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Rustic Grey House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Breathtaking Bride Cabin
Breathtaking Bride Cabin
Great Northwest HomesGreat Northwest Homes
The back exterior of this cabin features a generous covered porch complete with pine tongue and groove, wood beams and posts, and black metal accents. This view also shows you the grand windows and the gorgeous siding!
Granit stacked stone wall
Granit stacked stone wall
Aménagement OnyxAménagement Onyx
Snohomish, Washington
Snohomish, Washington
DC BuildersDC Builders
Esherick Mini-Mod
Esherick Mini-Mod
FramestudioFramestudio
Modern Exterior
Huntsman
Huntsman
Summit Log & Timber HomesSummit Log & Timber Homes
Full-scribe handcrafted log home
Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley
Design AlchemyDesign Alchemy
David Livingston
The Alaska Farmhouse
The Alaska Farmhouse
William Merriman Architects, LLCWilliam Merriman Architects, LLC
Litchfield County Residence
Litchfield County Residence
Jonathan Kost, ArchitectJonathan Kost, Architect
Portfolio
Portfolio
The Little Log House CompanyThe Little Log House Company
Chesapeake Cabin
Chesapeake Cabin
Good Architecture, PCGood Architecture, PC
The new house was designed as a series of four small connected cabins, each about the size of an original cabin of the area. Clad in a combination of log slab and vertical board-and-batten siding, our project attempts to demonstrate that current living patterns, and the desire for significantly larger houses that come with full-time residency, can be accommodated within architectural forms that are compatible in scale, proportion, massing, and materials that appropriately reinforce the history of the original idea of the site. Designed by Good Architecture, PC - Wayne L. Good, FAIA, Architect
QUEENS AVE, ELMONT
QUEENS AVE, ELMONT
Development Design ServicesDevelopment Design Services
Minnesota Lake Home
Minnesota Lake Home
Great Lakes Stone Supply Inc.Great Lakes Stone Supply Inc.
Rustic Barn
Rustic Barn
Anders Hagberg ConstructionAnders Hagberg Construction
MC 26
MC 26
Mountain ConceptsMountain Concepts
The objective was to design a unique and rustic, cabin with historical and vernacular forms and materials. The Hermitage is designed to portray the story of a reclusive hermit building a secluded mountain camp slowly over time. A hierarchy of opposing but relative forms and materials illustrate this additive method of construction. Photo by Matt Waclo.
Shaughnessy Tudor
Shaughnessy Tudor
Kettle River Timberworks Ltd.Kettle River Timberworks Ltd.
Kettle River detailed and supplied all the exterior timberwork (brackets, posts, railings and corbels) for this 11,000 sq. ft. Tudor mansion. 3D modeling and CNC machining facilitated pre-fabrication of all the intricate components. Expectations for wood quality and workmanship on this $26 million home was very demanding. All timbers were radio-frequency dried to ensure dimensional stability. Photo Credit: Dom Koric
Updated Lake House on Candlewood Lake, CT
Updated Lake House on Candlewood Lake, CT
Cheryl Finley PropertiesCheryl Finley Properties
Silver Lake charred black wood fence and gates
Silver Lake charred black wood fence and gates
Pacific Garage Doors & GatesPacific Garage Doors & Gates
Designer: Laure Vincent Bouleau Photo credit: Korbin Bielski This fence, driveway gate and pedestrian gate were constructed using steel frames and horizontal 1 by 6 tongue & groove charred Cypress wood. The material is Kuro by reSAWN Timber.
Lighting
Lighting
Charles Petersheim, BuilderCharles Petersheim, Builder
Farmhouse 34 Exterior Porch Light; photo by Charles Petersheim
Grade II* Listed Medieval Barn Conversion, Cornwall
Grade II* Listed Medieval Barn Conversion, Cornwall
The Bazeley PartnershipThe Bazeley Partnership
One of the only surviving examples of a 14thC agricultural building of this type in Cornwall, the ancient Grade II*Listed Medieval Tithe Barn had fallen into dereliction and was on the National Buildings at Risk Register. Numerous previous attempts to obtain planning consent had been unsuccessful, but a detailed and sympathetic approach by The Bazeley Partnership secured the support of English Heritage, thereby enabling this important building to begin a new chapter as a stunning, unique home designed for modern-day living. A key element of the conversion was the insertion of a contemporary glazed extension which provides a bridge between the older and newer parts of the building. The finished accommodation includes bespoke features such as a new staircase and kitchen and offers an extraordinary blend of old and new in an idyllic location overlooking the Cornish coast. This complex project required working with traditional building materials and the majority of the stone, timber and slate found on site was utilised in the reconstruction of the barn. Since completion, the project has been featured in various national and local magazines, as well as being shown on Homes by the Sea on More4. The project won the prestigious Cornish Buildings Group Main Award for ‘Maer Barn, 14th Century Grade II* Listed Tithe Barn Conversion to Family Dwelling’.
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Bowen WindowsBowen Windows

Rustic Grey 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic 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 rustic exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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