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Victorian Home Restoration and Addition
Victorian Home Restoration and Addition
Normandy RemodelingNormandy Remodeling
Beautiful Victorian home restoration and addition created by Normandy Design Manager Troy Pavelka. Troy restored the turret on this home to a copper turret and added a garage to the Victorian beauty.
Wellesley Shingle Style
Wellesley Shingle Style
KISTLER & KNAPP BUILDERSKISTLER & KNAPP BUILDERS
Battle Associates Architects
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Facade Remodel
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Cape Cod, Shingle style lake home
Cape Cod, Shingle style lake home
VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.
This award-winning Cape-Cod-inspired lake home, with authentic Shingle-style detailing, was designed for casual living and easy entertaining, and to capture the breathtaking views of the lake on which it is sited. www.vanbrouck.com
The Gambrel Roof Home
The Gambrel Roof Home
Kristi Spouse InteriorsKristi Spouse Interiors
The Gambrel Roof Home is a dutch colonial design with inspiration from the East Coast. Designed from the ground up by our team - working closely with architect and builder, we created a classic American home with fantastic street appeal
Domus 30
Domus 30
Chaukor StudioChaukor Studio
????? ?? A residential unit for a Multi-generational Joint Family. The joint family system has been an important feature of Indian culture, till a blend of urbanization and western influence, began to affect in home and hearth. The urban joint Families are remarkable feats , of creating a unified identity for the family , but also allowing for the sufficient privacy for individual members. Domus 30, is thus designed to emphasize & support the Concept of the multi generational Family Home. The exterior creates a strong unified statement , by creating a house of palatial proportions using classical timeless proportions. While the interiors allows for segregation & Private spaces for each sub family units. ???????? : Surya Nagar , Ghaziabad ?????? ???? : Mohd Irfan Saifi , Avneet Jagdev , Neeraj Pal , Dinesh ?????????? ?????????? : EBI India
Pristine Residential Exterior Paint Projects
Pristine Residential Exterior Paint Projects
Mr. Goodbrush Painting Co. Inc.Mr. Goodbrush Painting Co. Inc.
Manasquan Addition
Manasquan Addition
Ingalls Custom ContractingIngalls Custom Contracting
Photo taken by: Morgan Bayard
Fun Exterior Paint Jobs
Fun Exterior Paint Jobs
Fresh PaintFresh Paint
Green Lake
Green Lake
Shoreline Architecture & DesignShoreline Architecture & Design
Zecchini Photography
Victorian tiling projects
Victorian tiling projects
Beccles Tile and Bathroom Centre LtdBeccles Tile and Bathroom Centre Ltd
Whitehall Bay
Whitehall Bay
Hansen ArchitectsHansen Architects
marta hansen
Concord Shingle Style
Concord Shingle Style
KISTLER & KNAPP BUILDERSKISTLER & KNAPP BUILDERS
Hart Associates Architects
Summer Cottage
Summer Cottage
Natale Design/BuildNatale Design/Build
Brad Smith Photography
Shingle Style House
Shingle Style House
VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.
VanBrouck & Associates, Inc. www.vanbrouck.com photos by: www.bradzieglerphotography.com
Details
Details
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Brian Vanden Brink
Aspen Victorian
Aspen Victorian
Forum Phi Architecture | Interiors | PlanningForum Phi Architecture | Interiors | Planning
Middle Park - Renovation
Middle Park - Renovation
Joseph Koprek CommercialJoseph Koprek Commercial
Prahran House
Prahran House
LSA ArchitectsLSA Architects

Victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
Victorian Beauty
Victorian Beauty
Feinmann, Inc.Feinmann, Inc.
Feinmann restored the exterior of an 1885 Victorian home that had deteriorated over the years in Arlington, Massachusetts. Between fixing and improving the front and back porch, Juliet Balconies, shingles, panels, and intricate design elements, we brought back the home’s original splendor. We first focused on restoring the front and back porches by repositioning the stairs, reinforcing the brick and wood support posts, installing pressure-treated framing and mahogany decking, and fixing its existing handrails and roof structure. Feinmann then shifted attention to the house’s design details by replacing all the balusters, posts, spindles, and corbels that give the outside its Victorian feel. We also rebuilt the Juliet Balconies that were located over the dining room and left side of the home and fixed the broken fish-scale shingles, cedar clapboard, and trim.
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