Should I paint my Mid Century Modern brick home?
Teena Beans
5 years ago
Have to sell my great mid century home and I am stuck between 2 options. I am having trouble because the front and the back of the home are so different :(
My thoughts are, and I BEG someone to have a better one *please*:
1) Leave red brick, black trim along roof, black front door, repainting siding to a brighter white, and leaving window trim white. Under eaves would be light white-ish color.
OR 2) Should I go all in and paint the brick? The interior fireplace I did a nice taupe-y color and my realtor thought maybe the exterior to match? (Interior red brick/wood panel is before, taupe/white is after). Help! Color schemes, anything! Thank you!
The brick color below is what my realtor suggested to paint exterior, with black/white trim.
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Comments (20)It's true, I struggled with what to call this house at first. Since it was built in the middle of the century and has a few of those elements it seemed like it fit most in mcm....but without the modern part haha! Just literally mid-century. I think you're all right that it's just a ranch house. The builder lived in it for a year or two after he finished it, so I don't think it was designed by an architect. I think he just built what he liked. I guess when we moved in I felt like we could do whatever we wanted to on the inside and it would work, but everyone who comes over tends to throw "mid-century modern" terms around like baseballs so it made me second guess everything! I think the dated...well, everything...makes it hard to envision as anything but 60s/70s vibes. So once we start doing our work it will start to take on a new life....See More
PROSina Sadeddin Architectural Design
5 years agoTeena Beans thanked Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
5 years agoI think the exterior could be painted skillfully to update the appearance.
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Bette P
5 years agoYour realtor is giving bad advice, leave the brick alone, you will disappoint the diehard MCM buyers. Your eye goes to light colours first, so leave all the trim especially at the roofline light, no black. If it was my home, I would consider painting the walls a warm taupe/grey, it has to work with the roof color, the brick and the mortar. Choose your colors carefully, you should hire a color expert to be on site. Or don’t paint at all, leave it to the buyer.
Maybe the wood at the entry can be restored. Please don’t change anything that is authentic.
This example photo shows how the wall and carport support was painted a color to work well with the brick.
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