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Midcentury House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

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Original bottle bottom glass window and knob rosette
Original bottle bottom glass window and knob rosette
SINGLEPOINT DESIGN BUILD INC.SINGLEPOINT DESIGN BUILD INC.
Karin Larson
Revere Quality House Renovation and New Companion House
Revere Quality House Renovation and New Companion House
Guy Peterson Office for ArchitectureGuy Peterson Office for Architecture
Steven Brooke Studios | Twitchell and Rudolph
Rustic Rumson Home
Rustic Rumson Home
Evenflow InteriorsEvenflow Interiors
This home has a Mid Century Modern exterior and a transitional interior. An expansive open floor plan keeps the flow going from the front door through the family room, sitting room and kitchen. French doors and transoms with soaring 10'ceilings make the space open and airy. Rustic elements like the amazing reclaimed wood wall add even more texture and depth to the fireplace facade. Soft grays, neutrals, reds and browns are the color story here... Fun textures and textiles with bold blocks of color. We love it!
New Home in Cleveland DC
New Home in Cleveland DC
AXIS ARCHITECTSAXIS ARCHITECTS
Mukwonago Rental Property Remodel
Mukwonago Rental Property Remodel
Callen Construction, Inc.Callen Construction, Inc.
The wood windows that originally came with the house were full of degradation and in need of a replacement. The majority of the house now is installed with Infinity from Marvin replacement windows.
Front Exterior Elevation
Front Exterior Elevation
SINGLEPOINT DESIGN BUILD INC.SINGLEPOINT DESIGN BUILD INC.
Karin Larson
Sven
Sven
AHG InteriorsAHG Interiors
Thinking outside the box Perched on a hilltop in the Catskills, this sleek 1960s A-frame is right at home among pointed firs and mountain peaks. An unfussy, but elegant design with modern shapes, furnishings, and material finishes both softens and enhances the home’s architecture and natural surroundings, bringing light and airiness to every room. A clever peekaboo aesthetic enlivens many of the home’s new design elements―invisible touches of lucite, accented brass surfaces, oversized mirrors, and windows and glass partitions in the spa bathrooms, which give you all the comfort of a high-end hotel, and the feeling that you’re showering in nature. Downstairs ample seating and a wet bar―a nod to your parents’ 70s basement―make a perfect space for entertaining. Step outside onto the spacious deck, fire up the grill, and enjoy the gorgeous mountain views. Stonework, scattered like breadcrumbs around the 5-acre property, leads you to several lounging nooks, where you can stretch out with a book or take a soak in the hot tub. Every thoughtful detail adds softness and magic to this forest home.
Spur Lane Residence
Spur Lane Residence
Dennis Kavanagh Construction, LLCDennis Kavanagh Construction, LLC
Mid Century Modern Archtecture in Wheat Ridge Colorado
Mid Century Modern Archtecture in Wheat Ridge Colorado
Blu Iron PhotographyBlu Iron Photography
Blu Hartkopp
Old Sag Harbor Road
Old Sag Harbor Road
BMA ArchitectsBMA Architects
Eric Prine
Exteriors
Exteriors
Teague Hunziker PhotographyTeague Hunziker Photography
©Teague Hunziker Mary and Lee Blair Residence and Studio. Architect Harwell Hamilton Harris. 1939
Midcentury Modern to the Max
Midcentury Modern to the Max
Eurodale Developments IncEurodale Developments Inc
Front facade view of the full scale mid-century rebuild, complete with new third floor office, elevator shaft, green roof and ashlar stone facade transformation
Partridge Pond
Partridge Pond
Acorn Deck House CompanyAcorn Deck House Company
Partridge Pond is Acorn Deck House Company’s newest model home. This house is a contemporary take on the classic Deck House. Its open floor plan welcomes guests into the home, while still maintaining a sense of privacy in the master wing and upstairs bedrooms. It features an exposed post and beam structure throughout as well as the signature Deck House ceiling decking in the great room and master suite. The goal for the home was to showcase a mid-century modern and contemporary hybrid that inspires Deck House lovers, old and new.
St. Germain Residence
St. Germain Residence
Lorissa Kimm ArchitectLorissa Kimm Architect
Matthew Millman
House Plans
House Plans
HOUSE PLANS INCHOUSE PLANS INC
Exterior - Black and White
Exterior - Black and White
Marcelle Guilbeau, Interior DesignerMarcelle Guilbeau, Interior Designer
Gieves Anderson Photography
Vista Residence
Vista Residence
Miró Rivera ArchitectsMiró Rivera Architects
Paul Finkel
CASA BT
CASA BT
ReisarchitetturaReisarchitettura
Il fronte principale
Midcentury Modern to the Max
Midcentury Modern to the Max
Eurodale Developments IncEurodale Developments Inc
A combination of stone and James Hardie vertical siding, as well as douglas fir and clear cedar provide depth, texture and interest to this facade.
Garneau Up-Down Duplex
Garneau Up-Down Duplex
ArtHouse ResidentialArtHouse Residential

Midcentury House Exterior with Three Floors 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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