It’s a nice house! Just needs an update. I am not in love with the colors; are there any house colors that you love? I would love to see a bigger front porch with boxed posts. How deep is the overhang? You can get rid of the shutters. I would not be against paint the brick, it’s not a large area, a although you can probably find some nice colors too coordinate with it.

Thanks for your thoughts! Do you think the upper windows would appear too small without shutters? The overhang is about 3 ft, coming to the edge of our small cement slab. I like the brick much more in summer, when the shadows from the trees add a lot of dimension to the colors. However, I'm having a hard time finding examples of houses with brick like mine... Any paint color suggestions?

Really nice house. Would not paint the brick -- not ever.

You might consider removing the two trees leaning toward the house before a storm --wind storm and/or ice storm or even lightening -- puts them on your roof.

While you already have room to create a portico, if you remove the two trees, you'll have plenty of room for a larger front porch -- either one will look good with forward facing gable with its ridge point the same height as the gable on the left side and it would be a good idea to make a decision on that before replacing the roof.

If you've been considering enlarging the house to extend the upstairs over the single story section on the left end of the ground floor and/or adding a porch or room elsewhere, Decide that before redoing the roofing.

If a new roof is needed, make that your priority. medium/dark gray shingles are as close to neutral as shingles get.

Newer metal roofs now have an extended warranty. Talk with your homeowner insurance company and see if they can give you any information about how metal roofs age in your geographic location that might help you make your decision. Probably would not choose metal myself with that style house -- they tend to look better with steep roofs.

Siding color you have is neutral and works well with the brick so if it doesn't need changing, wouldn't make that a priority.

Replace the brick with cedar impressions . We have a similar style house and that’s what we did

Technically, your house is not a Colonial. It is a raised ranch.

Remove the shutters.

Go for a gray roof; paint the clapboard gray, as well as all the trim.

S W Gauntlet Gray.

I actually have brick and white siding. I like this combination.

The only thing i would do is remove the shutters.

I would remove the tree if possible and then update your landscaping.

It is a perfectly fine looking house. Not worth the money to completely redo just to

make it look different.

Hello! Are you done? Can we see an “after” pic please??