Anyone?

I'm not an expert on home styles, but I don't think the porch railings qualify as Tudor. Do you want to have a Tudor look, if not:
1. I think I would consider removing the red trim on the blue front and keeping the porch.
2.Add shutters to the upstairs window.
3. If roof is in good shape, try to keep.

This is where I'm calling all Houzzer friends to help us out. I'm completely stuck on a paint color - the dark brick is throwing me off.

Let's stick with the tudor cod, but give you some warm grays to make the stucco and red brick work together more nicely.

Try bm eagle rock on all the stucco - http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/eaglerock
and bm nimbus for the trim - light on dark tudor is fresh and attractive - tone on tone even better. http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/nimbus

Use the nimbus on the lower level window trim against the brick and on the cover over the front door and posts. Use a mid-tone between the two - baltic gray as a wash on the wood railing, and stick with the dark eagle rock on the lower trellis cover of the porch. If your entry door is now a brick red tone, shift it down to a green-gray - pretty against the brick and will work with the taupe / warm grays we picked. http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/bayleaf

Take some rustoleum orb to the light post and fixture - mask the glass and give it a fresh coat. Same for any light fixture at the door.

There is little about the house that looks original to 1948 to me. It looks like the porch overhang is held up by skinny little supports, the left side sitting in the middle of the front porch. Honestly, I'd seriously consider removing the front porch completely and re-working the front entrance. There is a small amount of brick, and having never been painted before, a proper paint job will penetrate and adhere extremely well, giving you many, many years of maintenance free living. That said, I would paint the brick and stucco the same color and if you can't get rid of the half timbers, paint them a soft neutral for slight contrast.

BTW, I am willing to demolish or change the railing on the deck. I want to do whatever makes sense.

My landscape designer suggested these colors.
Although, I am not completely sold on his color choice.
I wanted to run it by you guys first....

The top sample would give you a similar look as the Atlanta Cape above, but only if you painted the brick. He's suggesting colors that he thinks work with the red brick. The bottom looks charcoal, awfully dark. Would you consider painting the brick?

I'd consider it, but once I paint the brick, there's no going back.

But, the bottom line is, if it looks good I will do it! :)

Bluenan has a great point about the front but that may be phase 2. Can you tell us / or show us photos . . does the interior have any tudor elements to it? I chose a deeper color for the stucco so it wouldn't contrast out with the brick and make it seem shorter, but if you are willing to paint the brick (and brick and stucco paint formulations are usually different than the others but the same together) you could paint the whole house nimbus and then shift the trim to the mid-tone suggested for the railing. Here's a home with stone instead of brick in that vein - where they used a different approach with a front porch - more stone (or brick in this case) would help the porch fit better. You probably don't have half timbers, but just plant on tudor trim. You can remove it all - it looks like someone has already ruined the windows (no muntins / grids which are traditional for tudor) and head into cottage territory but if you have some tudor details inside, I would keep the trim, and explore better windows for the public rooms and front elevation over time.

Here's the thing - you came to the right place to get good architectural / color advice but then you are going to get some advice that you might not have actually requested. Boosting the entry onto wood brackets (pro wood market - like the side door on the minikahda vista above) and losing the turned spindles that land on the porch would be an improvement. That is something not to terribly expensive or difficult to do before you paint.

Seems like the suggested colors will give you somewhat the same look as you already have if you leave the red brick. Can you find any old pictures of the house?

Those colors are bad. You know they are and that is why you are here - bless you. Here's why - if you head green, it needs to be a warm camoflauge-y sort of green. Like the trim on the "craftsman" home above. Charcoal is just too dark no matter what you do - and in the wrong family of gray for red brick - you want a warm gray.

If you want to consider painting brick and stucco the same, stay mid-tone or lighter - bm senora gray is a very creamy (will look beige but won't be) camoflauge tone - http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/senoragray that would be gorgeous if you paint it all. Then, the trim shows up a little more green in tone - now bm crownsville gray or majestic sage. http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/crownsvillegray

A dark olive door with that scheme - meditteranean olive

I do not have any old photos of the house.

I gutted and remodeled quite a bit of it.

Demolishing that deck would be no problem for me.

Here are pictures of the inside currently...

Glad to know you're willing to paint the brick. And, you're right, there's no going back, but if you get a good pro to do it correctly, I don't think you'll have any concerns. My home is painted and I love it. Sounds like you want to have an attractive house and maybe painting the brick is the way to go. Have to say it is rather dark and dreary; however, you'll have a nice home when you get it like you want.

A lot of good suggestions for color above, but I would urge you to increase the size of the columns on the porch as you move forward in that area to help balance the facade.

