HI -- Yes, you can paint the brick ! There is a special masonry paint and I forget what it is called , that will work great ! It is kind of a stretchy acrylic that will let the brick breath . You won't have to worry about any maintenance or peeling etc. It should be sprayed on . We did our glass chip stucco over twenty year ago and it still looks great . We live in a four season sometimes harsh weather region . When you paint , also do the garage doors the same as the main body of the house and the front gable and also re-move the shutters ... not sure your house needs all those shutters . Maybe a light creamy tan color or a light grey/beige . Then dark trim on the roof edge and front pillars or cream white on the pillars with dark railings in between . Not sure yet on that area . We can see what the others say !! Nice ranch house !!

I love the house. I think you are overthinking this. it is just beautiful. I would add some black in some details to bring a bit of contrast.

For your style of home, natural brick is really best and the drips left by the last guys are not something the average visitor will even notice or see. I would spend my $ instead on something inside that I can take with me when I go. You don't want to put cottagey shingles on your more traditional gable. Only replace the posts if they have dry rot and need it - the dentil molding is consistent and classic. You might like to paint your front door a classic dark gray or glossy black - next to the white trim. Or if you want a pop of fun, you can easily use yellow - something historic though - Your shutters are about the right size and in all the right spots for this classic style / greek revival house. The posts look beefy enough, though if I were replacing them because I had too I might go up just 2" all around -

Your painter will be able to recommend a product for removing dry paint. On brick, some of it has soaked into the pores of the brick .. and it won't come out and don't worry about it. You are looking in detail, but most people just see the big picture posted above - classic, and traditional.

Absolutely Not! There is absolutely no way I would paint the brick. First of all it's a classic look that is maintenance free. Try to paint scored brick and you will have a constant maintenance issue (paint) but how are you going to handle the scored wire lines? In my opinion you are going from the frying pan into the fire. I can tell you I have a rental with the same brick used on a chimney, someone years ago painted the poor thing. Decades later the scored lines still show the red brick to the point that we sandblasted the face, tuck pointed and applied stucco to the chimney. Talk to some local contractors about paint removal, it wont be easy, it wont be cheap, but cheaper than trying to maintain it for years to come. I really like the look of your house, clean stately. Don't trade that for a painted ranch.

Your exterior looks good. If you want to make it look a bit better you can re point the bricks with white/light color concave mortar filling. It's better to acid wash the bricks and choose some bricks randomly and paint them with brick gray.You can also plaster the bricks below the window level and add concrete molding at the line of separation.

So did you ever paint your brick? We have these exact same kind of vertical scored brick and would love to hear/see about results of painting it...

We're thinking of painting our house too. It has the same scored brick, so I'd love to know what you ended up doing.

Everyone has different taste. White is very very popular right now. It's very classic. I would paint the brick white. Do it all the same color of white. Paint the front door a denim blue, bright blue & the shutters to match, pale yellow, or your favorite color. Then put some pots out front to match the door color. I had a dark red house & we painted it all white. It's absolutely beautiful. The neighbors all loved it!

Old post but do wonder what the OP decided.

Hey guys! We have since moved but did not end up painting the brick. We painted the shutters black, painted front door black and added new hardware, and replaced light fixtures with large black fixtures. We also added a lot in terms of landscaping - I ultimately thought the scored brick would not look good painted. If I can find a picture I will post!

Hi @chazzymacd just FYI for future reference, I have the exact same brick. We too wanted to paint or limewash it but also worried if it would look good. Well, we just went for it and limewashed It with Romabio (Bianca white). we had to do a few coats to get it to really cover well. They just sprayed it on at first and it read pretty gray. I hated it. So I had them do it much thicker (several coats) and it turned out gorgeous!! Here are some pics

Hi Mallory! I know this is an old post but I’m about to DIY with Romabio and I have the exact same brick. Your house looks amazing. Any additional tips? Thanks!

Hey!!! @H.I Condron thats awesome! so i would say it takes a TON of Romabio. it ended up taking 5 buckets for our 3,000 sq ft house. expensive but easy to do yourself. i hired a company but they did so terrible i literally had to do it myself and did two sides of the house in 1 day - super easy!

I layered it on super thick, really mushing it into the grooves of the vortex brick. Then, i found the best tool was the Zep brand (its super high powered compared to other brands, so don’t skimp here) black and clear spray bottle. put the nozzle on the setting thats like a pinpoint and start to spray areas (holding the bottle close to the wall). Then use a scrub dishwand or any kind of bistle brush and scrape away paint, spray additionally as you go, over the scraped areas. Have rags handy to hold on the wall, under your area you are distressing to dap up access water to prevent them from distressing the bricks below. Its messy and i got speckles all over my face and hair haha but its totally worth it.

Then after i’d distress a bunch of areas, i would go back with a container of limewash and a small paintbrush and dab additional limewash over any distressed areas that needed to look more lived-in and less strategically distressed.

my husband bought a pinpoint setting for the hose and that worked good enough for the higher areas where we didnt feel comfortable getting on ladders. but the spray bottle, as simple as it is, was amazing to use! i hope that helps!!

@malloryaustin404 Wow! That looks amazing! We have the same brick and I was worried painting it wouldn't work well. I always figured it wasn't an option for us. But now you have me second guessing that for sure! We are adding on and people have been encouraging us to leave an exposed brick wall. I've never wanted to because our brick is ugly, but that paint job looks great.