Hi there, We haven't done it yet, but I still want to. I actually found a neighborhood near here (tipped off by my neighbor who's been thinking of doing this for ten years but has yet to pull the trigger) where there are tons and tons of houses like ours, most painted a single color. They look great. And it's in a very fancy area, which I think explains the greater prevalence of doing this than my specific neighborhood, which is nice but not ritzy (since painting the brick adds a lot of $$). I took pictures of some of these houses, which I'm happy to post. I think it's important though to hire a really really good painter, and to shell out the extra $ for good paint. I've seen some crappy jobs and it's not worth it.

What about this color? It has a bit of grey but not too orange. I also like Woodstock tan (center left). Finding the right color is definitely challenging. Good Luck!

Like your privacy fence separating the back yard from the front. You could add 4"x4" treated posts behind it with solar lights and/or brackets for hanging plants and/or wind chimes and/or bird feeders. Would not paint the low maintenance brick. Instead of painting the brick to add curb appeal -- it will not -- paint the siding on the back part of the home a color that will better blend with the brick you have. You might consider a light to medium brown -- tan without the pink or yellow hue. Like your privacy fence separating the back yard from the front. You could add a couple of 4"x4" treated posts behind it with solar lights for more light for both your driveway and back yard. You could also add brackets for hanging plants and/or wind chimes and/or bird feeders and/or seasonal /holiday decorations/flags/banners,etc. to the posts -- changing what you hang on the posts to suit your mood and/or the season. If you don't want to dig a hole for a post, a wide based plastic Christmas tree stand can hold a 6' post well but you'll need to both set a plastic jar cap in the bottom of the stand (to set between the post and the bottom to ensure the post will not stand in water and rot) and drill a few drainage holes around that cap. In January, you should begin to find donated stands at thrift stores for only a few dollars. Add solar lights with motion detectors (about $5 at Dollar General) to the walls and/or posts and you'd not have any wiring expense for exterior lighting. Consider outlining your driveway in brick or pavers and/or outline it with a row of low growing plant such as liriope - or whatever low growing plant will grow well in your planting zone and look good year round. Budget and building codes permitting, consider "enclosing" your concrete stoop as a screened entry with a flat roof and add a screen door that opens on the side facing the road. Leave your actual front door where it is. Paint the wood frame of your new entry and forward facing door your favorite bold bright color. If you choose a screened 4'x4' entry, you could leave only screen or add lattice over the bottom half of the screen on that side of a screened entry facing the driveway. Alternately, you could create two solid walls for your new 4'x4' entry with a window facing the driveway and a storm door facing forward -- and still leave your front door where it is. If you could enlarge the new entry a bit over the size of your current stoop, you could even have one storm or screen door from it open to the front yard and another storm or screen door open from it to the back yard -- with a screen or a window w/screen facing the driveway side. If you choose a solid wall with a window, then you might shop Habitat for Humanity Restore Stores for a good used window and/or doors -- especially in the spring when people begin remodeling and donate such things.

Paint some poster board with the Dried Thyme. I think it will work but brick is tricky (I own a tricky- colored brick house). The green may have enough gray to work with your bricks, or it won’t. But I like that color better than the charcoal, IF it complements the brick. The charcoal definitely works.