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Jeffrey Brooks Interior Design Quick thought; find a color which echoes the brick. From the distance you have photographed from the overall color looks like a washed Terra Cotta ( light). Check out a paint color in the same family applied to all of the facia boards which are now the darker Gray-Green. Use the deeper Gray and apply to all the raised detail on the house. Last would be to repaint the front door in a deeper shade of the brick color. Consider adding a Copper lantern in old English style to the entry. Hope this sounds good to you or at least, makes the wheels turn!!!!

Barnhart Gallery Hi Tracey -- This is a tough one! I've been playing around with it in paint and tossing around changing the upper siding to shingle style, various other options, and like you, keep struggling with the busy design, mix of materials, the roof and window colors.

Then it hit me -- I like the whole thing in white/off white, with shutters and front door of your choice, keeping in mind the greenish roof. I think all white will help to simplify all that's going on. Not what I'd usually recommend for a tudor, but I think it's textural enough without an elaborate "color scheme."

Tracey Mcabee Nelson It is a tough one! I've been trying to figure it out for a year and I have painters lined up mid week! The shutters are a great idea also. We were actually going to put up mock shutters to see how they looked before we comitted to but them. So are you saying that you would paint the entire house white? Trim and all? I was thinking of painting the house white but painting the trim a light greige color that matches the grout in the brick. I also thought that if I painted the lines and x's back in on the trim the house wouldn't look as flat and square on from the front. Thank you for your suggestions.

collettec I would consider painting the wood part of the exterior a lighter color in the brick - a cream color. For all the molding raised fascia boards, including those creating the x patterns above the brick, I would paint them the existing gray trim color you now have around the windows.

Barnhart Gallery Normally I would do a tone on tone mix of the creams and greys to greiges, but where you're in a tudor-heavy area already, and have that sort of odd row of X's to contend with that don't carry around to the side, I think I'd paint it all out, including the brick. You could also do white shingle siding up top. It's got nice potential, whatever you decide!

fpatel I have a neighbor who painted the brick on his house and it made all the difference. It would take the terra cotta out of the equation. The white windows would be the only challenge.

moenna Not a good painting (sorry) but maybe something like this would work.
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Jeffrey Brooks Interior Design Hello again, I just thought to mention this to reinforce your thinking about the decorative trim on your second story. A builder I work with purchased a house which was 2/3 done. The original builder went belly up. The house was a lot like yours on the exterior and the original construction included a two car garage about 20 feet from the main house and was lined up exactly.
When he called me to give him some ideas about finishing the house. I visited the site and saw that no siding had gone up yet. So we wound up with the lower portion of the house in stone and the second story in raised seam wood. To join the Garage to the house, we added an arched drive through to the back of the property. So now there is a covered walk on the first floor and the enclosed second floor is part of the Master Suite. All of the raised seam is an almost Charcoal Blue and the rest is a lighter color. Overall picking out the raised trim gave the house lots of detail.

Jeffrey Brooks Interior Design moenna's rendering is exactly the thing to imagine your home. The point I was attempting to make was that you don't have to use contrasting colors to punch up the trim and doors. You might consider using two shades of the same color but far enough from each other on the shade scale to show off the details.

K B I agree with fpatel. I would either white-wash or paint the terra cota brick which looks out of place. My personal favorite for tudors or any house where you want the trim to stand out. Is grey for the house, white for the trim and a red door. It's a classic look for a reason. Here are some that meet some of those criteria (one even has painted brick).

K B Sorry for the big pics. Need to change that on my acct :)

Barnhart Gallery KB's Eclectic Modern Tudor is what I was saying I'd normally recommend, but in your case I wouldn't emphasize the odd row of x's that doesn't wrap the house and is just nestled in a bunch on the right.

Tracey Mcabee Nelson I have decided to go with a light taupe/beige color and an off white trim. I think there is enough contrast that the features on front will stand out but not be too pronounced. The light trim hopefully will make the white windows blend more. My husband is hesitant about painting the brick but I may be able to talk him into it if it stands out too much after the other parts are painted. We may can compromise and maybe do a whitewash. Thank you all for your suggestions! Also I'm thinking of either going a dark teal blue on the front door or a dark rust color from the brick? Thoughts?

Barnhart Gallery Tracey -- sounds great! I'd choose the teal, since you will have to convince your husband to whitewash if not paint, and you'll be left with the green/grey of the roof.