Need advice updating PINK exterior paint over yellow brick townhome!!
Eddy
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Our exterior brick house needs to get her groove back *Updated*
Comments (54)Update: We painted the gutters and soffits Benjamin Moore Dragon's Breath and the columns and windows the same color, but desaturated. Changed out the lights, updated furniture, removed shutters and added horizontal fence/gate. We ripped up the hedges in our beds and planted birds of paradise, gingers, a banana tree and vincas. Over time they will fill nicely. Our beautiful oak tree's roots are right below the walkway, and we decided it wasn't wise to mess with it. The week we finished, our dream home down the block went up for sale, and we made an offer. Thankfully since we have invested so much time and love into our home (with a lot of guidance from Houzz) and it sold within 24 hours. So we passed the "finish line" for our current home, and will thankfully we able to admire her beauty when walking the neighborhood. Thanks everyone for your input, and I hope the pictures help others looking to update a side century ranch home!...See MoreOrange/Yellow Brick and Exterior Paint Color Advice Please
Comments (18)i have a bunch of pics here, so use your imagination and try to vision what I think would look good on your place. Love you metal roof idea. I think you should update the home (the 60's were good, but it's time for a facelift) to more of a mid century modern vibe. there are a few ways. First, Paint. yes, paint the brick (With Romabio of course. it's meant for masonry and has almost zero upkeep. look it up. Not the lime wash one, the masonry paint. you can have it tinted to any color so, imagine if the siding was done in a dark charcoal, and the brick below painted a soft white or gray? Or you could reverse the colors another poster on here painted their brick and was looking for another color option for the siding. I'd do your window trim in a dark color. here's a before/after from another poster on here. looks good eh? painted brick, white siding, dark window trim, AND she added the wood slat on the porch area. Wood is necessary! so the other option, composite wood siding (Hardie) on the 2nd story, just like this. paint the brick oh, and more modern garage doors. that's a must I love this one. similar style home to yours. you could paint the brick white, do the composite wood siding, trim out the windows, new garage door, front door. (this is my fave) next comment i'll post more split level pics...See MoreUpdating exterior painted brick - need feedback/advice/sanity check!!
Comments (4)Thanks for the Alabaster suggestion... we just painted the cabinets Alabaster, and have it as (most) of our trim. It's gorgeous... but very unfortunately, too light for our exterior. The Austin Stone in the front of the house is pretty bossy, and really seems to need 'more' when it comes to color. I love Alabaster... it just washes out in our east-facing entry....See MoreExterior Update! Mismatched Colors: Paint the brick?
Comments (27)I copied and expanded a piece of your brick, and you can see the pink in it. So your brick is a pink-beige. Sometimes described as beige with red undertones. That's why the yellowish siding doesn't look quite right, and IMO the copper, although very beautiful on its own, doesn't complement the brick. (If you had a sweater the colour of your brick, you wouldn't wear it with an orange/copper shirt, I hope.) Here's an article about working with pink-beige. It's an easy colour to go wrong with. The article talks about interiors but the advice would also apply when you were looking for a siding colour, for example. I wouldn't use sage green with it - the example shown above is a very popular one, often re-posted. The orange brick looks great with sage green. But orange brick is not what you have. I am a fan of almost any brick colour and I'm from Toronto where everything is brick and nobody paints it. But if this were my house I would paint it. Use a coating meant for brick such as Romabio, not a regular exterior paint meant for wood....See MoreEddy
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