dundas, Choosing brck and siding colour was very challenging for us too. I am not sure we got it right, but it might give you some ideas or help you see a red brick with a different siding colour. We chose Brampton Brick Crawford colour in small Queen size. We used a taupe (beige/greige colour) for the board and batten siding, with grey trim. The door is a fiberglass door stained to look like mahogany and there is real wood mahogany trim on the door (not fiberglass trim). Our house is not finished yet, but I have posted a picture where we used Photoshop to show the railing (imagine glass on the railing not mesh). The steps are stone steps and were not installed when picture was taken so we used Photoshop to show the steps too. Sorry, the picture is old, but it is the only one I have that shows what the railing will look like. Now, your brick has some yellow in it that our brick does not. So, I would not recommend the same colour siding as ours. You could do a beige, but not one that has hints of red undertones like ours does. Grey would also be a colour to explore. Best of luck deciding! You could also try looking at the Maibac website for ideas of different board and batten siding colours. Carol

Feel free Lori. It was on the rear of a restaurant in Newberg,Oregon and faced the West. They had used Hardi-Plank on the front of the building during a remodel, but tried to go cheap on the rear by painting over the old vinyl siding. Had they just painted it white or some medium shade of green, they would probably not had the problem. If you have ever seen vinyl siding before it is mounted, it has nailing slots which are about an inch wide. The nail is supposed to be placed in the center of the slot and not firmly nailed down. If the siding cannot move freely, it will buckle. In severe cases, as shown in the pic, it will buckle anyway as it will expand more than the room available in that slot! I am not a big fan of vinyl for the above reason. Also, in very cold climates, it becomes brittle. A stone thrown from a snow blower will cause holes in it, as my brother found out on his home.

What style is the house? Modern? Traditional? Transitional? What climate zone? Full sun? Shaded? I ask these questions because I can't suggest colors for siding without knowing more. When I purchased my 1939 fixer, it was painted yellow, and when the west/southwest sun was shining on the front, I couldn't look at it due to the brightness. I painted it a cool grey with navy shutters (and my shingles are a similar color as yours). Had my house been under shade trees, I would have used a different color. I'm in North Carolina, so I also took my overall climate and my neighborhood, the style and age of the house into consideration.

A pale yellow would be pretty. Are you doing horizontal siding? Board and batten style siding would work very well on your house. I agree with removing the shutters on the large window and shutters for the other two windows should each measure 1/2 the width of the window to be sized correctly. A new light that faces down as suggested, along with new house numbers will give you a great blank slate for some pretty landscaping.