You did good on the paint color- the shed blends in perfectly with the foliage and gives it a real woodsy feeling. It's really difficult to choose good paint colors for me. I ended up buying a whole set of acrylic paints which I mix and put up on the walls, then I go find a paint chip to match and order the paint. I've wasted so much money buying truly ugly paint! I also built a dry creek bed for drainage and it works beautifully. The water used to come in under the front door and flood the living room; now it sweeps around at the front of the property and down my neighbor's gravel driveway, where it percolates into the soil and waters his big sycamores. I'm looking forward to seeing your creek bed. I recommend looking at Wanda's front yard to get good ideas. She built a spectacular dry stream bed. I used stones that are too small for mine, and it looks a little rinky-dink. Renee

Hello, I am in tyhe same boat (in fact we have a very similar exterior) and we are went with red siding and are now trying to find an accent stucco color. IF you find a way to do this and see what it looks like, let me know! Thanks and good luck gretchenfowell@yahoo.com

Hey, I know this post is like 3 years old but my husband and I are stumped about what to do with our home's exterior. I found this on accident and couldn't believe how similar our houses were! The yellowish brick with FLESH colored trim! Just like ours! We loved our house the second it was shown to us because of the inside but the outside is atrocious! I've always tried to find a house with the brick colored the way ours is and never could, because I was hoping to see what someone else was able to so with their trim to make that brick look nice. And here your house has the sand flesh colored trim- I really can't believe it! Curious to know what you ended up doing! I love the idea of painted/stained and sealed brick but my husband HATES it. I'd love to see the outcome of anything you did whether you painted your brick or just did something with that leash trim ! I sincerely hope this post gets seen!!!

I LOVE your house and II would not touch that mortar - it goes nicely with the aged stone look. I would stay in the brown family for roof color to compliment the aged stone look - not a color that is bright or harsh or crisp. The door is too "fancy" for the house and all the trim is too "crisp" white...look in the cream/taupe/earth-tone family. Not navy or black. Shrubs need to go - think subtle English countryside landscaping. I also agree on clapboard, not stucco, for your addition. I can see ivy climbing the walls - but won't suggest that as you can never get rid of it and it is not good for your stone. Looking forward to your transformation.