I can sympathize since we recently had an oak tree hit our roof. I would remove the shutters on the larger window since they make no sense on that window style. I also think your other windows would be fine with just the white trim and no shutters. Maybe a pale gray for the siding which would be nice with the brick and what looks like a dark gray or black-ish roof on my screen...? Your white trim would look good against the brick and gray siding.

You didn't ask but the scroll-y posts aren't working with the house. Maybe think about replacing them with squared, white posts.

** shutters on bay window will be going away with painting

Did a test with a few grays

dovetail

classic french

gauntlet

westchester

My own preference would be a lighter gray than any of those. Your house looks somewhat shadowed by the trees. Though both are nice, your roof and brick are dark, so something light seems good to me.

As light as the lighter gray in this first photo, or the light gray siding in the second one.

I'm not a pro; maybe some of them will weigh in here.

SW Gauntlet Grey

SW Dove Tail

SW Westchester Grey

SW Web Grey

SW Anchors Aweigh

I often think about removing all shutters. Back of house is shutter free. The shutters will be coming down before work begins-pretty extensive

Opinions here really vary on shutters. The ones you have on the right side are actually sized pretty well. Each shutter should be half the window's width. You can see where the problem is with your larger window on the left. Along with size, both the house and window style factor in.

I think the shutter-less windows look nice in Melissa's examples. Still would prefer a lighter gray in that shady setting.

I would use a light taupe color for the siding, similar to the grout between your bricks. I think it will look more natural than gray.

I agree with Calidesign...a light, light sandy beige.....not one with pink undertones. Your house is very dark, and a light color would definitely freshen it up. IF you keep shutters, I would paint them the same color. Also the window trim. My brick is mostly red, but it does have some bricis with a sand face and smudged blackish face (that sounds strange i know) and I picked up the light sand look for trim color.

i am just not seeing gray with your brick. I would also get more substantial posts.

Different house, but the creamy beige on this house lightens things up. Love the posts.

Some option

No shutters for bay windows.

Also replacing rear entrance doors, would mid century modern doors work? Looking at the Pulse models from Thermatru.

A simple MCM door could work. Are you open to changing out your posts?

Just had a discussion about this with my contractor. Yes we are discussing changing out metal posts

Light grey would be my go to..

I like your house. I wouldn’t call it a raised ranch, though. Typically ‘raised’ refers to the foundation being raised up out of the ground.

I think a light color is best because you have lots of beautiful shade trees and your brick is a fairly deep color. I’m not a grey fan so I’d go with a very light cream.

@littlebug zone 5 Missouri would it be considered more of a garrison colonial?

@Altair looking at gray, neutral muted tones in our neighborhood.

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images thank you for the renderings.

(just figured out how to add names in my responses 🤦‍♀️)

I have some time to make siding color decisions-but roof and soffit need to be made sooner than later-and can influence the whole feel.🤯

Here were a few renderings I was considering

I’m no pro, but I see from a quick internet search that a garrison colonial home has a second story that is larger than the first story. As in, the second floor juts out from the first floor. It’s hard to tell from these straight-on pictures if your second floor is larger than the first. Like this example.

have you decided what you'd like the final result to be? do you like the red brick and the vintage ranch style or would you like to modernize it? Now would be the time.

As for the red brick, there are products like Romabio w/very little maintenance upkeep. their masonry paint is guaranteed for 20 years. and it's natural, a mineral product.

If you took away the metal posts, added the cedar, painted the brick white, and did something like this, it would look amazing

brick painted a deep warm charcoal, added wood elements

and a bit more modern redos.

Since this is your one chance for a full makeover, decide what it is you want first

Not too many modern styles in our area @Beth H. :we are keeping the red brick. Replacing metal posts with wood