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Mediterranean Black House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Outdoor Living
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These great outdoor spaces were designed by JMC Designs and built by Collinas design and Construction
Kaleidoscope of Homes (Simmons Estate Homes)
Kaleidoscope of Homes (Simmons Estate Homes)
Heritage Design StudioHeritage Design Studio
Spanish Colonial Exterior
Ritz Cove Residence
Ritz Cove Residence
Teale ArchitectureTeale Architecture
Interior Design: D For Design
Desert Retreat at Silverleaf
Desert Retreat at Silverleaf
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
The genesis of design for this desert retreat was the informal dining area in which the clients, along with family and friends, would gather. Located in north Scottsdale’s prestigious Silverleaf, this ranch hacienda offers 6,500 square feet of gracious hospitality for family and friends. Focused around the informal dining area, the home’s living spaces, both indoor and outdoor, offer warmth of materials and proximity for expansion of the casual dining space that the owners envisioned for hosting gatherings to include their two grown children, parents, and many friends. The kitchen, adjacent to the informal dining, serves as the functioning heart of the home and is open to the great room, informal dining room, and office, and is mere steps away from the outdoor patio lounge and poolside guest casita. Additionally, the main house master suite enjoys spectacular vistas of the adjacent McDowell mountains and distant Phoenix city lights. The clients, who desired ample guest quarters for their visiting adult children, decided on a detached guest casita featuring two bedroom suites, a living area, and a small kitchen. The guest casita’s spectacular bedroom mountain views are surpassed only by the living area views of distant mountains seen beyond the spectacular pool and outdoor living spaces. Project Details | Desert Retreat, Silverleaf – Scottsdale, AZ Architect: C.P. Drewett, AIA, NCARB; Drewett Works, Scottsdale, AZ Builder: Sonora West Development, Scottsdale, AZ Photographer: Dino Tonn Featured in Phoenix Home and Garden, May 2015, “Sporting Style: Golf Enthusiast Christie Austin Earns Top Scores on the Home Front” See more of this project here: http://drewettworks.com/desert-retreat-at-silverleaf/
Santa Barbara Style Home
Santa Barbara Style Home
Smith BrothersSmith Brothers
High Meadow Ranch Front Photo Shoot
High Meadow Ranch Front Photo Shoot
Marquise PoolsMarquise Pools
Paul Ladd Photography
Minneapolis Lake Lighting
Minneapolis Lake Lighting
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of MinneapolisOutdoor Lighting Perspectives of Minneapolis
A lighted Minneapolis private lake with waterfall offers the perfect outdoor retreat. Capturing the elusive nature of running water, the feature lighting allows for the individual stones within the waterfall to be seen as the water reflects over them. Rather than over-lighting the space, select column lighting on the three ornamental trees gives depth and adds to the light play on the lake itself which adds beauty year-round.
Saratoga Mediterranean Residence
Saratoga Mediterranean Residence
Ryan Rosene PhotographyRyan Rosene Photography
Mediterranean home nestled into the native landscape in Northern California.
1000 G
1000 G
Silliman CitySide HomesSilliman CitySide Homes
New custom home specifically designed for the client including a two car garage with 12' ceilings to accommodate a car lift and an air-conditioned workshop. Modern interior includes Italian Cabinets with organizers, Thermador appliances and Cambria Countertops and backsplash. The spacious covered patio has a summer kitchen with leathered granite countertop, porcelain tile flooring and retraceable screens. The home was awarded a Gold certification by the Florida Green Building Coalition and includes high performance windows, spray foam insulation, rigid insulation along with Core Foam block insulation. Non conditioned spaces have radiant barrier roof sheathing to reduce radiant heat from entering.
Roofing
Roofing
Bell Group Home ImprovementsBell Group Home Improvements
Historic Landmark Estate Restoration
Historic Landmark Estate Restoration
Allen ConstructionAllen Construction
Historic landmark estate restoration and renovation - Juliet balcony overlooking expansive lawn, pool and casita. Photo by: Jim Bartsch
V Ranch
V Ranch
BLT architectBLT architect
Montecito, CA.
Montecito, CA.
Karoll Julian Inc.Karoll Julian Inc.
Exterior Patina
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Tom Ochsner AIATom Ochsner AIA
Grand Mediterranean Estate
Grand Mediterranean Estate
Sweaney Custom Homes, Inc.Sweaney Custom Homes, Inc.
Scott Hislop
Romanoff Residence
Romanoff Residence
Francis Garcia ArchitectFrancis Garcia Architect
Photo by Francis Garcia
Spanish Colonial Revival Mailbox
Spanish Colonial Revival Mailbox
Santa Barbara Home DesignSanta Barbara Home Design
Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.
Spanish Home
Spanish Home
Dunn-Edwards PaintsDunn-Edwards Paints
Dunn-Edwards paint colors - Body: Swiss Coffee DEW341 Trim: Espresso Macchiato DET680 Jeremy Samuelson Photography | www.jeremysamuelson.com
Spanish Courtyard
Spanish Courtyard
Koffka Phakos DesignKoffka Phakos Design
The Spanish Courtyard House is a remodel and addition to a small Spanish-Style bungalow in Westwood. Existing bedrooms were opened up and became a large entertaining space, while a new bedroom wing and guest house surround a landscaped courtyard. Archways and beamed ceilings on the interior and textured stucco and clay tile on the exterior pay respect to this important regional style, while more the clean modern palette of cabinetry and fixtures identifies the house as a contemporary piece. 2300 SF Completed 2010 Photographs by Adrian Koffka Landscape Design by Mia Lehrer, www.mlagreen.com
Villa Silvina
Villa Silvina
Jorge Ulibarri Custom HomesJorge Ulibarri Custom Homes
Villa Silvina is a home designed and built by Orlando Custom Homebuilder Jorge Ulibarri, www.imyourbuilder.com for more design ideas and new construction tips subscribe to the blog www.tradesecretsbyjorge.com

Mediterranean Black 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 mediterranean 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 mediterranean 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 mediterranean 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 mediterranean 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 mediterranean exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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