entryway leads into 4,000 square foot home with an spacious open floor plan.

New Waterfront Home - Town Point

Peake Green Design

The rooftop deck is accessed from the Primary Bedroom and affords incredible sunset views. The tower provides a study for the owners, and natural light pours into the main living space on the first floor through large sliding glass windows, letting the outside in.

House Exterior with Concrete Fibreboard Cladding and Shiplap Cladding 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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