Those with a creative eye....help with house colors

[morgan98]

It's hard to imagine in separate pictures, but I'm not sure about the gray with blue/green, and a brown roof. It would probably look better with a gray toned roof.

I would also be concerned about the upkeep of the painting over brick.

I agree with the post above about the colors. The brownish roof is a warm tone, while the gray and the bluish green are cooler tones. I generally do not like mixing those two palettes. This is not to say you cannot go with any grey, but the grey may need to lean more towards taupe and pull in the brown a bit. I also am not a big fan of blue and brown.

I know the painted brick will be some upkeep, but I also think it is a good compromise when faced with a house with a more "dated" brick.

 

[cabanafrau]

I would start first by dipping my toe in with an economical approach and see if my feelings about whether or not I could live with the brick would be affected if I simply painted shutters, door, trim and possibly gable only to more pleasing colors. I honestly wonder if getting rid of the peach might mute the scattered bricks with the peachy tones a bit?

 

[neverlandsky]

A creamy beige for house like peanut butter, medium brown for the garage & front door, cream for the soffit & trim with forest green shutters.

 

[monica9]

I would start first by dipping my toe in with an economical approach and see if my feelings about whether or not I could live with the brick would be affected if I simply painted shutters, door, trim and possibly gable only to more pleasing colors. I honestly wonder if getting rid of the peach might mute the scattered bricks with the peachy tones a bit?

We’ve thought about that as well. Just painting the door and shutters.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

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Here’s our house. Yikes. So with that roof color would those colors look ok? It’s so hard for us to take the step to purchase the paint. We aren’t good at seeing the final picture in our heads!

Ouch. But I think you can salvage it without painting the brick. Right now your trim and your shutters are making it look ugly. Go off white with the trim to match the lighter brick in the pattern. Also switch out to louvered shutters or go with wood. In any case get rid of that color. Remember if you don't already have a wood door, paint the door to match your shutters. Next shingle change, darken them up a bit and go with some dimensional shingles.

 

[monica9]

Ouch. But I think you can salvage it without painting the brick. Right now your trim and your shutters are making it look ugly. Go off white with the trim to match the lighter brick in the pattern. Also switch out to louvered shutters or go with wood. In any case get rid of that color. Remember if you don't already have a wood door, paint the door to match your shutters. Next shingle change, darken them up a bit and go with some dimensional shingles.

Nice ideas. I’ll look into that for sure. We just can’t paint the trim of the windows because they are vinyl.

 

[Hrhpd]

We’ve thought about that as well. Just painting the door and shutters.

Do you have any town or hoa regulations against painting brick? I only ask because a person a few streets down painted their whole house including the brick and they were forced to sandblast the paint off the brick because it was against town regulations, even though the HOA had approved the paint job. Although in fairness to the the HOA, they did not think the brick was being painted too when the paint colors were submitted since they assumed the homeowner knew the rules.

 

[Hrhpd]

here are some suggestions
https://matchness.com/2018/09/01/46-exterior-paint-colors-for-house-with-brown-roof/

 

[VandVsmama]

The riverway color will look nice against the existing brown shades of the brick AND the existing roof color.

BUT...
that light gray color you selected to cover up the brick? It's going to clash against the roof. The end result will be that the whole house...with brown roof and gray house and gray-ish blue door & shutters might look depressing instead of refreshed & new.

Don't paint the house gray. Any other color than that would be good. Of course, don't pick peach either!

Just painting the door & shutters first will end up removing the lighter brick color from standing out...so those bricks will no longer look peach. They'll just look like the light tan that they actually are.

**Edited to add**
Try just painting the trim, door, & shutters in that Riverway color. Then live with it for a little bit and see how you like it. THEN decide what to paint the rest of the house.

 

[Wishing on a star]

I opened three screens and arranged them to superimpose the roof over the color blocks.
That way I got to see how it would all meld.
I don't mind painted brick, because, just me, I just don't like those red/orange earthy colors!!!!
If I were actually using a brick, I would use a lighter light-sand color.
I think that green is a good way to blend the earthy colors while getting a 'cooler' colorscheme and lighter look.

