No to limewashing the brick, won't look like a tudor anymore

Sorry, the picture isn't very good -it was a rainy day. Yes, you're right the base area is a bit more yellow than I'd like. So you'd go with a more chocolate brown for trim? And just curious, why would you not limewash? I'm not married to the idea, but would love to know your rationale. Thanks so much for taking the time to respond!

Yeah, the half timber plus natural brick makes the look, whether it's an authentic Tudor or a revival. Limewashing will put the house's look totally off balance and just wouldn't look right.

As for the browns, let me put it this way: Right now, the brown is Hershey's milk chocolate. You want Ghirardelli Intense Dark. Couple that with the lighter, whiter off-white, you have better contrast between the timber and base, and with the bricks. All around better definition. And that visual crispness you get with higher contrast.

My neighborhood has a lot of Tudors, and some people have repainted their stucco a true colorless white. It doesn't look as good as a creamy white. It looks too modern, almost plastic/artificial.

On my house, I had never noticed until my decorator pointed it out, that my creamy-white stucco has a very slight sparkle to it. Apparently it's to give it a brightness and contrast to the dark wood. It's not meant to be painted over so we never did. Be sure you don't paint over yours if you have this.

On my screen your brown looks suitably dark, and your slightly creamy stucco looks good too. Be sure your brown is the right color for your brick. Browns have undertones of red, orange etc. that could potentially clash with your brick. Do a good-size test board and check it at different times of day.

Nice house. Thank goodness you're not trying to turn it into a craftsman or something! It could use a little more landscaping in front of the bay window.

I like all the great advice you have been given....I know nothing about Tudor homes, but looking at some Houzz pics it might be a good ideas to put some thought into the veritcal and horizontal timber lines shown on these houses...your diagonal strips of wood seem 'overdone' where as the plain horizontal and vertical timbers in the houses below seem to add some weight and strength to the houses exteriors.....just sayin'?

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PS They all seem to have cream stucco......again just sayin'. Good luck!

I think the color may not be as bad as we think. The light is so poor.

I would use a different shade of white and different shade of brown.

I lean towards not whitewashing it.

This is a picture of my favorite Tudor.

It is revival I suppose. I love the color.

The landscaping is not good but I suspect you know that.

I like the look of slate and faux slate roofs. Your new home is nice, good luck.

We have a number of historic Tudor Revival houses in our neighborhood. Most tend towards the yellow cream and brown that you have or a whiter cream and richer dark brown as described by queenvictorian. A few have a more modern color scheme with a grayish trim and cream similar to this picture:

But absolutely none of them are whitewashed!

Your house is gorgeous, just the way it is. If you need to repaint, choose the same colors. No painting of the brick. You do need some considerable landscaping done.

I think you have been given great advice if you like to keep it traditional.

As for me I favor a modern or modern revival tudor flair. I actually like when the timbers are given a more modern gray, taupe or gray-biege coat of paint. Also, s you can see from the pictures, one of these tudors limewashed the brick and in another they painted the brick and everything a similar color for a more uniform look. I actually like all of these options but my favorite is the limewashed brick and the timbers painted gray. Such a fun twist on a classic style. I also think that if there are many tudors in the nieghborhood then any of these options are nice ways to differentiate yourselves. Just my opinion.

Very fine specimens of the rare albino Tudor you've got there.

edit: The one in the middle is quite pretty, but don't think the pale coloring would work well for the OP's house - it's visually bulkier than these examples and also up on a hill. The dark traditional trim helps tone down the sense of bulk and pull it into the woody surroundings. If it were all pale and low contrast, it would look like a hulking ghostly mass methinks.

Very fine specimens of the rare albino Tudor you've got there. I wish Houzz had a LOL button!

I think someone already suggested it, but if you’re looking to improve exterior appearance, landscaping could make a big difference.

I suspect the downspouts are making the half timber pattern look a bit crazy and the diagonals timbers are much too narrow. To suggest a solution I would need to see a better photo of the half timber areas.