The exterior of your home is important to your property on many levels. It provides the first line of defense against the elements, enhances your architecture, and provides a lot of your home’s value. When the time comes to update your exterior, it’s a good idea to take a look at what’s trending in order to get the freshest look available. This will help ensure your home retains curb appeal and value for longer, so you can get more from your renovation.
Exterior Home Design Trends for 2023
There’s plenty of hot new exterior trends for 2023, all designed to maximize your home’s appearance and value. If you’ve been considering an exterior remodel, take a look at these 10 home design trends:
1. The Farmhouse Look
Farmhouse style homes have been taking off in popularity since they are very functional and easy to live in and maintain. Things to look for in a farmhouse design include a wide front porch, vertical siding, two-up-and-two down windows, and lots of small details like barn lanterns and a wide front door. You’re more likely to see this style of home in rural areas, but you can add many of these attributes to any home to help capture the look.
2. The Color White
If you’re planning on selling your home in 2023, experts recommend white as one of the top colors to paint with. White is a fresh, clean, and crisp color that works well on nearly every architectural style and in every region. It’s gaining rapidly in popularity as well, so it makes sense to jump in now on this trend and to ride it for the longest possible time.
3. Log-Look Siding
There’s a lot of appeal about having a log cabin, but real log homes need a lot of work and maintenance to look their best and stay stable in the long-term. That’s why log-look siding is gaining in popularity. You can capture the look of a log cabin, without all of the upkeep and maintenance. Steel log-look siding from TruLog is virtually maintenance-free, highly durable, and can help improve the energy efficiency of your home, making it a very effective upgrade.
4. Board and Batten Siding
Another popular siding for homes is board and batten. It is one of the oldest styles of siding in the country, and it can give your home a more unique look than common horizontal lap. Board and batten is made up of vertical planks with a small strip called a batten installed over the joints. This stylish siding is available in a variety of highly durable and low-maintenance materials, including steel as well.
5. Front Porch
No matter what kind of home you have, adding a big front porch is a great investment. Porches have been on the upswing for the last several years as well, as the shift continues to grow to outdoor living areas. Front porches not only give you that outdoor living area, they also help improve the curb appeal of your property at the same time, A porch can help shape and add dimension to the front of your home, and create a more welcoming atmosphere.
6. Mixed Material
Another popular exterior trend that has continued to grow is the mixing of different materials on the exterior. This helps give a lot of dimension and interest to the exterior, and can help highlight different areas of the architecture at the same time. This home features log-look steel siding with fieldstone and cedar shingles. The result is a lot more rich and interesting than if the home had been clad in a single material.
7. Ultra Durable Material
In today’s busy world, no one has time to worry about exterior home maintenance, and not many people have the funds to continuously make repairs to their exterior. More people are beginning to invest in highly durable, low maintenance exterior materials like standing seam metal roofing and insulated steel siding. These materials don’t require painting or constant repairs, and they also resist rot, insect activity, and fires, so they’re safer and better to have in rural or disaster-prone areas as well.
8. Crisp White Trimming and Framing
If you already love your home’s exterior and you want a less extreme remodel, changing up the color trim work is a great idea.
Using a bright white shade gives a crisp, clean look, even when placed on a log cabin (as you see above). The white framing of the windows makes them pop from the home while the trimwork around the roof and gable gives visual structure to the home. White is a neutral color and will work with whatever siding color is currently on your home, regardless of whether it’s dark or light.
9. Oversized Windows for Daylighting and Views
Daylighting is the practice of utilizing windows to maximize indoor lighting. Natural light is preferred over artificial light primarily for energy-efficiency.
Emphasizing natural light will help to reduce your electric bill by allowing you to keep your lights off for longer. Many homeowners will also agree that sunlight makes their home much more welcoming than any light fixture could do.
A serious renovation is a perfect time for installing oversized windows. These windows on the featured home are uniquely shaped to match perfectly within the face of the home. This looks quite stunning compared to rectangular windows, without it taking much more effort.
10. Bold, Rich Colors with Pops of Color
If you love big, bold homes then this impressive log house will surely be a sight to see.
Exterior remodels often focus on light, neutral shades as they are more readily accepted by the average person. However, if you love a dark home then you should, by all means, consider cladding your home in something like the rich chocolate steel TruLog above.
You’ll also notice that this home not only has a green steel roof that perfectly compliments the chocolate siding, but it carries the green color to the trim on the home. Matching the roof color to other aspects of your exterior really ties every together and makes any home look professionally designed.
Update Your Home’s Exterior for 2023
There are a lot of ways you can update your home to maximize its style, architecture, and potential. Whether you’re planning on selling soon and need to update your curb appeal, or you’re planning on staying in your home long-term and need something that will last with as little maintenance as possible, these 10 trends are designed to meet your needs.
Contact and expert at TruLog siding for assistance choosing the best siding for your home’s exterior.
