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Exterior home design tools & resources

Need a little direction when it comes to designing your home’s exterior? Learn more about your home’s architectural style, and which products pair well with that style, or explore our design-inspired brochures.

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Home Exterior Styles

Illustration of a Cape Cod style house with Antique White siding, beige shutters, and a Cape Cod style front door & sidelites in Blueberry.
style

Cape Cod

  • 1 or 1 ½ story with dormer windows and a steep roofline
  • Clapboard siding
  • Practical and uncomplicated in design
Illustration of a Colonial style home with Colonial front doors and Colonial style windows
style

Colonial

  • Two story, salt-box style home
  • Symmetrical architecture
  • Double hung windows with grids
  • Steep, side-gabled roofs
Illustration of a Craftsman-style home featuring Craftsman windows and a Craftsman style front door
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Craftsman

  • Occasional wide, overhanging eaves
  • A covered front porch
  • Pillars lining the entry
  • Double hung windows
Illustration of a farmhouse-style home that features rich woodgrain fiberglass French Farmhouse front doors and lots of farmhouse windows.
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Farmhouse

  • Primarily white, with contrasting shutters or window & door trim
  • Simple, practical architecture
  • Large, covered porch and metal roof
Illustration of a modern style house featuring an example of one of ProVia's modern front door styles in bright Vallis Red, modern windows in Black, and manufactured stone
style

Modern

  • Clean lines and geometric shapes
  • Natural materials like wood, stone and exposed concrete
  • Flat or low-pitched gable or shed roof
Illustration of a Tudor-style home with Tudor-style front doors and Tudor window styles to fit the unique architecture of a Tudor home.
style

Tudor

  • Mix of half timbers, stucco, stone or brick with decorative entryways
  • Steep slate roof with dormers & gables
  • Tall, narrow, multi-paned windows
Illustration of a Victorian style home featuring examples of ProVia's recommendations for Victorian front doors, Victorian windows, as well as siding, stone, and roofing for Victorian architecture
style

Victorian

  • Asymmetrical design
  • Large wrap-around porches
  • Ornate decorative trim
  • Towers, turrets and dormers

Literature

Color Lookbook

Browse standard and trending colors for doors and windows.

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Entry Door Lookbook

Find inspiration for your next entry door in this design-inspired book.

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Designer Collections

Explore complete home exterior color palette ideas.

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Design-related Blog Articles

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