Painting Exterior Brick

[ejw]

I think, personally, that you need to try to balance the impression your home gives. To me it looks "heavy" on the right with the large window and the brick while there are just a couple of windows, no brick and a very short hedge on the left.

Perhaps a little landscaping would do the trick. You could, for example, let the hedge grow a bit taller and continue it on the right in front of the brick to balance things (and effectively cover the brick.) You could also move the sidewalk out away from the house and give it a slight curve towards the driveway. You could then fill in the area between the house and the sidewalk with a bit of landscaping, perhaps some dwarf trees, stones, etc. You could even let some ivy or vines grow up the over the brick for interest and effect if you do not want to put a hedge there. Taking your picture to the local nursery to get someone to give you ideas might be the best bet.


If you still want to paint, perhaps painting the siding a lighter, more neutral color that would go better with the brick would be a solution. Just a thought. Good luck.



ejw

[Thinkfaster]

I actually have a similar problem. However, the brick on our house (rancher)is the same color, but the siding is close to a yellowish cream color. The brick is on the bottom half of the house, and the siding on the top half. I would like to have a blue similar to yours for the siding, but my girlfriend refuses b/c our neighbor's house has that appearance. Instead, she wants to paint the brick. She has white in mind, but I think it will be too bright. I know the siding can be pretty much any color, but I don't know about what to do about matching the brick's original color, or matching the siding to painted brick. We are getting a new roof, and I want to have everything match. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[mrcaptainbob]

My wife says: Do the house close to the same color as the brick. The dark color is making the house appear smaller. If you desire accent color (burgundy, hunter green, dark colonial blue), do it in the trim, shutters and door. But to make the whole front appear larger, do everything the same color. (So says She...so say we all!)

[pooh]

My husband and I are talking about painting the brick on our house. Currently it is yellow brick with a lighter stucco color. We are wanting to paint the brick a slate blue and paint the stucco a lighter shade. Any ideas??

[thelair]

I really like that idea. What about first painting the stucco with the same lighter blue and seeing what you are left with? The reason I suggest this is because sometimes certain shades of yellow and blue look pretty slick together as long as you don't end up looking like a bumble bee. If you don't like the look you end up with then you can always proceed with painting the brick with your original slate blue.

quote:Originally posted by pooh

My husband and I are talking about painting the brick on our house. Currently it is yellow brick with a lighter stucco color. We are wanting to paint the brick a slate blue and paint the stucco a lighter shade. Any ideas??

[tyger66]

I LOVE PAINTED BRICK! hey im jerry from utah, 4th generation painting contractor. check out the pictuers on my web site www.tygerpaint.com
old brick can be made to look like brand new modern brick any color.

jerry young

[Troy]

Welcome to the forum, tyger66!

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