Premium House Exterior with a Brown Roof Ideas and Designs

Brendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJ

New home for a blended family of six in a beach town. This 2 story home with attic has roof returns at corners of the house. This photo also shows a simple box bay window with 4 windows at the front end of the house. It features divided windows, awning above the multiple windows with a brown metal roof, open white rafters, and 3 white brackets. Light arctic white exterior siding with white trim, white windows, and tan roof create a fresh, clean, updated coastal color pallet. The coastal vibe continues with the side dormers at the second floor. The front door is set back.

BRR Ranch Cabin

Faure Halvorsen Architects

Simply Shingle Style

Tindall Architecture Workshop

Craftsman Truss over Front Door

ATA Construction, LLC

Craftsman Home Remodel with Second-Floor Addition

The Renowned Group

We added a second story addition in the Belmont Addition Dallas Conservation District when we remodeled this Craftsman home.

Reclaimed Brick with Board and Batten Modern Farmhouse on Acreage

Wyrick Residential Design

Cotswolds House

STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS

The side of the extension features Crittall clerestory windows and a glazed 'link' structure with the original house..

Buchanan River House

Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

The metal roofed dining room links the two wings of the house while providing views down to the water in one direction and up to an open meadow in the other.

Chatuge Overlook: Mountain Craftsman Home

Timberlake Custom Homes

This gorgeous Craftsman style home features a mixture of board and batten and smart shake siding with prairie windows, a statement front door, and decorative timber trusses. In addition, there is a detached artist/pottery studio and a beautifully landscaped, fenced in yard for the pets.

Custome Farmhouse in Maple Grove

Evergreen Homecrafters LLC

One of our most popular floor plans! This 3300 sq foot, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home is a great blend of both traditional and farmhouse styles. Open concept design and ideal for first floor living as all bedrooms are on the first floor. Extra large closets and laundry room, along with walk in pantry. Upstairs features a bonus space above the garage with a full bath that makes for a great guest or teen suite. Abundance of walk in attic storage that can be configured for additional living space. Oversized 2 car garage with large storage closet.

Caldwell Lane

Marilyn Hill Interiors

Amazing custom new construction. White painted brick accented with bronze windows, gutters, and downspouts. Chimney has inlaid herringbone pattern. Wood-stained double arched French door entry with gas lanterns. Beautifully nestled within mature treed, park like setting.

Lola Summit: Craftsman/Farmhouse Home

Timberlake Custom Homes

What a view! This custom-built, Craftsman style home overlooks the surrounding mountains and features board and batten and Farmhouse elements throughout.

Shingle Style

Derrick Architecture

A Shingle style home in the Western suburbs of Chicago, this double gabled front has great symmetry while utilizing an off-center entry. A covered porch welcomes you as you enter this home.

Georgian Colonial Classical Addition

12/12 Architects & Planners

California Cottage

Arnold Brothers Construction, Inc.

This home is the fifth residence completed by Arnold Brothers. Set on an approximately 8,417 square foot site in historic San Roque, this home has been extensively expanded, updated and remodeled. The inspiration for the newly designed home was the cottages at the San Ysidro Ranch. Combining the romance of a bygone era with the quality and attention to detail of a five-star resort, this “casita” is a blend of rustic charm with casual elegance.

Custom Home Build: "Golf Getaway"

Green Coast Living

Celect Siding with Black windows

ATA Construction, LLC

External Cladding Renovation

The Brick Tile Company

This renovation involved cladding the house with blend 4 brick slips and white mortar to make it stand out.

Modern Take on Traditional Two-Story

Duke Homes, Inc.

When a house WOWS like this one, landscaping can be kept to a minimum to avoid distracting from the homes design.

Mulberry Modern

Fairview Custom Homes

Premium House Exterior with a Brown 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 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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