Are you keeping the siding, storm door, and shutters the same color? In our neighborhood people have been using light greys which really look nice or else a very light tan. The house around the corner was painted grey with an orange front door. We are seeing lots of color on doors.

I'd be inclined to leave the brick white and paint the siding.

Yes, for now siding and shutters will remain (although I would consider changing shutters) Storm door will probably be removed or changed out. House around the corner went with grey. I never thought about painting the siding. That's a thought.

Why don't you paint the siding and the brick the same color. It will make the house look bigger,. Painting the top and bottom different colors cuts the visual in half.

Lukki, that is a very common look in my neighborhood, especially with some of the flippers. I like the cedar shake siding.

I love white houses but I would paint the door navy blue or red. I would consider taking the shutters off. On all these houses they look so fake and out of proportion to the windows. It would make for a cleaner, less fussy look.

When we bought our white painted brick, we restored it to the original red brick. Ours was sandblasted, but now I think there are less messy ways to do this.

Would you consider restoring it?

I prefer the look of all one color on the facade as it is already carved up due to the architecture where it looks like assembled boxes. The unified color makes the house look more cohesive. I'd definitely do an accent color on the front door and I'd paint the shutters to match.

The original plan was to restore it but we just discovered the original brick is off white.

Well, this is just a thought but you could faux paint it to look like the brick you were hoping it was. I know it sounds crazy but the other day I was driving past a new bridge the county had just installed and guess what? There was a guy faux painting the stone work and it looks amazing! If you google for images of faux painted brick you'll see what I mean.

Everything white and then your favorite color for the door.

I vote for everything light gray and then your favorite color for the door.