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Medium Sized Clay House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Southwest Style
Southwest Style
Reliance Construction Inc.Reliance Construction Inc.
Silverleaf Home 10
Silverleaf Home 10
Sonora West Development, Inc.Sonora West Development, Inc.
Christopher Vialpando, http://chrisvialpando.com
North Scottsdale Adobe Hacienda
North Scottsdale Adobe Hacienda
FHP Builders LLCFHP Builders LLC
Designed by award winning architect Clint Miller, this North Scottsdale property has been featured in Phoenix Home and Garden's 30th Anniversary edition (January 2010). The home was chosen for its authenticity to the Arizona Desert. Built in 2005 the property is an example of territorial architecture featuring a central courtyard as well as two additional garden courtyards. Clint's loyalty to adobe's structure is seen in his use of arches throughout. The chimneys and parapets add interesting vertical elements to the buildings. The parapets were capped using Chocolate Flagstone from Northern Arizona and the scuppers were crafted of copper to stay consistent with the home's Arizona heritage.
Santa Barbara Home
Santa Barbara Home
Jonathan Raith Inc.Jonathan Raith Inc.
Napa Guest House
Napa Guest House
Peter J. Collins ArchitectsPeter J. Collins Architects
Glamorous Sanctuary
Glamorous Sanctuary
Julie & CompanyJulie & Company
Franklin Hills Spanish Remodel
Franklin Hills Spanish Remodel
Dream Design ConstructDream Design Construct
Arts & Crafts House
Arts & Crafts House
Design StoreyDesign Storey
Cotswold Stone and Tiled Exterior Photo Credit: Design Storey Architects
Kabat Design Project
Kabat Design Project
LuxTec Builders, Inc.LuxTec Builders, Inc.
Long Beach Heritage Home
Long Beach Heritage Home
Solutions by Design, LLC.Solutions by Design, LLC.
Upscale Interior Design
Upscale Interior Design
MARGARITA BRAVOMARGARITA BRAVO
This client wanted to have their kitchen as their centerpiece for their house. As such, I designed this kitchen to have a dark walnut natural wood finish with timeless white kitchen island combined with metal appliances. The entire home boasts an open, minimalistic, elegant, classy, and functional design, with the living room showcasing a unique vein cut silver travertine stone showcased on the fireplace. Warm colors were used throughout in order to make the home inviting in a family-friendly setting. --- Project designed by Montecito interior designer Margarita Bravo. She serves Montecito as well as surrounding areas such as Hope Ranch, Summerland, Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, Mission Canyon, Carpinteria, Goleta, Ojai, Los Olivos, and Solvang. For more about MARGARITA BRAVO, visit here: https://www.margaritabravo.com/ To learn more about this project, visit here: https://www.margaritabravo.com/portfolio/observatory-park/
Alumawood Pergola Installations, Chandler, AZ
Alumawood Pergola Installations, Chandler, AZ
The Yard StylistThe Yard Stylist
Here is a side view of the same Alumawood pergola. This picture gives you a better idea of the pavers' crisp, clean lines and how the artificial turf hugs the pavers' edge, which provides the yard with some beautiful curves. You can clearly see how much shade the pergola offers while the rest of the yard bathes in sunshine.
Casa Marana
Casa Marana
Sundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Young ArchitectsSundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Young Architects
The home is organized as 3 adobe boxes that contain the private areas of the home such as the master suite, den and laundry and a guest house. A main roof connects the masses and houses the public and social program of the residence: the kitchen, living room and dining area. Tall narrow openings were used to minimize solar heat gain into the house. Horizontal and vertical steel panels act as sun shades to further minimize the suns impact on the house. Steven Meckler Photographer
NEW RESIDENCE, BOISE ID
NEW RESIDENCE, BOISE ID
Laura Attolini DesignLaura Attolini Design
Honey Bee Ridge
Honey Bee Ridge
Sky General ContractorsSky General Contractors
Blue Sky Roofing
Blue Sky Roofing
Blue Sky RoofingBlue Sky Roofing
Southwestern Style Home Build in Santa Fe
Southwestern Style Home Build in Santa Fe
Shaw Architecture LLC.Shaw Architecture LLC.
wendy mceahern
Beyond the entry gate
Beyond the entry gate
John Herder BuildingJohn Herder Building
Second-Story Addition
Second-Story Addition
Thornton Weiler ArchitectureThornton Weiler Architecture
Two-story addition with new kitchen and master bedroom suite. Heidi Sledge, Photographer
820 NE 2nd Street | Delray Beach
820 NE 2nd Street | Delray Beach
Judi Lukens & Kim LekasJudi Lukens & Kim Lekas
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Medium Sized Clay 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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