Hi; We used BM Rockport Grey (or is it Gray ???) with white trim and a patent black front door and I love it! We have "regular" brick as pillars (? not sure what to call them) around our garage bays and think this color looks just teriffic. I'm attaching a link to a picture -- not particularly great as I was focused on our landscaping project, but it's an idea ... maybe? Here is a link that might be useful:

@Zone4 yeah, I think I'm starting to realize that the brick probably helps break up the facade and keep it interesting. I'm starting to be really intrigued with the limewashing idea. If it turns out we could paint the windows, would you do black or white? I like the idea of a black/charcoal, but have also heard that is the worst color on vinyl windows. @aprilneverends it has been hard to really get the colors across from the listing pics. Basically it is 50 shades of unappealing (to me at least) tan inside and out. So I want a dramatic change, but I know people are really torn about changing brick, so I'll probably have my husband mockup a version with the brick and a dark greige paint to see how that looks alongside a limewashed version. Front door, yes, that thing has a big stain glass Texas star that doesn't help anything. I was thinking one of the modern doors with 3-5 satin horizontal lites to keep some light coming in from the door, then finding a complimentary garage door. For the French doors, I definitely won't change my mind on the divided lites - however they are just an overlay on top of a solid piece of glass, so one of the contractors said you could just pop them off. One set of doors needs a new handle, the other needs about $300 in repair work and weatherproofing, so that is why I'm debating whether or not to rehab these versus put in new ones. And if we replace, I don't know if sliding glass doors that let in tons of light or new French doors with the thinnest frame possible would look best. I know landscaping will have a huge impact too, and could really turn this into a more modern looking house. The bones are certainly good, and it is plain enough that we can subtly take it in a couple directions, just trying to narrow down what will look best while also being somewhat our style.

Hi - I think you may have more chance of great suggestions if you could post more images of the whole house? Many appreciate seeing the roof etc before making colour proposals. 🌈

I tried a few options; these are the ones I liked best. In each I've darkened the panels around the door, added planters, turned the entry lights on, and changed all trim that is adjacent to the brick to a bronze color that stands out less. The rest of the trim is unchanged. (I tried light/white trim and didn't like it as well, but others might.) Other than these changes, the first photo is as is, with the existing siding color. The others show the siding lightened but still beige, and then two versions of the current sage green trim color, just lightened a little more and a little less. (By the way, there are some contributors here who are absolutely brilliant with color advice, but I'm not one of them! Hopefully they will chime in too.)