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Mediterranean House Exterior with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

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Mission Hills 1930's Spanish
Mission Hills 1930's Spanish
Kim Grant Design IncKim Grant Design Inc
Kim Grant, Architect; Gail Owens Photography
West Hollywood full renovation project (Croft)
West Hollywood full renovation project (Croft)
Eden BuildersEden Builders
Cedarbluff Drive
Cedarbluff Drive
Peters ArchitecturePeters Architecture
Clark Dugger Photography
Stearns Residence
Stearns Residence
Inchoate Architecture, LLCInchoate Architecture, LLC
Designed by Inchoate, Photos by Anthony DeSantis
Spanish Revival
Spanish Revival
Rollins Andrew InteriorsRollins Andrew Interiors
Alamo Heights Residence
Alamo Heights Residence
EDI InternationalEDI International
Tiburon Mediterranean Transformation
Tiburon Mediterranean Transformation
Polsky Perlstein ArchitectsPolsky Perlstein Architects
Richard Perlstein, Jared Polsky
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/
Shell Beach Sanctuary
Shell Beach Sanctuary
Mark Sullivan Fine Custom Homes Inc.Mark Sullivan Fine Custom Homes Inc.
Trevor Povah
Exterior work
Exterior work
Fortino Islas PaintingFortino Islas Painting
Lake Butler Sound
Lake Butler Sound
Hyatt Design, Inc.Hyatt Design, Inc.
Photo: Greg Hyatt
Pacific Heights San Francisco Residence
Pacific Heights San Francisco Residence
Mason Miller ArchitectMason Miller Architect
View from back upper terrace Douglas Friedman Photography
Mediterranean Villa Style Custom Home
Mediterranean Villa Style Custom Home
Purser ArchitecturalPurser Architectural
Purser Architectural Custom Home Design built by Tommy Cashiola Custom Homes
Hacienda Residence
Hacienda Residence
Carson Architecture and Design, Inc.Carson Architecture and Design, Inc.
Light and Airy, warm and welcome is how we describe this Authentic Hacienda home. Details abound as you turn each corner, and experience how it all blends together with a wonderful sense of scale and elegance. Views, indoor and outdoor spaces help the owners enjoy their amazing Sonoran Desert surroundings.
Moore II Residence
Moore II Residence
Hsu McCulloughHsu McCullough
Exterior entry with offset facade of arches for additional privacy
Hope Ranch
Hope Ranch
Arnold Brothers Construction, Inc.Arnold Brothers Construction, Inc.
Spanish Modern
Spanish Modern
Texture Living IncTexture Living Inc
Exterior
Exterior
S&R DevelopmentS&R Development
Mediterranean Exterior
Mediterranean Exterior
Los Altos
Los Altos
Tom Meaney Architect, AIATom Meaney Architect, AIA
Rustic outdoor stone fountain

Mediterranean House Exterior with a Pitched 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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