What do you not like about the house as it sits? No way would I paint that brick, not a chance, I think it looks good. Gutters should be white as well as the windows in my opinion. Gutters should match the trim, not be a focal point.

I agree with everything millworkman above says. Your house looks really good, why would you want to devalue it with paint. Once you paint it, you will always paint it, and painted brick, is a fad like everything else. Put your money into more landscaping. Make those beds bigger. You have a circle of grass there, make that all into landscaping. Add a couple smaller sized trees to the front yard, so you have a bit of interest. Have a landscaper draw up a plan, that you can follow little by little. You have a big house, and the landscaping looks very small, and takes away from the beauty of the house.

Our brick has a lot of pink in it.. not a fan. I’m not sure the first picture shows it …

It looks old and outdated

I would devote my efforts & $ to improve other things rather than paint it white like a zillion other houses i see everywhere. Better landscaping & lighting ( both fixtures & landscape lighting if you don’t already have ), paint front door another color perhaps? i realize its the time of year , but your house looks pretty barren .

White painted brick on any and every house as an ”update” is to the point of looking old and outdated. Unfortunately for everyone doing it, and future buyers, it’s permanent.

As mentioned, there are other ways to freshen things up. It’s a lovely house - don’t ruin it on a whim.

Please don't paint the brick. Instead give it some grand steps, change the door, add to your landscaping. You have a long driveway, so much you can do.

Thanks everyone for the help, I’m just not happy with the appearance. Every year I try freshening up the landscaping and it still doesn’t help.. not sure what I’ll do.

I’d call in a landscape pro — get rid of all grass in the bed in front of the garage. Have a path, bench, post light, birdbath, lovely plantings, boulder(s), etc. Not all of those, just ideas of various things. It could look wonderful and so inviting.

And I’d paint the front doors something warmer and more contrasting.

ETA: Can the window trim be painted?

Gonna be blunt here— you’ve got WAAAAAY too much asphalt in your front yard. Turn the asphalt back into a narrow driveway as far back from the house as possible (so that you recoup yard/ planting space in front of house), and use the parking pads in front of your garage to park & turn around. The scale of your landscaping (both size of trees/shrubs and the depth of beds) is too small and narrow for the grandiosity of your house— since your grass is not doing your curb appeal any favors, you should re-landscape that whole area on left side and the new planting area you gain back when you bust out a good amount of that asphalt out front. If it’s not in budget to have a pro landscaper do a full install, at least find a place that is knowledgeable of plants native to your area and ask if they can supply you with a landscape design for a few (in my city there are a few places that will do this for a few hundred dollars). Before painting the brick, I would experiment with some new trim colors to see if you can freshen up the exterior facade a bit— I’d be curious to see how black/charcoal trim around the windows might look, with maybe a different color for your eaves. Definitely lots that can be done before doing an irreversible brick paint job. And if you still decide to paint the brick in the end, you’re likely still going to want to address these other issues for strong curb appeal IMO.

I am the first person to suggest using mineral paint product to change the color of fugly brick.

Because there's lots and lots and lots of it and living with an ugly color just because "it's brick" is ridiculous. Life's too short to live with unfortunate colored brick especially when there are so many proven products to change it. Not cheap but incredibly durable and effective for sure.

Your brick is a great colorway. I would not change the color, lots you can do with that. Roof looks like it's a good color too.

Honestly, the vibe you'd get changing the color would not be a whole lot different than what it is now. It's a lighter value, rather consistent in color brick to brick. That's what it's going to look like with a mineral product applied.

And, we don't actually choose a color of "white" for exteriors. You always need a healthy hit of chroma (colorfulness) exterior. You're already there.

Maximize what you've been given.

I’d spend money on the dollar store parking lot amount of asphalt you’ve got directly in front of the house because even glancing at your first photo that’s what immediately caught my attention, trying to figure out why there’s so much. Otherwise if you think painting is the way to go then you should go for it.

Yes yes yes to the asphalt comments! An asphalt parking lot in front of a fine home is an abomination. Your home could be ever so much nicer with a real landscape.

Search for a professional landscaper and get a plan underway. Not a $12/hour yokel at the Home Depot. A PROFESSIONAL.

White on white looks good. Off-white body to pop up white trim even better,