I hope you can help me. We are looking to repaint the exterior, including shutters, trim, doors. I do not have a picture of the back, but it is very nondescript - all the same paneling (no brick) with a bit of gray concrete block foundation showing at the bottoms. The garage door is the same brown as the gutters/soffits. The current color of the siding seems to more or less match the grout between the brick. The lightest colors the brick are sort of a light sand color, and sort of a pinky-beige. We have a very shaded lot and it all just looks very "blah" and brown to me as is. I would really like to try to brighten things up? I also wondered about utilizing some contrasting color on the woodwork in the "dead" areas that is now painted all the same color - like the chimney front and the side of the house, but I don't know if that would end up looking too busy or folksy. I don't think we would want to paint the brick itself. For the most part the surrounding houses are all varying shades of beige, gray, white, brown, some blues with brick, like ours - pretty sedate neighborhood. We will be looking to replace the roof eventually with a lighter color, maybe gray - it is currently a faded brown, a bit lighter than the gutters. This is really daunting - any advice would be appreciated!

 Recently purchased this home.  The front seems colorless to me.  Front
is facing North, garage faces west.  Would like to get your opinion on
color possibilities.  I have read through this forum and many others and
am overwhelmed.  The front door I would like to be a focal point.    Current shutters are a
greyish biege.  Front door is same color as shutters.  White trim.  Also, the garage, would you make it one
solid color or use the squares pattern and use two colors.  Thank you so
much.

Shannon,

Thanks in advance for your help. We purchased this tri-level home that has a fabulous floorplan and is in a great location. It faces west and gets very hot in the Midwest afternoon sun. In our opinion, it lacks curb appeal and looks very chopped up. In fact, it appears to be a house sitting on top of a house. We would very much like to give the house some unity and curb appeal, but are unsure how to accomplish this. My husband will have to walk on our older cedar roof to paint the upper sections of the home and runs the risk of breaking the shingles. He says we need to get the colors right the first time to avoid having to repaint the upper portion. No pressure:)

We very much like the look of a taupe house with very dark (brown, black, eggplant) shutters and front door with creamy white trim. But, we are very much restricted in our selection by the color of our brick which is very orange. It seems that all of the samples that we put on the home turn either gold or green. The brick seems to be our issue and we are open to either keeping it or painting it. My husband definitely prefers neutral colors on a home and doesn't usually like greens, blues, yellows or oranges. He isn't adverse to gray tones, but tends to select warmer tones with more brown.

I tried to add photos but the add images link didn't work on my computer. Our home pictures are in Flickr at this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/54188897@N07/

Once again, thanks for your help.

 Hi Shannon,

 we are currently considering the purchase of the house pictured in the following link: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2365-W-Davies-Ave-Littleton-CO-80120/13166381_zpid/#hdp-photo-lightbox

 Would love the benefit of your ideas on exterior painting.

 thanks,

Phil

Hello,

  You have helped me in the past and I was wondering if you could give a few color recommendations to a client of mine.  The house is in Bellevue, WA.  It can be a little dark since there are lots of trees around.  The whole house (approx 4,000sqft) is being repainted from the 3 Bedrooms to the living, dining, kitchen and family room.  Any suggestions would be helpful.  You will be able to see this in the photos, but the molding and window trim are all an oak color.  Exterior pics are also included incase that is helpful.  

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