Personally, I wouldn't mix brick and stone together but would choose one or the other. Can we see a photo of the house or the elevation drawing?

I like the sunrise. Brick and stone is very popular around here (Oklahoma) but less so up north. Personally, I like it if it's done right but often it is not.

sorry for the blurry pic. the stone would go up to the bottom of the top windows (3/4 of house) thank you for the responses.

It's not often that stone and brick masonry work well together, despite it being commonly used by many builders. In this case, however, the colors and textures are similar enough to be compatible. Good luck with your project.

Would something like the 2 stones below work better? thanks again

I think I'd still prefer all brick. The brick is so beautiful and the stone seems to take away from it. It chops the house in half and reminds me of the not so nice looking houses in Queens, NY.

Is this house on a city lot?

It's located in the suburbs of Toronto, but close enough to the city that I think it's considered a city lot

I like stone and I like brick. I personally do not like the combo of them together.

Your house based on the windows and door has a more contemporary vibe to it. I'm wondering how it would look with your third choice allover.

Stone and brick very rarely look good together. Seeing the puctures, and options, only reinforces that opinion. The use of similar scale items and barely analogous colors just does not look prpportionate or cohesive. It's like someone split two houses into a Rubik's cube and then turned the blocks a couple of times to mix it all up. Badly.

If i choose full stone, would the a more textured stone like the ashland or sunrise be better than a fully smooth stone (like the pics i posted in previous comment)? i was hoping for more contemporary look but not too modern.

Historically, stone and brick were often combined

Great illustrations of the historic use in such buildings as pic4, Classical Revival school at Pony, Montana (1902) and pic 7, Deer Lodge, Montana school. 1878.

tdothouse's house design would be truer to historical roots by stopping the stone below the first floor windows.

I find it impossible to judge the relationship of the stones and brick on a computer monitor. First, all our monitors display somewhat differently. Secondly, what you see in the bright sun looks greatly different in other lighting conditions. Thirdly, though I know it's not the case here, some people are "colour deaf", resisting the unanimous opinion of painters, designers, masons and builders. "I like what I like!"

The good part is that, after a few years baking in the hot sun, whipped by sand and wind, most brick and stone colours tend to blend together and you wonder why you so worried about trivial differences!

Masonry salespeople are usually able to direct you to homes that exhibit the combinations you're interested in.

I dislike brick and stone together.

About 90% of the new homes in our area have brick and stone combined...

About 90% of the new homes in our area have brick and stone combined...

Just because almost everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it good design.

Some of us will remember Nehru suits to use an example. ;)

And some of us have grown fond of such ephemeral homes as--

That last one looks a bit wimpy.

I believe the point is that stone and brick masonry MAY be used together well when the design of the building is such that the two materials may be harmonious and compatible. Unfortunately, in many subdivisions and plan factory houses that is hardly the case. Too often, in these situations, all of the materials are simply treated as frosting on a cake, to be added, combined and used at the decorator's whim!

By harmonious, do you mean the colours are similar to each other? Or that they visually work well together? I've seen some houses with contrasting colours of stone and brick; stone is white and brick is dark gray or black, and to me it seems very nice, although that house did not over do it with the stone (i.e. only 1/4 of the base of the house was covered with stone) Thanks to everyone for your comments, it's been very informational.

tdothouse wrote, "...By harmonious, do you mean the colours are similar to each other? Or that they visually work well together?..."

Either approach is a possibility for a possibly harmonious effect. It's really difficult to generalize a response, since everything depends on the design and appropriate use of materials.

For example, Worthy's photo of Wimpole Hall has contrasting masonry (light vs. dark) and they work together well. But the architecture was designed from the beginning to do so, and the stone and brick masonry appear to be load-bearing.

Can you imagine what Wimpole Hall would look like if it was sheathed in Hardy Board? It would be ridiculous! That's the problem with exterior finishes--they need to fit the design of the building, rather than simply be one flavor of a half-dozen for identical designs up and down the block.

tdot....how did your house turn out? Can you post a finished pic? Would love to see what you chose...

Hi Dana, I'll attach some pics. This is just after completion of the house in the summer, we still had a few things to do before the house was fully complete on the exterior. Below is a close up.

Dana, notice how in this case it appears the stone is "supporting" the brick?