I’m glad you’re not rendering. It would be criminal to cover that brick.
Are you open to removing the add on porch thing?
You cottage vibe would be best achieved by a cottage garden. And I’d paint the trims in a dark colour.

ThankS for your reply. the porch is the original verandah. i want to restore but not sure how. could we still have white picket fence if i went dark trim?

Really like this look but our brick is much darker and redder don’t know if it would work.

if i went dark windows (thinking monument) what colour femce would you suggest?

I would consider replacing your curtains in the two front rooms with double roller blinds or other horizontal blinds

Thanks everybody. what dark colour would you guys be thinking? monument, woodland grey or night sky.

Any of those colours would look great, then just to confuse the issue , this lighter grey looks lovely also, I love the darker colour with red brick, very stylish

Oh so cute, lovely ideas.
A path with roses.

Where is the front door, I can’t see it. ?

I like Woodland Grey in your circumstances but you’re not limited to Colourbond colours. You can pick any colour you like.

I just love red brick with dark trims as per Julie's pics. I have seen places completely transformed by painting the trims dark.

thanks gor all suggestions. Julies pics are looking good. greate taste! just hoping i can pull this off! we will probably go with woodland grey

You say you want to go modern , so I'd do both lots of windows in monument -- the angled ones I'd do the infill panels in monument too . The sills are already a darker shade , and against the reddish brick it will look smart , more modern , but not too modern IMO .

I know a lot of people like the gutters to be the same as the roof , but if doing the windows monument or similar , I'd do the same on the gutters and the cap around the peak .

As nice as everything is , one think I personally don't like it the peak in brick . Theres something a bit 'funny' there -- they look a bit darker , and even look as though they are slightly taller ? Anyway , you have said more modern , so I'd paint those bricks ( just in the peak ) in an off-white , even something with a faint steelblue tinge . I don't like painted brick in itself , but I feel it would look smarter and suit your brief better than the existing tones .

And one final touch -- do a low 'planter' right across the front , only needs to be 100-150mm tall . That could be rendered IMO ( in the off-white or whatever you do the peak in ) , or even more bricks and painted . Being at ground level , I suspect painted brick will need more maintanence than the 'peak' , render will probably be cheaper , but it would risk mixing eras too much , so your choice . And then plant in your choice of plants -- I'd go a mix of grasses and red leaved and yellow leaved and green leaved low shrubs , a cactus or two , maybe bark or white stone -- low maintanence but adds life and colour and interest .

I'm loving this window style. I feel like it gives the house an instant modern look. I noticed the windows with the first glimpse.

Forgot to add. You can also get an acid wash on your bricks. I think its just called brick cleaning. We did it on a Red brick fenced and woow it turned out like new. So fresh and the colour was just so vibrant. Example:

Normally I like clean , but as the bricks already have ( or at least appear to have ) a mixed tone , I'd embrace that , and go for character as opposed to clean and crisp -- just shows we are all different ! As long as its not going green , I'd leave it natural .

Hi Guys,

We really want to use this colour scheme for our home. We want to use the same paint colour in this picture that has been ised for the left hand side and front fence but cannot work our if the grey is monument or woodland grey.

i think woodland grey but hubby thinks its monument. Any advice regarding what colour this is would really be appreciated.

thank you

Could be Malay grey, Raku is a darker grey and goes beautifully with Malay grey

The brick is beautiful so I wouldnt change this, think Californian bungalow style where the brick is a feature. I think something as simple as adding a faux gable trim, installing white plantation shutters (as you have a lot of windows and as window finishes are very visible from the outside the plantation shutters will soften and give more of a cottage appearance) and painting the window frames a soft neutral to match the internal shutters would be enough to achieve the cottage look (Dulux Antique White USA is a very good colour for external trims). Personally I prefer lighter trim colours with a rich red brick - such as a warm white, light grey or light khaki.

I can see you take a lot of pride in your front lawn which is perfectly maintained, so if you dont want to do a lot of landscaping a circle shape cut out of the lawn (not centre, but off to the right near the driveway) with a single feature tree planted in the centre (possibly underplanted with grouncover palnts) and a brick or box hedge border would be enough to soften the front garden.

Love those colours Julie.

Keep in mind that everything looks way lighter in full sun, like in the left hand side of the pic you posted. Even Monument doesn't look very dark in full sun. Best to get test pots and paint sections and look at them at different times of the day.

Hey Guys, would it look ok if we did front fence in night sky and side fences in monument.

Are you using night sky or monument anywhere else in the facade? What’s your thinking behind the two colours? Are you planting in front of the side fence (colour prob doesn’t matter)?

I want a night sky front fence which will match the final colour of our window frames and gutters but trying to work out if side fences should be same colour or if monument would be ok? im thinking night sky all around would be too dark.

Di

I would stay with one colour, mixing could let down the overall look. As per your inspiration photo the one colour is beautiful.