Painting brick = maintenance for life and your house is lovely. Perhaps updating the pathways to match is a start, painting the front door a pop, and enlarging the shutters to scale. The landscape lacks depth and needs some balance of color the plants on either side being different is nice but being as they flank the entry I would have them match and relocate the unmatched to another spot in the bed.

I would not paint the brick. I grew up in a white-painted brick Colonial home and painted it (as my part-time job) three times before I graduated from high school. Dad would pay someone to paint the chimney because our extension ladder only went to the top of the second floor and he didn't want me to fall off and die. I still have nightmares about painting brick.

I'm mystified why people think painting brick leads to high maintenance. I painted my UGLY brick home 20 yrs ago and it was perfect when we moved after 8 yrs...and that's through harsh Denver sun/hail storms etc. I know the new owners still hadn't re-painted after having lived there 3-4 yrs. Mind you it was professionally power washed, primed, painted with exc quality paint. That said, I don't think your brick is unattractive now. It's a nice looking home and the roof isn't "stubby" IMHO! It's a fairly typical ranch roof. Pass on painting the brick, save yourself $$ and keep DH happy. :)

I do think a more complementary front door color is a good idea....it's clashing with the orangey tones of the brick. Perhaps move away from the white trim too. Even if you don't do that, I'd paint match the brick and paint out the downspouts. They shouldn't draw the eye.

As regards the yard, may we see several more photos from different angles, one further back? I can see a few vertical, taller accents near the house but better pix will help.

"I'm mystified why people think painting brick leads to high maintenance."

Probably because Denver has dry air. Issues with paint are often caused by changing moisture levels, especially if the interior of the house has no waterproofing, so it is more of an issue in wetter, more humid areas of the country.

thanks xx