What colors are the abutting houses?

Love, love the green. (hate the trash bins : > )

There is just one a let budding house and it is the same color. I finally got the picture to post above! Sorry for typos above I can’t figure out how to correct. Ugh U

Is it too late to change the windows to black? Black is hot right now. And you will be redoing all of the rotten wood trim, yes?

then I'd paint the bricks white and do a brightly painted front door.

if you have to do white windows, then replace all the rotten wood trim and paint that black, brick white, red door,,,,like shown here:

or, if you have to do white windows, just paint the brick black and do white on white trim. Younger kids love the look

Beth H...i LOVE black windows, but not in the budget, sadly. Need to do white windows, and my contractor suggested wrapping the wood trim around windows...white as well. Boring I know. But yes, my initial thought was to go with a medium gray, and then maybe do a fun, bright door color. Thoughts?

then do black trim. black w/white windows looks sharp.looks like this:

you could do a charcoal gray, and then a yellow or blue door.

just have him try the black trim on one window after you paint the brick. see how you like it.

or,,,here's your gray, white windows and a modern orange door

you have to admit, these are dramatic and cool looking.

First check if there is an historical color palate you are required to use. With the windows needing to remain white I would pick a color that you like for the brick and then use a complimentary color for the lintels and corbels to add interest to the facade. I would probably stay away from the black trim around the windows. That is generally seen more on more modern house styles.

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Hi Tkls,

I live in a row house in NYC area in an up and coming hood as well, we're actually the old farts as pretty much EVERYONE is the 20's/30's somethings that got priced out of Brooklyn.

100% agree with everything Beth posted.

Just wondering, off topic, are you flipping this as a single residence?

Looks kinda like a Lawrenceville rowhouse...

Yeah I'd keep the trim white to match up with the windows. If there's enough detail in the corbels and dormer and portico, perhaps consider a secondary color for accents, maybe a black, deep blue, or even just cream or something for a more subtle contrast.

There's a brick house on my block with a beautiful and colorful tri-color paint job on the trim (no white), but they have stark white vinyl replacement windows and they look awful, stand out like a sore thumb, and cheapen the look of the house. My house also has a few vinyl replacement windows, and they look decidedly less bad because the trim on my house is white like them.

If this was my flip and it was already painted (unfortunate), I'd go deep rust red for the body of the house and cobalt or gray-blue for the door. And keep the trim white, possibly with an accent color. Very classic and agreeable, especially for an old rowhouse.

If you're going a bit modern, or even on the chic side of transitional, then the medium gray with bright (red or blue) door is perfect. If the inside is a bit more traditional in finishes, then I agree with the deep rust red, like a better version of what you have, for a more classical feel.

So the brick is already painted (yes, unfortunate), so I must paint. The windows/trim will be white. Should I keep the corbels and portico white to match soffit, and then do a medium gray body (any SW color options??) with either a black, charcoal, or bright blue or red door?

can we see what the end result was

that came out great! I hope it makes your neighbor want to do theirs!!

I love it!

Thanks! It was a rehab project...and a huge success!!

I was coming to say paint it blue but then saw this was an update post and you painted it BLUE!! LOL! Beautiful.

Id find tones/shades of Grey, Black, Orange

That looks fantastic! Definitely the prettiest on the block. Love the door color choice, too!

Looks great .. shame about next door !