Hybrid home styles: How to style your siding if your house has more than one style
Learn how to harmonize different siding styles on your hybrid home with our easy-to-follow guide.
Homeownership offers a unique opportunity to create a place that is uniquely yours, and when your home boasts a multi-architectural style, the opening for creativity expands exponentially. However, as much as hybrid home styles will lead you to a land of design possibilities, sometimes the sheer number of options can be overwhelming. Say your home possesses both contemporary and colonial elements, for example. How can you embrace both modern and traditional styles while ensuring a harmonious and visually stunning result?
When it comes to the difficult task of choosing the right materials and colors to accent your home's unique features, this blog aims to be your guide. Below, we'll explore inspiring design options and walk through four ways for you to settle on a home style that reflects your individuality and becomes a daily source of pride.
DESIGN YOUR MULTI-ARCHITECTURAL STYLE HOME IN FOUR STEPS
If you're ready to find the perfect exterior look for your multi-architectural style home, you're in the right place. These four steps will help you identify the colors, exterior siding styles, and elements that feel most like you.
1. Decide Which Home Style Is Most Predominant
Let's dive deeper into our previous example of a house that has both Colonial and contemporary elements. Perhaps the house is an older Colonial-style home with the recent addition of a modern back room with floor-to-ceiling windows. While the contemporary addition makes a bold statement, it's often the original section of the house that provides the more predominant style.
If you want to maintain a more classic feel, you could opt for a siding style that best fits the chief architecture type. In this example, colonial homes are often paired with traditional and timeless options. Plank lap siding, such as Hardie® Plank Lap Siding, and subtle colors such as Arctic White or Pearl Gray are popular choices for Colonials.
2. Choose Which Style You'd Prefer to Highlight
Just because your multi-architectural home's style leans more one way than the other doesn't mean you need to pursue the primary style. Instead, you may want to lean more toward the style that speaks more to you.
Continuing with our contemporary vs. colonial case, even if the home was built in the 1800s, why not experiment with more modern home design elements? The Hardie™ Architectural Collection, for instance, features a variety of flat-wall profiles that can help you achieve a super-sleek exterior look. Remember, it's your home, and you should spotlight the architectural style you like best.
3. Consider a Mix of Styles and Colors
When in doubt, there's no need to pigeonhole yourself into one architectural style or color to design your home's exterior. A modern Victorian home, for example, might blend traditional siding styles, like shingle or plank lap siding, with more modern finishes like the flat-wall profiles. The Hardie Architectural Collection offers traditionally-inspired products with a more distinctive and contemporary look.
Different colors, can bring personality and emphasize different architectural elements of the house. Painting the roof gables red when the rest of the house is blue, or accenting your home's exterior with ornate, complimentary-colored shutters, can make your home stand out even more. Check out these exterior house color combination ideas for more inspiration.
4. Look at a More Modern Siding Style and Color
If you still can't decide which exterior home style speaks to you, try looking at more contemporary options. For example, monochromatic siding and trim colors, darker hues, or a smooth finish all can contribute to a more modern aesthetic. More and more homeowners are adopting these modern elements to give their more traditional homes a visual refresh.
Most Hardie siding products are offered in both smooth and wood-look textures as well as a variety of colors to allow for total personalization. Beyond that, The Hardie Architectural Collection features flat-wall profiles, or textured panels that can put a contemporary twist on any style of home, all while being ultra-durable.
GET INSPIRED WITH HYBRID HOME STYLES THAT FIT YOUR TASTES
As a homeowner, you want your home to feel like you — inside and out. The good news is that there's no shortage of exterior siding styles and color options to choose from. After following this guide, you can start to narrow down your options.
If you're still struggling to choose between shingle, board & batten style, or plank lap siding, or if you can't make up your mind between colors, you're in luck. Request up to three samples of Hardie siding in your favorite colors from our designer-curated ColorPlus® Technology finishes color palette for free today. We can't wait to help you design your dream home!
