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Traditional House Exterior with Shingles Ideas and Designs

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Barrington Waterfront Home
Barrington Waterfront Home
Tuck and Tuck ArchitectsTuck and Tuck Architects
Shingle style waterfront cottage
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island
Shoreline Architecture & DesignShoreline Architecture & Design
Village House
Village House
Joseph Sepot ArchitectsJoseph Sepot Architects
A red front door adds a vibrant pop of color to the façade of this shoreline village home. Jim Fiora Photography LLC
HBAGK Foundation House
HBAGK Foundation House
Noble Knights Construction Services, Inc.Noble Knights Construction Services, Inc.
Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles & Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding
Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles & Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding
AmerisideAmeriside
A two story house located in Alta Loma after the installation of Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles and Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding in "Cypress."
Addition & Renovation
Addition & Renovation
Hackley & Associates Architects, Inc.Hackley & Associates Architects, Inc.
Historic Naglee Park Preservation
Historic Naglee Park Preservation
Brad Cox, Architect, Inc.Brad Cox, Architect, Inc.
This Transitional Craftsman was originally built in 1904, and recently remodeled to replace unpermitted additions that were not to code. The playful blue exterior with white trim evokes the charm and character of this home.
Sewickley Residence 14
Sewickley Residence 14
dsjDESIGNdsjDESIGN
This project found its inspiration in the original lines of the home, built in the early 20th century, and consisted of a new garage with bonus room/office and driveway, rear addition with great room, new kitchen, new powder room, new mudroom, new laundry room and finished basement, new paint scheme interior and exterior, and a rear porch and patio.
Georgian Colonial Classical Addition
Georgian Colonial Classical Addition
12/12 Architects & Planners12/12 Architects & Planners
Craftsman style new construction
Craftsman style new construction
Single Source BuildersSingle Source Builders
In order to gain more natural light in the basement and provide emergency egress, we constructed light wells with fixed ladder and lightweight removable aluminum grating. The insides of the light wells are faced with rock and are illuminated at night.
Southern Transitional Home in Greenville, SC
Southern Transitional Home in Greenville, SC
Tindall Architecture WorkshopTindall Architecture Workshop
Gray 2 Story Colonial with Farmer's Porch
Gray 2 Story Colonial with Farmer's Porch
ATA Construction, LLCATA Construction, LLC
Hamptons New Home Build Melbourne East
Hamptons New Home Build Melbourne East
Jigsaw ProjectsJigsaw Projects
Weatherboard home new build by Jigsaw Projects. This home is a white weatherboard character home. Wrap around verandah. Dormer window above garage. The home features decorative shingles, a black front door and a white garage door.
Custom Doors & Columns
Custom Doors & Columns
Cresmark Custom HomesCresmark Custom Homes
Wood front door with transom and sidelites. Overhang with columns, porch, stone porch
Bellingham New Construction Craftsman
Bellingham New Construction Craftsman
ColorWhiz Architectural Color ConsultingColorWhiz Architectural Color Consulting
Like a rock. With a view. Stone and natural wood craftsman details pop against the warm neutral siding that helps balance the cold northwest coast. New construction feels like forever home. Exterior Paint Colors & Photo: Renee Adsitt / ColorWhiz Architectural Color Consulting Project: Cribbs Construction / Bellingham
A Classic Shingle Style
A Classic Shingle Style
Arch Studio, Inc.Arch Studio, Inc.
This 4,680 square foot, 5 bedroom, 5 bath home combines the sophistication of a Hamptons estate with CA outdoor living! Our team worked closely with our clients who are a family of five to create a custom and one-of-kind home. They love to entertain and enjoy the views of the lush backyard and expansive lawn through the floor-to-counter windows. The first floor enjoys expansive, soaring ceilings and large gallery walls for art installations, as well as a separate au-pair suite and a sophisticated den/office and a temperature-controlled wine cellar for 700+/- bottles. Upstairs offers 4 huge bedrooms, including a large master suite with a balcony, huge closet and an adjacent laundry room. The gigantic master bathroom is streaming with natural light and offers dual digital shower heads, a steam shower, huge soaking tub, and loads of storage space. A home office and yoga studio offer views of the backyard.
Blenheim Additions
Blenheim Additions
Architelle Architecture & Interior DesignArchitelle Architecture & Interior Design
Alterations and two storey additions to the rear of this home have been carefully designed to respect the character of the original house and its location within a heritage conservation area, so are not visible form the street.
Mill Valley Cottage to Home Transformation
Mill Valley Cottage to Home Transformation
Jetton Construction, Inc.Jetton Construction, Inc.
This property was transformed from an 1870s YMCA summer camp into an eclectic family home, built to last for generations. Space was made for a growing family by excavating the slope beneath and raising the ceilings above. Every new detail was made to look vintage, retaining the core essence of the site, while state of the art whole house systems ensure that it functions like 21st century home. This home was featured on the cover of ELLE Décor Magazine in April 2016. G.P. Schafer, Architect Rita Konig, Interior Designer Chambers & Chambers, Local Architect Frederika Moller, Landscape Architect Eric Piasecki, Photographer
Brookview Ave
Brookview Ave
TRIO Design and BuildTRIO Design and Build
Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles, Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding, Soffit & Fascia
Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles, Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding, Soffit & Fascia
AmerisideAmeriside
A two story house located in Alta Loma after the installation of Vinyl Cedar Shake Shingles and Shiplap Vinyl Insulated Siding in "Cypress," as well as Soffit & Fascia.

Traditional House Exterior with Shingles 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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