Mediterranean House Exterior with a Hip Roof Ideas and Designs

Waterfront Florida Med - AC205

Turtle Beach Construction & Remodeling

Brantley Photography

Recent Projects 2013

Jennifer Bevan Interiors

Villa Ventuno

AlphaStudio Design Group

Inspired by European villas, the palette for this home utilizes natural earth tones, along with molded eaves, precast columns, and stone veneer. The design takes full advantage of natural valley view corridors as well as negating the line between interior and exterior living. The use of windows and French doors allows virtually every room in the residence to open up onto the spacious pool courtyard. This allows for an extension of the indoor activities to the exterior. Photos by: Zack Benson Photography

Sacramento Mediterranean-Front Yard

Wildflower Landscape Design at K&D Landscaping

California native and water saving Mediterranean plants fill the beds surrounding the front entry including salvias, miscanthus, heuchera, and Pacific Coast Hybrid iris. Wildflower Landscape Design-Liz Ryan

Contemporary Santa Barbara

Ames Design Build

The Akarra IV by John Cannon Homes

John Cannon Homes

The Akarra IV features Spanish-Mediterranean style architecture accented at both the interior and exterior. Throughout the home, hand-painted tiles and rich wood and brick ceiling details are a perfect pairing of classic and contemporary finishes. Gene Pollux Photography

Exteriors

Jeff Rogers Custom Homes

Shadow Creek at Augusta Pines - 2

Texas Elite Custom Homes

Houston Photo Pro

Porfolio

Mark Howell Painting Inc.

Spanish Mediterranean House

Richard Drummond Davis Architects

Nestled in amongst much larger homes, this Preston Hollow Spanish Mediterranean might be a bit deceptive. Scaled appropriately for the 100 x 150 lot, the house is surprising 5000 sq ft. Regarding its age, are you still trying to figure out whether it is new construction or a renovation? Built less than five years ago, it has the timelessness of a 1920′s Hollywood Hills home though designed with all of today’s amenities.

Exteriors of San Antonio & Boerne Homes by Stadler Custom Homes

Lifestyle by Stadler Custom Homes

Breathtaking patio with an elegant balcony and exquisite stonework.

Monticello

V Fine Homes

Waller Front Entrance

L. Lumpkins Architect, Inc.

Front Elevation

Lake Tarpon Custom Home

PCM Builders, Inc.

Ladera

Tom Meaney Architect, AIA

Six thousand square foot home on an ocean view acre. The project consisted of a major remodel and addition. The original home had the master bedroom in the rear of the lot, away from the ocean view. The kitchen, family, and dining rooms were on the upper floor, disconnected from the pool area and outdoor living terraces. I moved the kitchen and family rooms to the lower level connecting to the pool terrace and views to the south. I added an intimate morning terrace off the kitchen and dining room to the east. Finally, the master bedroom and bath moved to the second floor with a balcony and dramatic ocean views.

Scandinavian Cool

Pure Interior Design by Stine Hollesen

Photography by: Jill Christina Hansen IG: @jillchristina_dk

Casa de la Paz

The Hills Group

Photographer: Holly Daley

Ready to Roll

SGDI - Sarah Gallop Design Inc.

The exterior of this villa style family house pops against its sprawling natural backdrop. The home’s elegant simplicity shown outwards is pleasing to the eye, as its welcoming entry summons you to the vast space inside. Richly textured white walls, offset by custom iron rails, bannisters, and chandelier/sconce ‘candle’ lighting provide a magical feel to the interior. The grand stairway commands attention; with a bridge dividing the upper-level, providing the master suite its own wing of private retreat. Filling this vertical space, a simple fireplace is elevated by floor-to-ceiling white brick and adorned with an enormous mirror that repeats the home’s charming features. The elegant high contrast styling is carried throughout, with bursts of colour brought inside by window placements that capture the property’s natural surroundings to create dynamic seasonal art. Indoor-outdoor flow is emphasized in several points of access to covered patios from the unobstructed greatroom, making this home ideal for entertaining and family enjoyment.

Loggia Deck of a Small 2 Story Spanish Home in Santa Barbara

Santa 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.

Whitley Heights Kitchen

JWT Associates

An exterior stairway was removed from the house and replaced with a new roof over the French doors. The second floor balcony was added off of the master bathroom.

Mediterranean House Exterior with a Hip Roof 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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