IMO wrapping the brick with anything will be too many finishes on the house before making any suggestions I would like to see the house with the new door and garage door glad the shutters are gone

Hi Patricia, here was a photoshop mockup. I did not center the front door, but it's same color and look. Garage is white with 4 windows down left side.

I was planning on getting to the painting, but ran out of time. And now, winter is around the corner.

Here are a few applications where i've seen the texture added.

Mark, the wood cladding is very popular right now. When it first goes up, it looks phenomenal. Near our office are a restaurant & bank that were renovated <2 yrs. ago. When new, they looked spectacular. Now they look like crap. This is a very high maintenance finish. I'd rethink for residental appl'n.

Ya, i know. I really hadn't thought about wrapping the entire front. That's an interesting idea. What stain would you use on the cedar?

Or, would you consider painting brick white to remove the red brick element?

Hi Patricia, here as example of cedar and brick--albeit, not quite the same textures. My original

So, you're basically going for a midcentury modern look, right? I agree with Patricia. Cover all of your brick with the cedar.

I would just oil the cedar and keep it natural

Yes Kris, the house if from 1962 and most of the lines are in the mid-century vein, but before making the effort of actually covering the brick (need to drill nailers into the mortar) want to have a really clear vision.

We just did remodeled our mid century exterior and covered the brick and entire left side of our house in clear cedar shiplap siding. We stained it using olympic stain from lowes in the semitransparent color cedar naturaltone. We went through and tested what must have been 10 different stains including a plain clear coat. The cedar naturaltone is as close to the clear as possible but adds more protection and a bit more warmth.

Definitely wrap all the brick in cedar. There are too many textures going on with the brick. I think we might wrap the rest of our brick around the garage in cedar too. We still need to figure out a trim color and new door/door color and landscaping so that's still in progress.

If you want to go more mid century- use clear cedar. We paid around $1500 for ours to be milled. It was worth it to us to have a nicely finished product. After all, we only wanted to do it once and create a better curb appeal. Or else it will look more rustic but if hats your style then go for it.

definitely get rid of that overhang above the door if that's the route you are going like in the mockup created for you.

Mid century exterior remodel (in progress) · More Info

Mid century exterior remodel (in progress) · More Info

Mid century exterior remodel (in progress) · More Info

Mid century exterior remodel (in progress) · More Info

That looks great angela! Did you all pull the brick off before wrapping it? Clear cedar here in colorado is very expensive. About 2k for 150-200sq. ft. Hence the tight knot. I'm not at all a fan of the rustic look, but it was more a cost/reward issue.

thanks for sharing!

No, don't pull the brick. Just wrap it.

Yes no need to pull the brick but you do need to get someone that knows what they are doing. You also need to use galvanized nails or else the oil in the cedar will rust them. I understand about the cost. We paid an additional $4000 for the labor so all in all, around $5500 for everything. It wasn't cheap.

Thanks Angela. I wish I could get the same pricing you paid for your cedar--even with me doing all the work, it's still $4+ a linear foot for better grade cedar.

sorry @markjthiel for the very late reply.

I think you have already done with all your Exterior wood texture solutions but I want to add some important thing here, if you are in the route of transformation of your exterior wood texture solutions then for maintaining the natural beauty of your house I suggest you apply a clear coat. But remember with a clear coat you can also use lacquered polish to it same as chess makers use them for their luxury chess sets.

This can give you a more contemporary look for your exterior wood texture.

Hope, it help you