By the way, I am not attached to the Tudor-esque theme/color. (But if that's what works, I am ok with that)

I am open to anything, such as a contemporary twist.

Here is a cottage twist / keeping the brick - found this post of an exterior and these are the colors near my first suggestion to you. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/need-affordable-lighting-suggestions-dining-living-and-entrance-dsvw-vd~941844
I don't think a contemporary twist is doable well here, but painting the brick the body color will help it feel more new to you. I'm guessing that under the deck is a small brick stoop at the front door that was awkwardly small, and you will have a bunch of area to landscape, so if you think you might want to tackle that, I would plan for a year, maybe get a local professional to help you. Just paint.

Here's something that would be a little contemporary and is totally workable if you paint all the body - go for something a little unique like an eggplant door. With the senora gray body and the trim in sage,n http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/sage do the front door and all the window sashes in bm caponata - http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/caponata#ce_s=capon
it is just that mod enough / throwback enough to give you the pizzaz you want. Do the railing in the trim color with a deeper shade on the trellis until you have some alternative - don't tear something that good out until you know what your alternative is - you might find something that uses half the deck structure and accomplishes your goal.

In my humble opinion.... It would look really awesome with the deck and trim all painted white on the exterior, and in live that top green base color sample you painted on the side as a base.

I'll get a few samples and try them.

Anybody else have an opinion?!

The top is señora gray/crownsville gray.

The middle is eagle rock/nimbus.

The far right is señora gray/majestic sage.



What's your favorite? Any suggestions?

Would the eagle rock be the body and the nimbus the trim? Would you paint the brick and stucco the same?

Eagle Rock with the Senora Gray in place of Nimbus. But libradesigneye's Craftsman Home pic is a stunning combo if you prefer lighter colors. Couldn't go wrong with that. Either is a winner.

@blunan - I'm not sure whether I'm going to paint the brick yet.

Then the darker color for the body and the lighter for the trim? Are your windows able to be painted? I actually like the eagle rock with the existing color of the brick, but agree that a bit darker trim might be a softer contrast.

Hey Bobby...Love what you have done inside. It looks Fantastic. I saw this house on Houzz the other day and really liked it...It's a different style than your home, but the siding I think would look great on yours as well. Check out the full article and see what you think.

@bluenan - I'd like to keep the windows the same color.

Thanks, Bobby. With the taupe windows I like libradesigneye's example above, but I don't dislike the dark grey with the taupe windows. I'm concerned that with a dark grey body, taupe windows and off white trim, the look will not be cohesive.

just throwing pics at ya , all from houzz here...
https://www.houzz.com/photos/12th-road-north-residence-traditional-exterior-dc-metro-phvw-vp~1497595

Ok I must start with the disclaimer that I am a huge traditional Tudor fan.
Do NOT paint the brick. Painted brick is only for hiding damaged masonry or horrible colored fireplaces.
Classic Tudors in England and Wales have that red brick with limed washed white stucco and black timbering hence the name "magpie houses" while modern Tudor revival houses soften the contrast with creams and dark browns. You have an good example of what happens when someone tries to get creative with color on a Tudor. Don't repeat their mistakes with the latest trendy colors. If you must have a bright hue put it on the door. Either embrace classic Tudor design or totally strip it off of your house completely. Your interior renovations show a good classic style that would fit with the Tudor exterior.
Once you fix those screaming colors then think about re working the porch/deck if it still feels wrong. You could beef up the wood railings like Tudor cottages or go more formal with stone and iron work.

LOOK AT the colors...and other sidings available if you would remove the fake tudor style....just ideas...houzz is full of them...have you searched on here?

Vrrrrrm Vrmmmm...and the house and lake too!

I would remove the slats and do shingles like we did on our "tudor" house...but for you I would go dark so the brick does not stand out. almost black for a very hip look!!

Ok guys, I think I finally found the perfect color scheme... I just need help identifying the actual color names....

By the way, i ripped out the front deck and did some landscaping. Hope you guys approve!

I know the roof is grey, but I like this look.

Benjamin Moore SparrowAF720 and White Dove OC17

Wow! Thats perfect. Although, that white is a little too stark, and "white."

Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk OC-8 and Copley Grey HC104. Nice eh? And the roof is brown!

lucidos.... that has got to be the ugliest mock up ever. Im sorry to break it to you.

Bobby, the architect of the Book House example you posted above identifies the timber color as Benjamin Moore, Bittersweet Chocolate (2114-10). The body color isn't addressed.

Photos can be deceiving though.

Bobby, did you paint your house last year? Photo?

Hi, Bobby! Even thou I love the design, here's a quick unexpensive mock up with the upper siding using our Flex Stone or Flex Brick, which you can apply right onto the old ones!

Bobby update.