The 10 Most Popular New Exteriors of 2025
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This countdown of the year’s most popular home exteriors highlights a strong pull toward character-rich architecture and noteworthy curb appeal. The collection spans crisp contemporary forms, modernized farmhouses, new builds that feel rooted in history and even a storybook cottage. What unites them is how the designers blended clean lines, natural materials and thoughtful massing to create homes that look inviting from every angle. Many of the homes were created by pros who subscribe to Houzz Pro. Take a look and see which ideas might spark inspiration for your own exterior refresh.
This countdown of the year’s most popular home exteriors highlights a strong pull toward character-rich architecture and noteworthy curb appeal. The collection spans crisp contemporary forms, modernized farmhouses, new builds that feel rooted in history and even a storybook cottage. What unites them is how the designers blended clean lines, natural materials and thoughtful massing to create homes that look inviting from every angle. Many of the homes were created by pros who subscribe to Houzz Pro. Take a look and see which ideas might spark inspiration for your own exterior refresh.
9. Timeless Farmhouse
Crisp Architects, which, like many of the pros whose work is profiled here, subscribes to Houzz Pro, gave this new Dutchess County, New York, farmhouse a harmonious composition with a clever massing scheme. Porches, a two-story breezeway and a garage disguised as a barn break up the home’s large scale, while varied siding and roof materials make the new build feel like a historic home that has evolved over time.
Crisp Architects, which, like many of the pros whose work is profiled here, subscribes to Houzz Pro, gave this new Dutchess County, New York, farmhouse a harmonious composition with a clever massing scheme. Porches, a two-story breezeway and a garage disguised as a barn break up the home’s large scale, while varied siding and roof materials make the new build feel like a historic home that has evolved over time.
8. Storybook Cottage
Multiple gables, a welcoming front porch and meticulously tended landscaping give this Annapolis, Maryland, home by designer Gina Fitzsimmons abundant cottage charm. Details such as Doric columns, louvered pediments and cobbled paving further enhance its inviting, storybook look.
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Multiple gables, a welcoming front porch and meticulously tended landscaping give this Annapolis, Maryland, home by designer Gina Fitzsimmons abundant cottage charm. Details such as Doric columns, louvered pediments and cobbled paving further enhance its inviting, storybook look.
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7. Dark Country
“Modern farmhouse” usually evokes bright white exteriors, but this Boston-area home by Home Sweet Home Construction takes a bold turn with charcoal lap siding. A porch, gables and a bay break up the facade, while wood accents on the porch posts and ceiling add warmth and rustic charm.
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“Modern farmhouse” usually evokes bright white exteriors, but this Boston-area home by Home Sweet Home Construction takes a bold turn with charcoal lap siding. A porch, gables and a bay break up the facade, while wood accents on the porch posts and ceiling add warmth and rustic charm.
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6. Modern Tudor
Interior designer Carly Zuba of CM Studio and her husband worked with Scott Simpson Design + Build to create a home that complements the historic Evanston, Illinois, neighborhood. Steeply pitched gable roofs and large multipaned windows nod to traditional Tudor architecture. A bold black-and-white palette adds a contemporary twist.
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Interior designer Carly Zuba of CM Studio and her husband worked with Scott Simpson Design + Build to create a home that complements the historic Evanston, Illinois, neighborhood. Steeply pitched gable roofs and large multipaned windows nod to traditional Tudor architecture. A bold black-and-white palette adds a contemporary twist.
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5. Efficient Homestead
Kaplan Thompson Architects designed this Durham, New Hampshire, home to combine traditional farmhouse elements with cutting-edge passive-home technology. Thoughtful siting and energy-efficient systems enhance performance, while simple forms, gabled rooflines, a breezeway, a barn-like garage and classic materials evoke the nostalgia of New England’s original farmsteads.
Kaplan Thompson Architects designed this Durham, New Hampshire, home to combine traditional farmhouse elements with cutting-edge passive-home technology. Thoughtful siting and energy-efficient systems enhance performance, while simple forms, gabled rooflines, a breezeway, a barn-like garage and classic materials evoke the nostalgia of New England’s original farmsteads.
4. Elevated Views
Holder Parlette Architecture + Landscapes transformed this 1960s mountaintop cabin in California by raising the roof by 5 feet and adding expansive steel windows and doors, maximizing panoramic views of Napa Valley. A new, modern courtyard frames sightlines through the house, creating an engaging sense of anticipation along the approach.
Holder Parlette Architecture + Landscapes transformed this 1960s mountaintop cabin in California by raising the roof by 5 feet and adding expansive steel windows and doors, maximizing panoramic views of Napa Valley. A new, modern courtyard frames sightlines through the house, creating an engaging sense of anticipation along the approach.
3. Angled Facade
A mix of stone, dark siding and warm wood ties this contemporary Wisconsin home to its lakeside setting. Classic Custom Homes of Waunakee designed a dramatic facade featuring angled rooflines and large windows with varied muntin patterns, creating dynamic visual interest.
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A mix of stone, dark siding and warm wood ties this contemporary Wisconsin home to its lakeside setting. Classic Custom Homes of Waunakee designed a dramatic facade featuring angled rooflines and large windows with varied muntin patterns, creating dynamic visual interest.
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2. Shingle Revival
By carefully incorporating historic Shingle-style details, this new Lake Minnetonka home by Pillar Homes feels as if it has been handed down through generations. A harmonious mix of shingles, siding, stone, an oval window, gambrel gables, X-shaped muntins and railings, corbels and a welcoming front porch creates a residence that evokes a bygone era.
By carefully incorporating historic Shingle-style details, this new Lake Minnetonka home by Pillar Homes feels as if it has been handed down through generations. A harmonious mix of shingles, siding, stone, an oval window, gambrel gables, X-shaped muntins and railings, corbels and a welcoming front porch creates a residence that evokes a bygone era.
1. Crisp and Rugged
Crisp architectural lines paired with rugged brick and stone textures give this Dallas home by New Leaf Custom Homes a striking presence. A garage designed to resemble a stone cottage screens the parking court. A stone wall provides privacy for a front yard patio with a fireplace.
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Crisp architectural lines paired with rugged brick and stone textures give this Dallas home by New Leaf Custom Homes a striking presence. A garage designed to resemble a stone cottage screens the parking court. A stone wall provides privacy for a front yard patio with a fireplace.
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Perched above Vermont’s Lake Champlain, with views of the Adirondack Mountains, this home by Godefroy Meyer of Studio MMA Architecture + Design pairs sharp modern lines with minimalist forms. Shou-sugi-ban siding from Nakamoto Forestry adds rustic texture, with the charred Japanese cypress contributing deep, variegated tones that bring warmth and character to the exterior.
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