Trying to decide on trim, shutters, and door color. Also debating doing the door a different color than trim to make it "pop" and/or replacing shutters with the more craftsman style wooden ones but not sure that fits with the style of this home?

Thanks for the input, we are planning to drastically cut down all the bushes that are in front of the two larger window units, and really cut back the crepe myrtles as well. Not sure how much budget we have for major landscaping redo at this point. Any input on trim color?

A lovely sage green would harmonize with your brick and brown roof.

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Or leave your cream trim but do a blue door:

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Before you go the paint route, consider getting a landscape designer to plan some deep beds in front of the house with a mix of shrubs, grases, and perennial flowering plants in varied colors and heights. Look how much the front beds enhance this brick house. I like the no-shutter look, too.

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thank you!

we have to paint as there was lots of rotted wood that needed to be repaired, hence this being our first step....

would love to re-do some landscaping but we don't have time to weed beds or really put in any effort at all, we have two young kids and very busy lives at this stage! maybe when we get a little older and hopefully have more free time to devote to that ;)

the roof is actually much more gray than brown, i believe

I think taupe trim will bring out the brown/gray tones in the brick and may it look less pink.

The sage green housegal posted would be really nice. I thought of that very same photo when I saw your house. I agree with no shutters on the double window.

I would paint the trim the same color as the window frames and remove the shutters.

I would explore a teal/blue/green. It would work really well with the brick and you could do the shutters in a stained wood look. I will try to find a photo to help you visualize this combination.

Take down the shutters that are not right for the home. Keep all the trim white and select a special color for the door. Brown is not right on this home.

beverly- are you suggesting take down all the shutters or just the ones on double window?

i also considered replacing the shutters......

anyone's thoughts on a greige type trim with the door being a sage green shade? does that work? if so, what to do with shutters?

No shutters at all. Save your money and time for other updates.

Consider staining your pink brick Khaki, then paint trims in soft white and door yellow.

we're not painting or staining the brick, would rather travel and save money for that ;)

thank you though for your feedback!

Why do you want to cut back the tall crepe myrtle shown in the 2nd picture? It is providing nice shade for your front yard and isn't blocking the view of the front door. Concentrate on the foundations shrubs--cut them back in early spring.

you know- we have lived here 12 yrs and decided to let the crepe myrtle grow to full size, it does provide nice shade for my kids to play basketball but there are 3 of them (one also at each corner of house) and we think their closeness to the house caused some of the water damage/wood rot to the fascia that we're having to replace

we're undecided on what to do

we are definitely cutting back all the bushes in front of the two larger windows A LOT as there was a significant amount of wood rot on the largest window due to how close they grow to it

thank you! :)

Any shrubs planted too close to the house should be removed, or you will have to be constantly cutting them back. If the budget is tight, cut them back in February and see how much pruning they need to keep them away from the house. Do you recall how much you've pruned in the time you've lived there?

It looks like you could keep the middle crepe since it isn't so close to the house. Please just don't "murder" them!