The brick is only on that front facade And chimney. The other three sides of the house are white siding. My problem with the brick is it isnt a nice brick I feel it is dated. I am attaching a detail photo. Ultimately, I would love to transition to a different style but I don’t think that will happen for a while so I guess I am looking to improve what we currently have, while also getting ideas for what could be done in the future. Thank you all so much. Your advice and opinions are much appreciated.

Thanks so much for all the comments! They have been great at helping me think of options I had not considered at all. You all are great to share your thoughts and ideas! I've been trying to get more pictures in better light, which has been challenging. I am also posting a few pics of the side and back of the house. There are shadows in the pics, but they seem unavoidable. The brick is interesting - depending on the light, it can look quite different Sometimes it takes on a pinkish hue, while other times it is more terra cotta and other times more brownish in color. And the brick is darker closer to the ground and lighter higher up. Based on your great ideas, I am now leaning towards a conservative approach and considering changing the paint colors only for now and see how that works (and still replace the roof, which is a necessity). I realize that if painting and making other changes doesn't turn out the way I would like, I can always go back and reconsider more major approaches like painting the brick and/or enlarging windows. I had been riding around town, looking for houses with painted brick, trying to get ideas. I'm including here a picture of a house I saw and liked. While it is a far different (and more attractive!) style than mine, I noticed that its' color isn't too different from our brick. That has lead me to consider the possibility of painting the area between the windows to be almond, matching the windows, and also to use the almond color in all areas that are currently painted the color that was trying to match the brick. And then use black for the trim where I currently have teal If I were to just change paint colors (and not paint brick or change windows), I am thinking of something like the picture below. I would really like to have more of the accent color on the front of the house. I originally felt I couldn't have shutters because of the window placement, but now I am wondering if it is a possibility after all. I would love to hear your thoughts on possibly adding some shutters after all. Sorry that the colors aren't great, but I was trying to best be able to try on some various Sherwin William colors. I'm including one more picture - this one before we took down the foundation shrubs a few days ago. We anticipate having a new substantial foundation planting, just not as straight across as this was and not as overgrown. We will have a variety of different plant types and different plant heights also. I realize that the plants will make a big difference. We do plan to remove the vines currently growing on trellises on the house, once we get the new planting done. Left them up just for now. I really appreciate the suggestion to move the planters down (getting rid of all our big shrubs makes things look very different!) And I like the idea of adding a flower box on the areas to the side of the entrance, but they would only look good here for about half the year, I'm afraid. That did get me thinking about the possibility of having a rectangular accent piece of scrollwork in those areas instead. I would appreciate any thoughts you have about these possible paint colors (without painting the brick, at least for now) as well as possibly adding shutters. Also possibly adding scrollwork pieces on the two sides of the entrance. Again, thanks so much for all of your great input! It is so much help to me!

No brown roof on that house. It wont look good with the brick. The charcoal color it is now, is perfect, and I would redo it with the same color it is. No, dont paint the brick. Why take something maintenance free and turn it into maintenance. The shutters could be a bit darker than wht they are. I agree with above, your house right now is perfect for the style of the house. Do not muddle up, what already works very well. Put your money on something else, or just bank it and enjoy what you already have, which is a very well done exterior.

I agree about your trying to hone in on your own preferences including styles of furniture, wood tone and colors you actually like. And that it could also be somewhat “ eclectic” as long as things meshed. But if you’re not real confident of your own choices & style ( and that’s not a criticism- it’s more understanding whether you need more of a template and inspiration photos rather than building your decor more organically), or really just for inspiration, you might search under several different “ decor style” names and collect pics & see which decor styles keep turning up as your favorites. I know I would go more tropical/ British colonial because I love wicker, bamboo, richer warmer colors, have a high tolerance for various warm brown woods and prints. Others love paler woods, sand and sea color palette. No one right answer except try to avoid super cliché decor and cheap looking accessories.