Navy house painted brick with hearty board, lap siding advice

4 years ago

My husband and I both love the look of blue and white. I love the charm and the look of it with grass and greenery. We are inexperienced in home building, this is our first time. I need some help with the exterior. We like the look of this navy with the white trim but we want to do a mix of painted navy brick, navy hearty board or lap siding with all white windows and white trim. How do we design it so it looks seamless? We haven't started the exterior design. Any tips or advice? With anything to help this vision come to life and look good!! I need help! We're building a 2 story with a basement 3500 square foot total so its not a little cottage and I wonder how it will look. I like multiple textures but not multiple colors on a house. We are planning on using Hale Navy. Thank you in advance!!!

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Katie B.

4 years ago

Not a pro but posting for reinforcement. I love painted brick! And I love your inspiration photos. Chances are your house wouldn’t have laid brick but brick sheets, right? It seems tragic to brick a house and paint- different story with the sheets.

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Denita
4 years ago
Can you post pics of your elevations as they are drawn now?
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JAN MOYER
4 years ago
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Anywhere you see navy blue brick, it was updated from a traditional brick. Brick isn't critical to a deep navy house with white trim .

An exterior of ANY home, anywhere, marries both interior and exterior to a given site on which that house sits. You begin there, AT THE SITE. Preferably with an architect. Your buggy is ahead of your horse. Way ahead of it, actually.

Get an architect, ...............it is the best money you can spend. If you already know the exterior and the interior plans for this "not a little cottage" home? Post them. here In a format that can be blown up. Have a drink first : )
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I would go with a browner, mossier green to better harmonize with the brown of the brick + cream trim. Also research mineral paints - limeworks and Keim USA are 2 US based sources. These bond to the masonry (whether stone, concrete, stucco, etc) as opposed to being a paint film that sits on top of the surface - and are breathable (necessary to prevent moisture damage). Ive been told that the colors are more lively and beautiful, due to it being actual mineral pigment vs. chemical colorant. Cost - very reasonable, about what a medium-high end paint would cost. Only down side may be trying to find a painter. Just perservere- I found that while some I talked to looked at me like I had two heads, others were fascinated and eager to learn What others said about repair - get someone on that now before painting. And then youre good for another 100 yrs! Wood shakes would be a majorly expensive and unnecessary job that would probably end up waaayyy down on the priority list. Roof looks kinda old, fer instance. That might be the place to put some $ and get a shingle thing going on - either real wood or I have seen some fake shake roofs that dont look half bad, pretty convincing.
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Hey if it helps I live in an urban area and I'm on my deck right now which overlooks block after block of brownstones, row houses and tenements, some dating back to 1630s, brick mixed with painted siding. I've never really noticed the window trims before this thread, and I'm no expert at all. But if it helps I can tell you this: 1. The only white window trim I'm seeing is on painted siding, not brick. 2. Most of the brick has dark trim, not black, more like charcoal or chocolate brown. (I'm terrible at describing colors but hopefully you get the idea-- dark, but not black). 3. The few scant brick homes with lighter trim have more of a yellowish/ cream -- not white. One of them happens to be an old school building and the strip below the roof line is also cream, but I think it's actually brick, not paint. The other brick buildings seem to have matched that strip to the roof color. Whereas the painted siding homes have just painted that bright white. None of them have shutters. Our condo's building which dates to 1889 has the same brick and chocolate brown trim and sashes. After observing all this, I'm going to say the photoshops with white trim just look off to my eye. But so does the black. Needs to be dark, but not quite black.
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Very glad you removed the dental moulding as well as the moulding on the two bay windows. Am torn on painting the house or not. On the one hand I think it would help unify the fascade but the brick isn't bad looking and, once you paint brick you can't unpaint it. Would recommend adding gutters and downspouts though. That may be your plan. Would also give a lot of thought to landscaping. That will go a long way to unify the front of your house into a nice composition. Good luck!
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
Yes to all of the above and honestly why painted brick???
lkmichelle
Original Author
4 years ago
I follow Studio McGee and she recently built her home and did a mixture of textures with painted brick and so it made me think about incorporating brick. I like mixtures of textures but I don’t want a navy house with white hearty board and red brick— I want it all to be navy with different textures and white trim to get some old world charm so I’m asking for ideas. I have an architect that we are just starting with but you’re right, I’m probably way ahead of the game. I just want to know what I want for the exterior so I can be better prepared to work with the architect. Thanks for all your help!!
nickel_kg
4 years ago
Hardi board actually comes in different styles to provide different textures. Any architect should be familiar with them, as well as other options to achieve the effect you're going for. I like the deep blue with white trim, it looks so crisp and fresh.
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PPF.
4 years ago
hearty board

Hardie board.

www.jameshardie.com
cpartist
4 years ago
Old world charm houses were not built with multiple textures
lkmichelle
Original Author
4 years ago
Hardie board. ha ha. I told you I wasn't a professional. This is all new to me! We are not looking for an entire brick house! no! And yes, I was thinking more like using some brick sheets by the entry or something and paint them to add different texture because we are required to use some stone in our build but we don't want to have a navy house with a lighter stone. This is all great feedback! Keep it coming! Thank you!
Katie B.
4 years ago
Do you have any elevations yet? I’m sure pros could give advice about where to put the different textures once you have those.

Our neighbors painted their house navy with white trim. They painted a cobblestone feature next to their front door navy as well. I’m happy to take a photo if it will help you. It doesn’t look good, to be honest. In their case, a limewashed stone would’ve looked better.
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PPF.
4 years ago
Chances are your house wouldn’t have laid brick but brick sheets, right?

What are "brick sheets"?
Katie B.
4 years ago
They’re a panel, veneer. Very common in my area.
Katie B.
4 years ago
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Siding-Stone-Veneer-Siding/Brick/Panels/N-5yc1vZc85vZ1z0r6r5Z1z0r6r7

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