House portraits made from a photo of your home
First homes, childhood homes, the house you are leaving: a house portrait keeps a building you loved on the wall long after the keys have changed hands.
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Three simple steps
- 1
Upload your photo
Any phone photo, scan or old family picture.
- 2
Choose a style
Watercolour painting or pencil drawing.
- 3
Unlock high resolution
See a free preview, then download your print-ready file.
Architecture kept accurate
A house portrait only works if the house is right. Window arrangement, door colour, brick or render, roof pitch, chimneys and the number of storeys all come from your photograph.
Garden details matter too — the tree by the gate, the climbing rose, the gravel drive. These are usually what makes the owner recognise their own home instantly.
How to photograph a house
Stand back far enough to fit the whole building in the frame without tilting the camera upwards, which stretches the walls.
Time of day
Soft morning or late-afternoon light gives shape to the façade. Midday sun flattens everything and casts hard shadows across windows.
An overcast day is a good second choice, and often better for houses that face directly into the sun.
Angle
A slight three-quarter angle showing the front and one side reads as more three-dimensional than a straight-on shot.
Move parked cars and wheelie bins out of the frame if you can — they will otherwise appear in the artwork.
Occasions for a house portrait
House portraits are one of the most-given housewarming and estate-agent gifts, and one of the most personal farewell presents.
- Housewarming gifts for a first home
- A leaving gift when a family sells a long-held house
- A print of a childhood home for parents or grandparents
- Holiday-home and cabin prints
- Wedding gifts showing where a couple first lived together
Watercolour or pencil for buildings
Watercolour suits cottages, brick terraces, gardens and anything where colour and planting matter.
Pencil suits period architecture, stone buildings and detailed façades, where line and tone show off the structure.
Printing a house portrait
Landscape orientation suits most houses. Print at 300 DPI up to 40 × 50 cm / 16 × 20 in on matte fine-art paper.
A wide white mount and a simple frame keeps the emphasis on the building. Hallways and entrance walls are the natural home for these prints.
Ready to see your photo as art?
Upload your photo, choose watercolour or pencil, and see a free watermarked preview before you decide. The print-ready high-resolution file is $5.
$5 one-time · instant download · print ready to 40 × 50 cm / 16 × 20 in
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