What's your home's architectural style?

Home Exterior Styles

When you’re choosing doors, windows, siding, stone, or roofing for your home, it’s important to select styles, designs, and colors that complement the architectural style of your house. Some home exterior styles are easy to identify, while others can be a little more challenging. Identifying your home’s style is the first step toward finding exterior products that amplify the unique characteristics of your home’s architecture.

To help you determine your home’s style, we’ve compiled a collection of popular architectural styles found across the United States. Our Marketing Creative Team has paired each of these unique exterior house styles with several of ProVia’s most popular door, window, and glass options that will best complement your home.

Spanish-Style Home with Metal Barrel Tile Roofing in Terracotta

Architecture at a glance

EXPLORE POPULAR
HOME EXTERIOR STYLES

Explore these house architectural styles to discover ProVia’s product recommendations for each unique style. The main image on each page also reveals a complete exterior color palette that coordinates one of the recommended door and window styles with siding, stone, and roofing.

CAPE COD
Illustration of a Cape Cod style house with Antique White siding, beige shutters, and a Cape Cod style front door & sidelites in Blueberry.
  • 1 or 1 ½ story with dormer windows and a steep roofline
  • Clapboard siding
  • Practical and uncomplicated in design
Explore Cape Cod Style

COLONIAL
Illustration of a Colonial style home with Colonial front doors and Colonial style windows
  • Two story, salt-box style home
  • Symmetrical architecture
  • Double hung windows with grids
  • Steep, side-gabled roofs
Explore Colonial Style

CRAFTSMAN
Illustration of a Craftsman-style home featuring Craftsman windows and a Craftsman style front door
  • Occasional wide, overhanging eaves
  • A covered front porch
  • Pillars lining the entry
  • Double hung windows
Explore Craftsman Style

FARMHOUSE
Illustration of a farmhouse-style home that features rich woodgrain fiberglass French Farmhouse front doors and lots of farmhouse windows.
  • Primarily white, with contrasting shutters or window & door trim
  • Simple, practical architecture
  • Large, covered porch and metal roof
Explore Farmhouse Style

MODERN
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
  • Clean lines and geometric shapes
  • Natural materials like wood, stone and exposed concrete
  • Flat or low-pitched gable or shed roof
Explore Modern Style

SPANISH
Illustration of a Spanish-style home with ProVia windows, entry door, and stone
  • Arched entryways or windows
  • Barrel tile roofs
  • Light-colored stucco walls
  • Woodgrain doors, typically in rich colors
Explore Spanish Style

TUDOR
Illustration of a Tudor-style home with Tudor-style front doors and Tudor window styles to fit the unique architecture of a Tudor home.
  • Mix of half timbers, stucco, stone or brick with decorative entryways
  • Steep slate roof with dormers & gables
  • Tall, narrow, multi-paned windows
Explore Tudor Style

VICTORIAN
Illustration of a Victorian home with a ProVia entry door, windows, and siding, example of Victorian door styles and Victorian window styles
  • Asymmetrical design
  • Large wrap-around porches
  • Ornate decorative trim
  • Towers, turrets and dormers
Explore Victorian Style

Register