Adding exterior stone walls to your home can offer a timeless elegance and durability that few other materials can match. With stone veneer, you’ll get the beauty of stone without the weight, cost, or intensive labor associated with natural stone. It’s an easy upgrade that can improve both your home value and curb appeal.
In this guide, we’ll explore different types of exterior stone walls, the benefits of using stone veneer, and how to integrate Horizon Stone products into your home’s exterior.
Why Choose Stone Veneer for Your Exterior Walls?
Stone veneer is a popular alternative to entire stone walls due to its affordability, ease of installation, and aesthetic versatility. Horizon Stone offers beautiful veneers crafted from natural materials that replicate the appearance of complete stone. Using stone veneer for your exterior walls offers:
- Improved Appearance: Horizon Stone’s veneers are made from durable natural materials, ensuring long-lasting performance. We carefully mold products from quarried stone to replicate the beauty and texture of nature perfectly, and our colors are applied by hand using natural iron oxide pigments.
- Wise Investment: Veneers are more cost-effective than complete stone while delivering a high-end look. This enhancement attracts potential buyers and increases home value, contributing to an ROI of more than 153 percent, according to a 2024 report. This affordability and substantial return highlight its growing appeal among homeowners and real estate professionals.
Easy to Install: Compared to natural stone, veneer is lighter and easier to apply, which reduces labor costs.
Types of Exterior Stone Walls with Veneer
Exterior stone walls can dramatically transform your home’s curb appeal. We’ll explore the different styles of exterior stone walls to help you choose the perfect option for your home.
Entire Exterior Stone Walls
Using stone veneer across the entire exterior wall is an excellent option for creating a dramatic, all-stone look. Horizon Stone’s range of veneers mimics various natural stone types, allowing homeowners to create a rustic, traditional, or modern appearance, depending on their preferences.
Stone Accents or Partial Stone Exterior Walls
Incorporating stone veneer as an accent on part of the exterior wall can enhance your home’s exterior ambiance without overwhelming the design. You can use Horizon Stone veneer to highlight architectural details such as:
- Columns
- Garage surrounds
- Chimneys
- Window frames
Stone Foundations
Applying stone veneers to the lower part or foundation of your home’s exterior walls creates a wainscoting look that adds an element of contrast. It helps to break up large, flat surfaces to provide a natural focal point that elevates your home’s sophistication.
How to Use Stone Veneer in Landscaping
Beyond walls, stone veneer can also enhance various landscaping elements, creating a cohesive exterior design. You can use it across multiple landscaping elements to tie your exterior design together. Some ideas include:
- Retaining walls: Add visual appeal to garden borders or tiered landscapes.
- Planters: Use veneer to create elevated garden beds or standalone planters.
Fire pits: You can apply stone veneer to outdoor fireplaces or fire pits to create a cohesive backyard space.
Choosing Horizon Stone Veneer Styles
Horizon Stone features products that complement different architectural styles so that you can find the perfect match for your home. Stone veneer styles include:
- Stacked Stone: This modern yet timeless look features stones layered without mortar joints, offering a clean, sleek aesthetic. Our QuickFit Stone Series of easy-to-install stone veneer panels can transform any exterior. The grout-free panels offer various earthen shades and textures.
- Ledgestone: If you want a rugged, textured feel, ledge stone provides depth and dimension with its jagged edges and uneven surfaces. The Ledgestone Stone Siding Series offers the irregular, aged look of natural stone with various sizes, textures, and shape options.
- Fieldstone: For a rustic, natural look, fieldstone veneer replicates the appearance of stones gathered from fields and forests, offering an old-fashioned charm. Our Fieldstone Stone Siding Series uses the rough textures and random shapes of natural stone from the countryside.
- Chiseled Cut Style: Our Rockface Stone Series’ chiseled texture evokes classic stones used in historical architecture worldwide. Its symmetrical shape makes it the perfect stone for today’s contemporary designs.
- Handcrafted Style: Human hands have been shaping stone for thousands of years. Our Handcrafted Stone Series is a nod to this ancient tradition. Its rugged symmetry and precise lines evoke a historic look and feel.
- 19th Century Stone: Drawing inspiration from colonial architecture’s stone construction, our 19th Century Stone Series embodies strength and durability.
- Craftsman Cottage Stone: Uniquely textured and naturally formed from stones in the Ozark Mountains, our Craftsman Cottage Stone Series is perfect for bungalow-style homes. It captures the essence of the craftsman design that remains popular today.
Olde World Stone: Our Olde World Stone Series combines the beauty of our Ledgestone, 19th Century Stone, and Handcrafted Stone Series. This unique blend of traditional, historical, and handmade looks creates a distinctive aged feel with a modern touch, making it ideal for homeowners seeking character and charm.
Benefits of Using Horizon Stone Veneer on Exterior Walls
Whether you want to enhance your home’s curb appeal or add a touch of elegance to your landscape, Horizon Stone veneer offers an affordable, easy-to-install solution. With a wide range of styles and textures, you can create custom exterior stone walls that reflect your style and improve your home’s value. The benefits of Horizon Stone veneer products include:
- Variety: Horizon Stone’s many colors and textures allow you to find the perfect match for your home’s architectural style.
- Low Maintenance: Stone veneer from Horizon Stone is easier to clean and maintain than natural stone.
- Weather Resistance: Horizon Stone products are durable in various weather conditions, so you get a stone veneer that lasts a long time and holds its value.
Are you ready to transform your home with the beauty of stone? Find a Horizon Stone dealer near you today, or explore our gallery for more inspiration on exterior stone walls.