I am not a house :) I was just wondering if anyone's seen this done before. I don't want to do it if it's going to look bad. My mom mentioned seeing it on HGTV, but I couldn't find anything online about it. I thought folks here might have seen it done on TV or heard of someone doing it.

Think greige (gray/tan). This would work with the brick. I also agree with the idea of adding some shutters. Also, you could paint the finger molding on the 2nd floor white, like the rest of the trim. If you're interested in seeing some virtual makeovers check my web site, Creative Visual Concepts. I could show you how different treatments could look.

I'm usually not one to criticize here on Houzz so let me get this over with now...your house is both a color and architectural disaster. I'm not a fan of the current color...it is not a very pleasant color and is dated, as well. As it is the primary color, I'd start with changing it, then selecting a color for the brick. I'm wondering if you might be OK with the brick in its current state if the other siding is a different color. I am with your husband when it comes to whitewashing brick...it has its place - usually on much older structures - but I don't see it working well with your house. Would the same paint color on the brick and garage door work? The white garage door claims too much attention and shouldn't (it is nearly the home's focal point)...it is just another garage door and nothing special to look at. The white windows are doing a bit of the same thing...calling attention to themselves even though the bay window is a totally different style than the upper-floor windows. You have endless new subdivisions being constructed in Southern California...pay a visit to some of those to check out the current trends in color.

what is the color you show in the first pick is tha your brick already painted (I sure hope not ) IMO the fastest way to devalue a house is to paint the brick . Iwould lose the shutters paint the siding the dark color get a MCM garage door and entry door and then do some nice MCM landscaping .So something like this for thebgarage and entry doors and this type of landscaping just leave the brick and BTW if you have grids in the widows change that ,