Ok, paint brand aside I still need to find my colors. Did some more reading and looked at neighbors pictures and it seems that with my honey colored cabinets the best colors are a sage shade or a neutral. This is a neighbors kitchen, mine is similar but without the counter top and stainless steel appliances. I plan on tearing down the half wall and extend granite over it. So if I do a sage color in the kitchen what would work in the rest of the house? I could do a light sage like this or a gray sage like this one: but I rather avoid doing greens in the rest of the house as I am not particularly fond of them... I met with a realtor a few days ago an he suggested we do grays throughout the house. My husband doesn't really like grays( he says he feels like in a bunker) so I am trying to find a middle ground...

Old thread, but I've been searching PPG paint colors with very little success. Everything is about SW and BM, but our builder uses PPG. Thanks for sharing your final colors, it looks great. I am considering Agreeable gray too, but feel it is too dark. Whiskers it doesn't look dark in your home at all so I might have to get a sample of that one. I was looking at Silent Smoke with Delicate White cabinets too.

Similar to mine also -- in my small house I have Behr Navajo White on the walls (in living, dining, upper hall and one bedroom) which is a soft yellow or yellow-beige, depending on the room and time of day; one bedroom is a Glidden soft sage green; another is a deeper, more caramel-y yellow. I have sage green curtains in the living and dining and a terracotta- ish (tends more coral -- has more pink than a terracotta pot), yellow and tan rug; The sofa is a greenish brown or brownish green. The floors are natural red oak. The colors all produce a warm but calm effect and since they aren't really vivid, they read fairly neutral and flow together. I have other small color accents as well -- in artwork, lamp, pillows. For major colors I think the 4 that I have are the max that can work --IMO. I've not read Maria Killam but have seen multiple positive mentions here, so I would check out her blog for sure.

Your home is very nice but the problem you're having deciding what route to go is that your home is a mishmash of different styles. The roof screams coastal south yet the brick yells colonial. Add the shutters (colonial) and the Roman pillars (colonial) and it amounts to a split personality. The first thing I would suggest is getting rid of the fake shutters. Unless shutters actually have a purpose it's better to ditch them. The columns are a little more problematic because to change them will incur significant costs. I would go with a simple square column for their chameleon-like properties. But make sure the dimensions work in relations to the size of the home. As much as I am an avid gardener I agree that the shrubbery at the house perimeter needs to go. It overwhelms the home and makes it appear much more squat than it actually is. I don't have a problem with the other greenery, though. I have no experience painting brick in such an environment. Bricks helps release humidity in a building. In Canada where I live, painting brick can be problematic. The continual effect of moisture trapped in the brick can deteriorate it over time. While I live in the north I have a place in south Florida. Most painted homes I see are stucco which lends itself to paint. Paint would be an easy and cheaper fix in the short term, but I believe it would require constant attention and over time the costs could multiply. I think your dissatisfaction in your home's appearance is less because of the brickwork but because of the stark contrast of a very light roof against dark facade. Try painting your front door a different color (the red just accentuates the colonial vibe) that works with the brick and the roof before making the leap to painting the whole house. I suggest SW's Sea Serpent. Paint the columns (not the door color) as well but a muted shade like SW's White Flour to get an idea of what your home could look like without going all in on the facade. I noticed you used an app for a combo of house paint and shutter colors complimented with blue and white greenery. As an expert gardener, I have to say my experience with blue and white florals paired with rich dark greenery , which are absolutely sensational, really only work in environments that enjoy a lot of shade. It's the shade aspect of the colorations that makes the pairings so luminous. In a sun drenched environment like south Florida they look washed out. My final suggestion if cost is not an issue would be to hire someone, after investigating the effect of paint on brick, to stucco your home's exterior. No better time after pulling out the foundation plantings.