The smaller gray block IS too cool to work with that brown roof. Which does have warm orange tones, not just taupe.

Even though Worldly Gray has the word 'gray' in the name, it is a neutral, and not cool color. it isn't a 'cool' grey.
Notice on the paint chip samples, this color is listed as a 'Neutral'.

My only second thought about what you envision is whether that color might be a bit to deep with the dark roof.
If it would 'pop' and still pull together, or if would be more monochromatic.
It is hard to tell that on a small screen!!!!
I wonder how this exact color/tone would look on the house if it were a slightly lighter version.

 

[Hikergirl]

I think you could do a "greige" with a brown roof. A warm grey not one with cool blue tones.
I also think the shutter and door color will be too cool for a brown roof.

OK, I just googled grey houses with brown roof and I have to say I am liking the combo.
I should have known I would, I have a grey bedroom with dark brown furniture
I just don't think the shutter color will look good with it

 

[Hikergirl]

 

[cvjw]

Love the colors that hikergirl posted. I agree with others, the grey you picked out will not work with your current roof. That color of grey needs a roof in the dark grey or black family.

Everyone in our neighborhood is painting their brick and I love the results. Our neighbor has a brown roof like yours and went with an off white brick color. It looks great.

I will add that after our really wet winter, there was mold on the painted bricks. It does add for more maintenance.

 

[longboard55]

chips mean nothing, you need to try it on the house

 

[Wishing on a star]

The World Gray is actually a Neutral color, and is listed the way by Sherwin Williams...

OP, How old is the roof???
That brown seems to be big factor!

I really like the greens shown in your color chip.
Much more than the yellower green (more olive) shown above.

 

[scrapquitler]

I wouldn't put grey paint with a brown roof. I also agree with the suggestion to try changing the door and shutters color without painting the brick to see if that is enough of a change to make you happier. You could always go back and do the bricks after if you still aren't happy.

 

[monica9]

I opened three screens and arranged them to superimpose the roof over the color blocks.
That way I got to see how it would all meld.
I don't mind painted brick, because, just me, I just don't like those red/orange earthy colors!!!!
If I were actually using a brick, I would use a lighter light-sand color.
I think that green is a good way to blend the earthy colors while getting a 'cooler' colorscheme and lighter look.

The smaller gray block IS too cool to work with that brown roof. Which does have warm orange tones, not just taupe.

Even though Worldly Gray has the word 'gray' in the name, it is a neutral, and not cool color. it isn't a 'cool' grey.
Notice on the paint chip samples, this color is listed as a 'Neutral'.

My only second thought about what you envision is whether that color might be a bit to deep with the dark roof.
If it would 'pop' and still pull together, or if would be more monochromatic.
It is hard to tell that on a small screen!!!!
I wonder how this exact color/tone would look on the house if it were a slightly lighter version.

Thanks for your input. I was able to get the colors onto a picture of our actual house. I have to try to upload it on here. We chose a different tan color that is definitely more of a brown/beige tone. We are redoing the roof next year so we figure worst case we can match the roof to our colors if needed.

 

[monica9]

The World Gray is actually a Neutral color, and is listed the way by Sherwin Williams...

OP, How old is the roof???
That brown seems to be big factor!

I really like the greens shown in your color chip.
Much more than the yellower green (more olive) shown above.

We definitely need a new roof ASAP. We will be doing it next spring so we can change the roof color if needed.

 

[monica9]

This was what we were originally going to do. It’s what gave us the inspiration to chose green and neutral. I actually wanted that exact stone but my father is a mason and said to do a wall with that would cost us more than our budget allowed. But we will be doing stone similar to that color.

 

[monica9]

Love the colors that hikergirl posted. I agree with others, the grey you picked out will not work with your current roof. That color of grey needs a roof in the dark grey or black family.

Everyone in our neighborhood is painting their brick and I love the results. Our neighbor has a brown roof like yours and went with an off white brick color. It looks great.

I will add that after our really wet winter, there was mold on the painted bricks. It does add for more maintenance.

Yea, I guess there’s a special paint to use that will keep it breathable so it doesn’t mold. Maybe they didn’t use it?