Comments on: Bricks and stones won’t break my bones

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:24:25 +0000

Great site. I’ve recently purchased a small, all-brick vacation house near the bay and ocean. It was built in 1953. I am totally stumped with what color the shutters should be. The old shutters were originally white, but that was so boring. My eyes see the brick as orange with some plum(?). The roof is white with green speckles and the large vents on the roof are made of copper and have a green patina. The awning windows in the front of the house will be replaced with something similar, but with white trim. I need help; should the shutters be light or dark? Thank you in advance. I hope I’ve attached the pics of the house correctly.
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By: Kate Smith

Kate Smith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:06:26 +0000

I think you are on the right track. A hue of blue could work for the shutters and doors but I would paint the garage door to match the trim rather than the shutters. Also if you are repainting the trim look at the color of the mortar between the bricks as a guide to the undertone or type of color. I would bet it might be more gray than tan so going with more of a taupe (tan with gray) might be a good choice rather than a yellow tan. For the blue you will probably also want to go a bit gray too rather than a blue that is very clear but looking at a sample is the best way to tell which blue will work best. ~Kate

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:41:29 +0000

My I ahve an all brick house and my front door is a medium to dark stain. I am repainting my shutters, garage door and side doors. The brick is mauve, gray and light tan/beige. Two questions— Any suggestions for the shutter color? I was thinking the BLUE family. Also, any suggestions on whether I should paint my garage and side doors to match the shutters or choose another color? My trim around the doors/windows is light tan. I currently have a dark mauve type of color on my garage/shutters. My neighbors right beside me already have gray and green shutters so I wanted to go different. Thanks so much for your help, Diane

By: anggi

anggi — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:11:43 +0000

my parents ask me to change the exterior color of their home.. well as fun as it sounds.. i said yes just to realize that their got a large portion of stone covering their exterior.. just around 75% .. and they want their home to look different… fiuh.. what should i do? the color of the stone are brown-reddish and some of them are light brown… the old color was brown-ligh brown..
i’m thinking green-gren combination.. but i’m not so sure about it… i dont to ruin my parents house… please help!!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:14:26 +0000

We currently have our home painted white and the trim is in two brown tones.
We are interested in making a change and have picked out DE5176 – Beautiful Peach for the house and DE5173 Deep Coral for most of the trim and for around the windowns we have chosen DE6299 Limerick for around the windows and for our iron fence. We are on a corner lot so we don’t know if this combination will work or not? The rod iron fence sits on a four foot brick wall and there are three gates.
Help!!

By: Murali

Murali — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:52:24 +0000

We just bought a split foyer home in Charlotte NC which has a lot of trees. The house currently has a red brick on the lower level and cedar shingles on the main level painted by the old owner a dark Grey 2 years back and makes the home looks very cave like and vanished in the evening
We tried to remove the paint with paint strip from Sherwin but decided to paint over a different color after giving up on the paint removal effort. We are currently applying primer and would love to hear your ideas for the pain color for the shingles. The roof is grey color. We would like to be able to send you a picture to show our color problem better.
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By: Deb Coss

Deb Coss — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:10:23 +0000

I also have a split entry house with the bottom half being yellow beige brick like Kelly Tousi. I have been searching websites for some idea for my house and haven’t found anything that shows color choices.
Kelly, did you get any ideas?

By: Kate Smith

Kate Smith — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:35:50 +0000

Thanks Donna for your kind words. I’ll get working on your question and post and answer shortly. Best, Kate

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:27:55 +0000

Your advice is wonderful, and I’m hoping my home can be helped as well. Here’s why: Built in the 80’s, my country style home has 4 brick colors: a few tan, mostly orange, very few charcoal brown, and some a light orange. Currently, trim (over garage and all around, is slate blue. Shutters are blue with white trim. also have a country railing (white) around front porch. (all windows are those 80’s brown) My husband won’t repaint until I choose a different color, and we must paint extremely soon. I hate orange and brown…
Can you help?

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:23:06 +0000

Hi. I have a split level. About half of the exterior is bluestone, so it’s a very dark grey. The cedar is painted pale yellow, and I don’t like it. I’d like the house to have a more natural feel, with something that compliments the bluestone. I’m thinking a cocoa or darker tan color, as there are some (but not much) rusty tan tones in the bluestone. What do you think?