This home is lovely. Nothing is wrong with the trim or floor color. It is classic - and will never become "dated' - one of the perks of owning a well preserved older home. Do not turn it into something "2017" because then it will become dated. Lighten the walls and enjoy your lovely home - and turn off HGTV if you watch it much:)

Green sounds like a fun choice. I have no pictures, but I'm about to get a new kitchen island with blueish stain. I chose the stained look over blue paint because I like seeing a bit of the wood grain showing through. If your cabinets will get hit with a lot of sunlight, it would worth knowing whether paint or stain is more forgiving about showing little dings and blemishes.

FYI Romabio is good at what they do ... no argument here.... but they have a limited range of only whites & very light grays and it cannot be applied to anything with conventional house paint on it, only raw unpainted masonry or other mineral paint applications. There are several other mineral paint (aka potassium silicate) paint co's in the US, a couple of which have a sort of "primer" product which can go over conventional paint - try this is one : https://www.beeckmineralpaints.com/ For best results though I think Id still want to get off as much of the paint film as possible .... but without going too far and damaging the brick. Then the primer product, and then the mineral paint. Of course this would be hugely labor intensive or expensive to hire out, that is assuming you can even find anyone who has heard of mineral paint or would want to do it. At the very least find a person who understands the science about this and doesnt shrug off the concerns - maybe there are some other types of breathable coatings that I dont know about. Michelle above is correct - any coatings need to be breathable, or there WILL be damage, its only a matter of time. The brick bldg across the street from me was painted only 12 yrs ago and is already spalling (ie brick cracking and disintegrating) terribly in some places near bldg exhaust vent and other places Its really sad how the big box, do it cheap mentality of the last 30-40 yrs has resulted in so much shoddy workmanship that is now considered the norm.... and actual physical damage. Not many people thinking long term any more, beyond 10 or 20 yrs.

Thanks :) We actually just removed the an identical wall on the right. (just hidden behind bushes in the before picture below) The walls and windows were covered with overgrown bushes. We are in the process of tearing out the small one by the walkway too, it is broken and almost covering/leaning over half the walkway. We ran out of stones, but will match as soon as we get more, and go across soon. We will be getting rid of the entire wall on the left at some point, (not retaining anything but our view lol) or maybe lowering it to reveal part of the courtyard behind it. Also, getting rid of the overgrown holly tree bushes behind it too, just taking things one thing at a time. Here is a before photo from a few weeks ago. We also leveled the yard a the yard a little better since then, fixed some sprinklers, and replaced some sod. Next up is to finish ripping out the small leaning retaining wall, replacing/continuing with the stones, windows (hoping for casement so there is no mid bar), low growing landscaping in front of the windows, and trying to scrub the mortar off the house where the old wall used to be fixed to it, OR painting/mortar washing the whole house. As mentioned in a reply to my original post, I could go modern, which I had actually already been thinking about, since this is an 80's contemporary home. I just can't figure out what color or treatment to do with the brick... Any more thoughts/suggestions/ideas on how to pull that off would be much appreciated!! Thank you guys :)