Hi there. Nice home. Yes there are many lime formulas and techniques to white wash a house on the internet. Does your brick have a smooth finish to it, is it porous? A way to test this is to run water over the brick, does some of the water absorb into the brick? Does the brick stay damp for a bit? If so then your brick will work well with lime washing. If not then lime may not work well on your brick. So test a small area first. I know this may be a bit bold for you but I would consider white washing the entire house. I personally like homes in one color. It gives it more of a classic look. Also it would like very nice with the different textures of material( brick and stone). If you feel that might be a bit too much start with the brick first and see if you like it. Start with thin coats then keep applying. I feel the stone needs to be softened up a bit. So add a few thin coats over that as well. I would personally go all white and add plant, shrubs, trees and vines next to the house to break up the wall height. Plus that would really make your landscaping pop up against that White House and give it character. There is a lime formula that is mixed with white Portland cement that a world renowned architect Ken Tate gave me that we are using on our home. I've done some sample walls and it turned out great! It sort a tad thicker than a straight lime wash and it gives the brick a soft edge. It looks like it's been painted 100 times. Just like the old buildings in Europe were limed washed back in the 1800's. The mix I use is 4 parts white Portland cement and 1 part lime, 4.5 parts of water. Should have a consistency of whole milk but not too thick! You can mix pigment in with any formula but we choose not too. It comes out white but with a very soft gray white. I tested it with the reverse formula and the lime was Greek white. As light hits the lime, light reflects twice as much. So the more lime the brighter it greats unless you add a pigment. Some people like some brick sort of bleeding through, however we are covering all our brick so that it's all white. If you plan to go all white, you'll need several coats to cover. Sounds like you are adding shutters, good idea. That will give the house character. Also make sure when you buy or have them made to make sure they are sized properly to actually cover the window if they were closed. Not too small. I would go with a dark hunter green on your shutter and keep your windows and window trim the taupe color. And other trim white. If you go the lime route make sure you find someone that knows what they're doing. The most import thing when applying lime is to keep the wall wet down but not standing water, after applying the first coat of lime, let it dry 24 hours between coats. If you don't let it cue long enough between coats you'll have crazing (which are a network of very fine cracks). And make sure it's done between outside temperatures 50-90. Morning and afternoons. Try to not apply it when the sun is beating down. You don't want it drying too fast. We are liming the house ourselves, I know it's cray but we can't fine anyone that can do it. Also if you don't want to mix this yourself there is a company called Roma ( google Roma lime wash) they have premixed lime putty formulas and they can also mix in your pigment of choice. Just add water and your ready to start liming. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

I will post some pics on the front door shortly. I have heard of Romabio, do they exist in Canada? What garage doors would you guys recommend? Also I so agree about the bad combo of the orange brick color with the stone, the builder even put orange toned hardwood throughout the house, maybe orange was a thing in the early 2000s haha. Now Im getting rid of all the orange

Thank you! Great information. The basement is poured concrete. The contractor specified that with insulation and drywall, the walls will be fairly thick, so the windows can be deep. I intend to use limewash paint to get a plaster look, and the contractor said they can make the surround with no trim, angled as you show in the diagram, and as the examples in my photos show. I’d like for the windows and doors to have a flared return. I’m aiming for a very simple, clean look that has some warmth. Here are some photos of the windows and patio doors.

Have you tried their website? I had no luck a couple yrs ago when I needed to do something with my house - at the time they only had a few shades of white available via Home Depot and I wanted a dark aged concrete color. Instead, I dealt with a couple other US cos who do mineral paints (incl both silicate paints and lime washes) and can match any color if you cant find what you want from their pallettes. Both have amazing service & technical assistance and Limeworks esp. was very generous with their time. LimeWorks.us - Lime Building Materials for Historic Restoration https://www.limeworks.us/ https://www.beeck.com/