Medium Sized and Blue House Exterior Ideas and Designs

The clients for this project approached SALA ‘to create a house that we will be excited to come home to’. Having lived in their house for over 20 years, they chose to stay connected to their neighborhood, and accomplish their goals by extensively remodeling their existing split-entry home.

Mastic Vinyl Siding and Roof Replacement, Fall River, MA

Care Free Homes, Inc.

Mastic Cedar Discovery Vinyl Siding in the color, Rock Harbor. Tamko Heritage Roofing in the color, Rustic Black. Photo Credit: Care Free Homes, Inc.

Custom Home

Homes By Southern Image

The metal roof, blue lap siding, white corbels, and the window trim and columns provide the architectural detail to set this beach house apart.

Totteridge Cape Cod

MK Homes, Inc

Mary Jane Salopek, Picatour

Barra

American Gallery Homes

Front Door

TK Architectural Design Services

Fox Home Free, Season 2, Episode 7

Mohawk Flooring

Farmhouse Revival exterior from Episode 7 of Fox Home Free (2016). Photo courtesy of Fox Home Free.

Gospel Point

Tamarack North

This cottage`s exterior incorporates several different types of textures all the way from shingles to stone to siding, while still allowing for the natural beauty of the property to shine through. It`s close vicinity to the water is accentuated with the walk out feature of the property where one can sit and enjoy the view just steps from the water. Inside this home is a beautiful, white open concept layout followed by large timber wood beams that highlight the tall ceilings. These clean lines bring a breath of fresh air into the space contrasting with a rustic edge to keep the interior feeling warm and inviting. The rustic wooden accent wall found in the basement family room ties the two floors together beautifully while staying simple. Tamarack North prides their company of professional engineers and builders passionate about serving Muskoka, Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay with fine seasonal homes.

Mid Century Remodel

First Lamp

John Granen

1852 Fort Greene Townhouse

nC2 architecture llc

Full gut renovation and facade restoration of an historic 1850s wood-frame townhouse. The current owners found the building as a decaying, vacant SRO (single room occupancy) dwelling with approximately 9 rooming units. The building has been converted to a two-family house with an owner’s triplex over a garden-level rental. Due to the fact that the very little of the existing structure was serviceable and the change of occupancy necessitated major layout changes, nC2 was able to propose an especially creative and unconventional design for the triplex. This design centers around a continuous 2-run stair which connects the main living space on the parlor level to a family room on the second floor and, finally, to a studio space on the third, thus linking all of the public and semi-public spaces with a single architectural element. This scheme is further enhanced through the use of a wood-slat screen wall which functions as a guardrail for the stair as well as a light-filtering element tying all of the floors together, as well its culmination in a 5’ x 25’ skylight.

3708 Hilltop Ln

Gill Design Co.

Carrie Buell

Marion, MA - Beach House

Evolve Residential

Sean Litchfield

6 Mid-Century Ranch Homes

Charles Petersheim, Builder

MidCentury Ranch 10 - This 1400 square foot, 2 bedroom / 2 bath home is the 10th original design in our Mid-Century Ranch series. Just outside Narrowsburg, NY.

West Sunset Boulevard Residence

Fraze Design Inc.

Beach Haven

Generation Homes, LLC

James Hardie Siding

Boulevard Exteriors

James HardiePlank siding with Board and Batten - Evening Blue

Newburyport Living

Fiorentino Group Architects

Rob Karosis

Bird Rock, San Diego CA

Doug Simon ARCHITECTURE

Photo by Ed Golich

Shaiman Residence

Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.

Location: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, USA Total remodel and new steel carport. The carport was inspired by the great 1950's gas station structures in California. The original house had a very appealing look from the1960's but was in disrepair, and needed a lot of TLC. Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.

Split Level Transformation

BARRETT STUDIO architects

Alex Geller Photography

Medium Sized and Blue 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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