Design Ideas

Some homeowners spend a lot of time and money decorating their interiors, and virtually no time at all on the most visible part of their home – the exterior! To help jumpstart your thinking, here are some insights into the latest trends in exterior design.

Exciting Colors and Finishes

Diverse Materials

One way to add some visual excitement to your home is to consider a combination of finishes (Custom Brick™ and Quarzputz®, Tuscan Glaze™ over Lymestone™, Lymestone with TerraNeo® accents). This look is definitely gaining popularity in today's new home construction.

Re-Cladding Just the Front of the House

In parts of New York and Virginia, a trend has been popping up in slightly unexpected places. The trend is to put a Dryvit system on just the front side of wood-shingled or other sided homes. An exterior "facelift" in the truest sense, this approach gives you the option of an updated, modernized look, without the expense of a full exterior remodeling.

Texture

Adding texture to the walls has been an interior design technique for years, but the style is just beginning to catch on in the world of exteriors. With products like Dryvit's Tuscan Glaze, you can easily add a mottled, textured look to give your home the warmth of an aged Italian plaster villa.

Retro Looks

Older, more traditional exteriors are making a comeback. Whether the look is limestone block or granite details, higher-end, luxury finishes are gaining popularity in today's modern home designs. (And now you can get these looks at a fraction of the price from Dryvit!)

Detailing

Adding some simple detailing is one of the easiest ways to "upgrade" and customize your home's exterior. From archways, columns and quoins to decorative chimney details and retaining walls, Dryvit can add the ornamentation of a "well-loved" home while increasing its appraisal value.

Interiors

Don't forget about the inside of your home.  By putting some Dryvit custom finishes onto the interior walls, you add a unique and custom appearance that will have your friends and neighbors talking!

DreamDryvit    

Welcome to the interactive portion of your dryvit.com experience. DreamDryvit is your very own exterior design lab. Here, you can literally (or at least electronically) experiment with different products to build your own Dryvit look.

The first step is to pick the house style, and then just let the creativity flow.