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I think it will look bad. A lot of money for a mediocre result and lots of future upkeep.

It would ruin it. This is an awesome 1930’s Tudor style house, please don’t erase all history out of it for the Fad du Jour.

If you’re on IG, check out this account:

https://instagram.com/littletudordiary?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

So many charming homes full of character.

Now imagine them all painted white (or limewashed) with black trim and windows. Permanently.

A great landscape plan will go far. Please don’t paint it!

I would not touch the stone. I would paint the windows and door but the stone is beautiful.

I do not like white painted rocks of any sort - fireplace or house or anything. Kinda makes me think of a marshmallow house - not a good look. There's occasionally a good argument to be made for painting brick, but never stone or rock. I would LOVE to hear more about your house - when built , by whom. Im not familar with storybook or tudor style - we just had stoic German immigrants around here who didnt go in for fanciful architecture LOL. I almost thought it was a more recent creation by a very skilled outsider artist type, Whatever it is its really delightful!

Marshmallow house is a good description. I think it all looks like plastic. Please do not ruin that beautiful house.

Instead of painting use all that money for better landscaping, it could really be beautiful.

I’ll add my vote too: please do not paint that stone. It is gorgeous.

Painting the stone is not an option for you. However, stone can be limewashed to adjust the color if needed. I happen to really like the color of your stone but I might consider adjusting the color of the intermittent pink/orange brick that pops up here and there. It's a bit distracting in color. It's a stone technique I'm not familiar with.

I've adjusted the color of the brick and added a dark gray for your trim. I think black is too harsh for your home.

I also think that a soft white is an option for all your trim.

The stone is an unfortunate combination of too many colors. It can be managed so it's less chaotic and more intentional with lime wash.

Romabio is the best product option and they have more options than just white. Nube Gray is very pretty and so is Riposo Beige.

I also am against painting the stone areas. We had a cute tudor style home when I was young. I am a retired US Air Force Captain; I was stationed in England for several years; no one had their tudor style stone houses painted; I found them quite charming too!

Question… does anyone elses home on the street look like this? i ask because i can see peeks of the two houses next door which look like 50s brick ranches. i bet this was a 70s or 80s upgrade added on to make it look like a Tudor when art deco was popular again. many people have done that in my area on these smaller homes (upgrades and expanding was cheaper than moving, just like we will see all these black and white farmhouse styles in 20 to 30 years in the middle of 50s ranches) so i dont think it is original. it also looks odd/ off to me. i am usually for preserving, but i would start with a good cleaning and then light cover with limewash to make it cohesive but you can still see the variation.

This is a 1936 Tudor in Dallas with a wide variety of architectural styles in the historic area. I live in D/FW and saw the listing recently. As far as I know, it’s still active.

The inside has been modernized, most original features painted white, with gray walls. A bathroom that looks like ’modern farmhouse’. All the usual and tiresome fads represented.

On same street — 1926 Tudor Revival.

A 1949 MCM by architect Harold Prinz:

1922 house (another street):

Porch of house in OP:

So charming:

I think instead of a permanent masonry change, erasing 86 yrs and counting of history, different trim and siding colors could be explored. The workers who built this were probably very proud of their skills, and rightly so. This type of stone and brickwork is a lost art for the most part.

ETA: There is an active heritage and conservation association for this area of Dallas.

I never like painted stone it always looks bad. Maybe limewashing if you can find a pro to do it but really I would leave it alone it is pretty much maintenance free now .I do not think this is a 1930's Tudor though. IMO looks like a spanish/ tudor wanna be.

Patricia. It was built in 1936, as I posted above. That makes it a 1930’s Tudor.

I feel like I’m in Houzz Bizarro World.

@Jilly thank you for this! nice to see the neighborhood photos! i hope they keep it original as possible and bring it back to its original state

Stephanie, there are so many amazing homes in that area, mansions to cottages, decades of architectural styles. I especially love the bungalows.

Just for fun (my apologies to Andi for going off-topic), the first house built there:

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=153633

Luckily, Romabio didn’t exist then. 😆

Ah - not OP's house, so I think we are allowed to go off tangent! There have been some DIY Romabio jobs posted on this forum that have gone seriously awry, people freaking out and asking how do I fix this. It looks so simple but .... like most anything DIY, requires good eye for detail. Do they not have a true historic district - that would put a damper on this type of exterior change which disrupts the visual cohesiveness of the area.

I think it's eclectic Spanish Revival. Not all romantic revival houses are very pure in their historic reinterpretation, and many houses would be almost the same except for some details added onto the facade. (Not unlike developments now where you can pick the various facades a la carte for whatever your floorplan is). That crested tower of the front door is like the Alamo.

I think the house would look better without all the peach trim, the stone is fine.

I don't think it's Tudor or Spanish Revival specifically, I think it's some sort of made up eclectic Romantic Revival with a little of this and a little of that. They weren't necessarily going for historical accuracy. This isn't quite right either but it has to be a trim color from the stone. Not white, not peach, not to bright, a greyed out warm color in the stone, something umberish.

I was hoping you’d do some mock-ups, Pal. Getting rid of that orange on the porch makes a huge difference.

OK, ok I would keep the stone. I wonder how it would look with black trim and black trim windows, and a creamy white porch

I feel like black trim and white on the porch would both be a little harsh, too much contrast with the stone.

Hmm, I kinda like it. Would love to get everone's opinion!

Paint all wood trim and windows a soft off white. Paint the door an accent color or a dark wood stain. Leave the stone alone. If you don't like it then, move. Please don't ruin a very nice house.

I think you could go almost as dark in a brown, but not pure black.

Instead of black, I’d use one of the stone colors — either a gray or brown — and use that in a darker tone.

Curious how Urbane Bronze would look.

ETA: Sorry, Pal, was posting at same time.

It has soft white trim already .. maybe a matching soft white front door would do the trick.

My grandpa was a stone mason and built houses kinda like this. They’re gorgeous and historical, I imagine. Don’t paint anything. I am not a fan of the black trim, either. It detracts from the home, imo.

Limewash to unify the stone and brick then paint the trim mid to light. The white with black trim fad simply doesn’t work on every house.

I’ve asked here, the posters who suggest Romabio, if they have any experience with it … personally or clients.

Gallons.

That's how I was able to measure each of the Roma colors.