If you make the other changes as suggested, I don't think you'll feel the need to paint the brick. There's no sense creating a maintenance issue where there is none now. The house has the potential to be very handsome. Some pretty pots with flowers on either side of your door will add some color as well. Don't forget that nothing looks pretty this time of year when trees are bare and lawns are brown.

Lori - I don't have Pure White or White Dove trim. I do have BM Ballet White (eggshell) on my walls with Swiss Coffee baseboards, doors & ceiling. The Swiss Coffee was painted many years ago and is likely Dunn Edwards brand or a paint match to that color. The Ballet White was painted last summer and I used the BM brand. It was so much work to paint myself, so I left the doors and baseboards to remain their original Swiss Coffee color. I did paint the dining room chair rail Ballet White (semi-gloss) because I really wanted it to blend in with the walls. I hope that this summer I have the energy to paint the doors and baseboards because I would like them, also, to be Ballet White (semi-gloss). Ballet White Walls with Swiss Coffee Trim & Ceiling Dining Room Photos Below are: Ballet White (eggshell) with Ballet White Chair Rail (semi-gloss) and Swiss Coffee Baseboard (semi-gloss)

Cute solid home! I’d remove shutters permanently. Stain the concrete window ledges the same alabaster as the brick. To me the window trim and alabaster are so close that I’d leave it. The big question is how to tie in the new dark wood stained door. I don’t have a program that would allow me to show you that. So if it were me, I’d try to find something dark that I could put that stain on, and literally wrap it around the columns on your porch. Just one column would be enough. Step back, and take a look! If you don’t like the dark, then personally I’d leave it the same as the white trim on windows.

How about rethinking your plan? Here is a inspirational photo and a color palette as example. I am OK with your shutters because they look like they could be functional and they provide vehicle for accent color. I would paint body BM Tarrytown green or similar color and shutters complimentary orange/rusty red for accent. I suggest you look on Houzz for pictures you like that are inspirational to you and post in a new Ideabook here on Houzz. You only have 2 Ideabooks now so it would help us “see” what you like and envision. Great house in great setting.