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Luxury Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Plan Z
Plan Z
Dawn CromerDawn Cromer
Dawn Cromer photographer and homeowner. This modern farmhouse was custom built by Peak Builders, LLC, in central Virginia and completed 2015. Two separate architects contributed to the project, Andres F. Martinez founder of ARKE design-build, LLC, and Heath Wills founder of Heath Wills Home Designs, llc. Each worked closely with the homeowners, marrying their aim to fashion the home inside and out to have a farmhouse heart yet craftsman flare. The main house exterior features a mixture of board-and-batten and lap hardie siding painted Benjamin Moore White Dove (OC-17), while the garage is solely board-and-batten painted Benjamin Moore Caliente (AF-290).
Custom Colonial Cottage
Custom Colonial Cottage
Cook DesignsCook Designs
Close up of double gable with wainscot shake shingle siding
Pearl Gray James Hardie siding - 6'' exp. Cedarmill Finish.
Pearl Gray James Hardie siding - 6'' exp. Cedarmill Finish.
Smardbuild Construction Inc.Smardbuild Construction Inc.
This light neutral comes straight from the softest colors in nature, like sand and seashells. Use it as an understated accent, or for a whole house. Pearl Gray always feels elegant. On this project Smardbuild install 6'' exposure lap siding with Cedarmill finish. Hardie Arctic White trim with smooth finish install with hidden nails system, window header include Hardie 5.5'' Crown Molding. Project include cedar tong and grove porch ceiling custom stained, new Marvin windows, aluminum gutters system. Soffit and fascia system from James Hardie with Arctic White color smooth finish.
Pearl Gray James Hardie siding - 6'' exp. Cedarmill Finish.
Pearl Gray James Hardie siding - 6'' exp. Cedarmill Finish.
Smardbuild Construction Inc.Smardbuild Construction Inc.
This light neutral comes straight from the softest colors in nature, like sand and seashells. Use it as an understated accent, or for a whole house. Pearl Gray always feels elegant. On this project Smardbuild install 6'' exposure lap siding with Cedarmill finish. Hardie Arctic White trim with smooth finish install with hidden nails system, window header include Hardie 5.5'' Crown Molding. Project include cedar tong and grove porch ceiling custom stained, new Marvin windows, aluminum gutters system. Soffit and fascia system from James Hardie with Arctic White color smooth finish.
Cliff Road Area - Nantucket
Cliff Road Area - Nantucket
Jonathan Raith Inc.Jonathan Raith Inc.
Nantucket Architectural Photography
Tudor Revival Home
Tudor Revival Home
Cella ArchitectureCella Architecture
Cella Architecture - Erich Karp, AIA Laurelhurst Portland, OR This new Tudor Revival styled home, situated in Portland’s Laurelhurst area, was designed to blend with one of the city’s distinctive old neighborhoods. While there are a variety of existing house styles along the nearby streets, the Tudor Revival style with its characteristic steeply pitched roof lines, arched doorways, and heavy chimneys occurs throughout the neighborhood and was the ideal style choice for the new home. The house was conceived with a steeply pitched asymmetric gable facing the street with the longer rake sweeping down in a gentle arc to stop near the entry. The front door is sheltered by a gracefully arched canopy supported by twin wooden corbels. Additional details such as the stuccoed walls with their decorative banding that wraps the house or the flare of the stucco hood over the second floor windows or the use of unique materials such as the Old Carolina brick window sills and entry porch paving add to the character of the house. But while the form and details for the home are drawn from styles of the last century, the home is certainly of this era with noticeably cleaner lines, details, and configuration than would occur in older variants of the style.
Edloe
Edloe
Cusimano ArchitectCusimano Architect
Zac Seewald
Luxury home front entrance
Luxury home front entrance
Stanton HomesStanton Homes
Get an up close look at the portico entrance with archway entrance, dual white columns, curved staircase of brick, glass front doors, and massive windows. Raleigh luxury home builder Stanton Homes.
Stone and Stucco Old World Style House with Brick Accents
Stone and Stucco Old World Style House with Brick Accents
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
http://www.pickellbuilders.com. Cynthia Lynn photography. Stone and Stucco Old World Style House with Brick Accents, limestone front door surround, glazed clay chimney pots and crushed bluestone driveway.
MALIBU RESIDENCE
MALIBU RESIDENCE
MEYER ARCHITECTUREMEYER ARCHITECTURE
Gothic
Gothic
Doyle Coffin Architecture LLCDoyle Coffin Architecture LLC
Doyle Coffin Architecture + Dan Lenore, Photographer
Front Entrance
Front Entrance
Lasley Brahaney Architecture + ConstructionLasley Brahaney Architecture + Construction
The new covered porch with tuscan columns and detailed trimwork centers the entrance and mirrors the second floor addition dormers . A new in-law suite was also added to left. Tom Grimes Photography
Mediterranean Exterior
Mediterranean Exterior
Windermere Lakeside Residence
Windermere Lakeside Residence
Site Lines Architecture Inc.Site Lines Architecture Inc.
Contemporary Lakeside Residence Photos: Crocodile Creative Contractor: Quiniscoe Homes
Rutherford/Napa residence
Rutherford/Napa residence
Architectural Design & Restoration, Inc.Architectural Design & Restoration, Inc.
Sasha Butler
Olive Hill Residence
Olive Hill Residence
Arcanum ArchitectureArcanum Architecture
Front Elevation
Front Elevation
Platinum Design BuildPlatinum Design Build
FOR SALE: Tanglewood Transitional Estate
FOR SALE: Tanglewood Transitional Estate
Frankel Design BuildFrankel Design Build
Coastal Cottage
Coastal Cottage
ADŌR HomesADŌR Homes
This home is a beautiful traditional home with classic white shakes and steep gable roofs. This cottage style home boasts a 3-car garage as well as stunning windows and stonework. The covered entryway features double columns and double doors as you walk into the home. James Hardie Artic White Timberline Rustic Black shingles Custom blend stone Transitional Lantern Tongue and groove black porch ceiling Marvin Integrity windows in black Images by ©Spacecrafting
VZ LAKE HOUSE
VZ LAKE HOUSE
JCM ArchitectureJCM Architecture
Photography: Hixson Studio

Luxury Two Floor 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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