100 design options for the facade of a private house

The facade of any building is its architectural attire, the outer shell. And the first impression that develops about the whole house depends on what it will be. Of course, the chosen method of decorating the exterior of a private home reflects taste preferences, a favorite color palette, and even the lifestyle of the owners. But, when planning the appearance of the facade of the house, it is important to remember not only the external attractiveness of the finishing materials, but also the functional component. Finishing should protect against moisture and be resistant to corrosion, withstand frost and calmly tolerate active sunlight, insulate the building and be non-toxic, not harm the health of homeowners and the environment.

When choosing a style for the exterior of a building, it is important to take into account several components: features of the climate and the surrounding nature, the territorial specifics of the location of the house, the appearance of neighboring buildings and your desire to merge with a common stop or stand out from the total mass of private houses.

When deciding on the style of the facade, you need to remember that design is a flight of fancy and canons are alien to him, so most of the houses designed today have in their designs and decoration methods a mixture of at least two stylistic directions, and sometimes more.

Country style in the design of the facades of private houses

Features of national culture, art and territorial location are reflected in the methods of construction and decoration of architectural structures in different countries. Cosmopolitanism in architecture and not only led to the fact that there are no restrictions on the use of certain elements of the national style outside the state. It’s not difficult to meet a house in Russia made in the German or French style.

For example, this modern private house harmoniously combines the presence of a classic, Central European and German fachwerk style. This is indicated not only by the construction of the building, but by the way of decoration. To give the finished building a fachwerk style, it is enough to apply dark wooden beams placed on a light background in the surface decoration. This type of surface treatment is quite economical and quick to perform, but you need to be prepared for the fact that every 15-17 years the beams will need to be changed.

Country style is characterized by the use of natural materials - stone and wood. Even if the stone is artificial, but thanks to modern technology, it is almost impossible to distinguish it from natural outwardly. This style of facade design will be very useful for houses located outside the city, near forests or mountains.

As you know, the Provence style is part of the country trend, which has French roots. Unlike the "pure" country, which is dominated by warm colors, Provence gravitates towards a colder and brighter color scheme. And the white color can be called the favorite of this style.

Completing a house in the Provence style can be quite difficult for economic reasons. It may take a lot of funds to finish all walls with a stone, even artificial. Therefore, in the design of the facades of private houses, designers often resort to mixing modern finishing materials, such as sandwich panels or siding, leaving only the basement of the building for facing with expensive stone.

The warm shades of the stone cladding of the building look incredibly harmonious against the backdrop of wildlife, blending in perfectly with the local landscape.

Sometimes country style is combined in design with high-tech direction, despite the almost diametrical principles of both styles. Modern technology, simplicity and rigor, minimalism and clarity of lines, are found with the smoothness and warmth of natural materials.

The French country has always been characterized by snow-white windows, divided into several sections and the use of light colors for the decor of the pediments of the building and small balconies.

In modern houses, it is often difficult to determine whether a building’s appearance belongs to a certain style, possibly due to the fact that at the design stage rarely anyone thinks about stylistic directions, and the question of choice arises already at the stage of finishing the facade surfaces.

Chalet style as a way of organizing building facades is very common in the West, especially in France and the Alps. Initially, it arose as a housing option for shepherds living at the foot of the mountains. Currently, the style has undergone many changes and acquired the status of a chic option for arranging the facade of a private home. The use of wood and stone for surface finishing brings the style to a different level of financial costs. This style is more suitable for rural privacy, meeting a chalet-style house in the urban jungle will be rare.

This country style has oriental roots. The roof construction and the simplicity of the overall decoration points to oriental motifs, which are also reflected in the landscape design of the private courtyard.

And this private house is closest in its style to modernity. A bit shocking style, for those who are not afraid to be in the spotlight. Flight of imagination, freedom of thought, lack of restrictions - the credo of this style.

Minimalism and industrialization are the main features of modern private houses

If we talk about private households located within or near the city, recently there has been a tendency to industrialize the exterior of buildings. The minimalism style, combining the elements of the hi-tech trend, has become increasingly popular among homeowners and designers.

Typically, houses in a minimalist style are simple in terms of geometry and facade decoration. Clear forms, simplicity and conciseness are the main concept of modern buildings.

Even the use of natural materials, or their artificial analogues, for decorating private houses in the case of a minimalist design does not allow us to doubt for a second the general style of home ownership.

At first glance, it is difficult to determine whether this is a residential building or industrial, often only the size and landscape design of a private courtyard indicate the presence of homeowners.

Often, a house in a minimalist style has large windows, panoramic ensembles. In general, space, or rather its abundance, is the main criterion of minimalism not only in the exterior, but also in the internal arrangement of such houses. Nothing more and complete freedom.

For this private house with a strict geometric shape, a very non-strict finish option was chosen. The upper floor is as if shrouded in snow-white lace. A prime example is that minimalism does not have to be boring.

When decorating houses in a minimalist style, light colors are often used. This is due to the fact that large areas of the undiluted surfaces of modern buildings would look rather hard in a dark palette of colors.

And this house of saturated and bright colors has an incredibly festive look, despite the simplicity of geometric shapes.

Houses of more modest sizes are often full of contrasts in terms of the choice of color spectrum. The use of the rack method of finishing vertical surfaces is also often found in modern private buildings.