tibbrix, I'll certainly try that out. I've heard that you must go deeper in Northern exposure but it this particular room (western with one small window), the aesthetic white really brightened it up and made it warm at the same time. I will try your suggestions with my foyer though because I'll need to make it look rich.

Perhaps if you decide first if you want the white to have any hint of color, which, and how obvious to the eye -- since off whites can be slightly blue, green, yellow, orange, lavender, or gray. "Rich" to me usually implies a yellowish tint between cream and butter (natural colors). Behr Cottage White is a rich white, that works well with many other warm colors in my experience, but might be slightly stronger than you want.

Don't do what I did. I have a light gray house and wanted a true white for my garage door. At the store I was talked into Simply White in order to not be "stark." I hated it. It looked yellow. I ended up covering it with Behr's Frost, a white/light cool gray. It was perfect. That wouldn't work for you, unless you get rid of all that red, maroon and orangish color. which I would do. They are dated. Paint always depends on how it looks next to what you already have and lighting. Get lots of paint samples, narrow it down to a few that work, then get sample pots to test it on the actual structure. Finally, look at it at different times a day. When I look at your house, the first thing I notice are the overgrown shrubs, and then the windows -- they need trimwork, at the very least. Good luck!

General Shales Winterhaven For a brighter white brick, use a White mortar - white mortar and white sand, NOT a pre-mix. See a video of the brick with a beige mortar. HERE