Your home is beautiful! You just need to spruce up the landscaping. Use plants and trees that have color and visual interest. Different textures and heights.

Agree with RappArchitecture. Adding some color to the landscaping would be nice. Getting help from a landscape designer is well worth the cost. I like your current roof color. A little darker (charcoal) would be fine, but sometimes black can look harsh.

Most black shingles are not truly black, but more charcoal in appearance.

I agree with others. You need to interview and get bids from different landscape designers and fine a plan that will really wow the front of your home. It makes all of the different. Find someone who really understands how textures and colors of plantings work.

What is it you want to change after the roof is done? IMO you need to figure that out before planning roof color.

I'm not sure that I would choose black with your brick color (It looks a bit pink toned on my computer screen), but YMMV - have you seen any similar houses with same brick & black roof?

I have had GAF Timberline shingles and really liked the look, plus they held up well.

You can go to the GAF website and use their virtual remodel tool to try out their colors on the photo of your house.

Thanks everyone. I absolutely plan to get the landscaping done. I’ve been wondering if I should add shutters with hardware. I’ve also wondered if I can easily update the the trim and gutter color in a way that is inexpensive and low maintenance going forward.

I initially wanted a mahogany colored roof and a mahogany door and brass lighting, but the Atlas Pinnacle Pristine hickory is unavailable. The other colors look too red or orange and too busy. I wanted to get a roof that brought out the brown undertone of the brick. The brick looks pink from a distance and almost like a whitewashed red/terracotta close up.
Here are some additional pics showing the brick up close.

Black roof and added shutters

It’s been really hard to find pics of houses with brick like mine.

I like the dark shutters, door color, and wood accents in the first pic. I like the brown roof with the brick in the second pic.

Just my personal opinion, but I would not choose a black roof with your brick. It seems so over powering to me. I actually like the current roof color very much on your house. However, I understand you want to bring out brown tones. Therefore, I would look for material that is a “weathered wood “ color. That is not as dark brown as what you have shown, rather a color that looks like a blend of charcoal gray and brown in color.

Totally crude iPhone mock-up, but just playing around with some landscaping color!

Tried out the roof visualizer on Atlas’ website. The lighter color is Weathered Shadow. Thoughts?

I do prefer the Weathered Shadow to black. It's a less harsh look that suits the brick.

Try out Weathered Wood on the GAF visualizer.

The gray-with-brown tones would work well with a wood toned door and many other colors for the door that also would complement the brick.

I also like the 2 inspo pictures you posted. Both use gray trim (darker on the shutters, not dark on the shutterless one.) which I also like

Beautiful home! It looks fine from the curb already. Just needs some charm. :)

Step 1 = call "call before you dig" and take pics of the marks for future reference.

Step 2 = look out of your windows from inside & plan some views. Put some attractive plants where you can see them washing dishes, sitting at dining table, etc...

Step 3 = get rid of the 7 existing mini green meatball shrubs and whatever the way-too-small and way-too-close triangular green thing is on the left.

Step 4 = some trees, far enough away from the house to grow without needing to be pruned.

Step 5 = some shrubs, far enough away from the house to be all they can be without you being forced to regularly mangle them because they've gotten too big for where they were placed.

Step 6 = A sweet little garden of perennials in the existing non-grassy areas adjacent to the house.

Is there somewhere to sit on a patio behind the little tree? If not, I might think about paving the area where the little tree is. A raised planter (open to the soil below) of the same brick as the house, about waist high, about 2 feet wide, sweeping along the outside of the sidewalk to the front door would be beautiful, and create a more intimate space in the front. You could fill that with an infinite choice of tiny trees, shrubs, perennials, as formal or otherwise, as your preference requires.

For instant impact, a big, beautiful pot on either side of the steps with some colorful flowers would have a lot of impact. Or, if you prefer, one of those meatball shrubs in each pot. Then they would be high enough to not look like miniatures next to the house.

Not a fan of the dark shutters, they make the house look smaller. But you should choose what pleases your eye, not random internet strangers.

I think your brick would work nicely with a gray/charcoal roof and charcoal shutters. I would stay away from brown/red shingles or shingles that are variegated. Too busy with the brick.

Some option with landscaping

I like the landscaping, but I really don't like the shutters.

Also, like the more browny-gray roof of your later photo pair,

Agree about the shutters. A dark gray roof would be best, but as I said before, even black shingles look dark gray when they're installed. Get some shingle samples and compare colors on the ground before you decide. Images of shingles on a computer are not the same as what the shingles will look like in real life.

I like the mock ups with shutters. The windows, without them, feel like eyes without lashes and eyebrows. You might first try a mock up with the window frames painted in one of the dark colors you like for trim - that might be enough. Even if they are vinyl windows, they can be painted with the proper prep and paint.

I like the Weathered Shadow roof which would be easy to match a door stain to, and I would suggest you consider shutters in the same white as all your other trim so the focal is the front door and the landscaping which leads you to it.

The black shingles are definitely too severe for your brick color. A medium to dark charcoal shingle will be dark enough and complement your brick. I’m not sure brown is better unless it’s mixed with some great for texture, and then it might compete with your bricks. Shutters will look good. Picking the right color for those will also be tricky, but a solid black would not be my first choice.

not that you should/shouldn't follow trends, but I think that most people are taking down the fake shutters. If you do add shutters, add the ones with the hardware for a real shutter. another no to black shingles. some easy landscaping will make a lot of difference. A color pop on front door would be nice too.

What does Atlas Summer Storm look like on your home?

Thanks all! I went with a dark grey shingle from Atlas. Will add landscaping next.

Good choice! Post photos when the job is done.