10 Cottage-Style Home Exterior Designs Perfect for Small Home

A cottage is identical to a small, cozy home in the countryside. It is a perfect type of house for you who want to have a comfortable small home far from a busy city. Besides the interior, make sure you design your cottage home exterior in an awesome way too.

We have gathered the 10 cottage-style home exterior designs perfect for your small home. Check them out!

1. Summer House by minusplus

Summer House by minusplus is a modern cottage with a beautiful cottage-style home exterior design. Located on a beautiful site, this cottage has north and east windows to capture amazing natural views outside. Its exterior looks amazing with the use of wood materials and the presence of big windows.

Photographer: Tamás Bujnovszky

2. Writers’ Cottage 2 by Jarmund / Vigsnæs Architects

You can also find a unique cottage-style home exterior design in Writers’ Cottage 2 by Jarmund / Vigsnæs Architects. Sits in the garden of two professionals in a suburban residential area, this cottage offers a generous view that can be seen through its glazed facade. The exterior of this cottage looks awesome in black.

Photographer: Jonas Adolfsen

3. Chalet Blanche by ACDF Architecture

The cottage-style home exterior design in Chalet Blanche by ACDF Architecture is completed with a simple and pure architecture. Highlighted in a modern style, this cottage can provide the owner with a convivial space to enjoy the beauty of surrounding nature. The white exterior of this cottage shows its modern style.

Photographer : Adrien Williams

4. Kiah House by Austin Maynard Architects

The unique cottage-style home exterior design is used to beautify Kiah House by Austin Maynard Architects. It has two separate pieces of architecture that consist of a master bedroom and a separate office poised above. The exterior design of this cottage is influenced by Japanese gardens and the Buddhist retreats of Kyoto.

Photography: Tess Kelly

5. Dawesville House by Archterra Architects

It is a weatherboard cottage with an awesome cottage-style home exterior design. Dawesville House by Archterra Architects is an upgraded project to allow the residents to create a permanent sea change. Its exterior consists of timber-framed walls with a multi-layered insulation barrier.

Photographer: Douglas Mark Black

6. Mosman House by Alexander and Co

If you love to have a contemporary design for your cottage, you can try the cottage-style home exterior design in Mosman House by Alexander and Co. Its exterior is beautified in white with an interesting facade design. It is an awesome cottage that can create a good relationship with its adjoining landscape.

Photographer: Murray Fredericks

7. A Rear Extension Project by Make Architecture

It is a single-story cottage with an amazing cottage-style home exterior design in white. A Rear Extension Project by Make Architecture has a bright exterior beautified in white. Through the windows, the warm atmosphere inside can be seen from the outside.

Photography: Make Architecture

8. Chalet Bolton-Est by BOOM TOWN

You can also get some ideas of a cottage-style home exterior design in Chalet Bolton-Est by BOOM TOWN. It is a unique cottage with two large roofs. Its exterior design is about creating a natural look created by the use of wood to match with the surrounding beautiful nature.

Photographer: Mario C. Melillo

9. A Window on The Lake by YH2 Architecture

Located in Lac Plaisant, Mauricie, Quebec, A Window on The Lake by YH2 Architecture is designed with a simple cottage-style home exterior design. It is a simple wood dwelling with a close relationship with its surrounding nature.

Photographer: Francis Pelletier

10. A Sustainable Cottage by Kelly Doran and Portico Timber Frames

It is a remote retreat in a wildlife reserve in Ontario with a unique cottage-style home exterior design. A Sustainable Cottage by Kelly Doran and Portico Timber Frames has a long, narrow roof. It also has gray shingles with the combination of gray-stained pine that offer camouflage against the mixed forest.

Photographer: Marcus Oleniuk