Charcoal and White

I added beams at the front peak. Not sure cedar posts would work with the architecture.

A solid color scheme works with no white.

Does your siding contractor recommend a Brand® they prefer to use?

Will it be vinyl? cement board like hardi board and painted?

Gray has been over done.

I would choose something deep, dark from the brick color a maroon tone.

Unifying the whole house color will make it look elegant.

The trim will depend on the siding color you choose.

It will be LP smart siding in a mix of vertical and horizontal.

it is personal preference but since you have the brick and some busier rooflines, I would stick with classic horizontal siding — maybe Garden Sage?

fwiw we just did a lakehouse with LP Summit blue and found the best/most accurate color pics on instagram and facebook posted by LP installers as they didn’t filter their pics (LP’s visualizer wasn’t great imo)

Thank you - we were planning to paint the siding so dont have to go with a specific LP color.

What about a classic creamy white like Antique White or Antique Ivory? The shutters are very busy, maybe remove them.

All one direction for siding for sure . I would not add cedar posts to this style home and I like a sage green This shade of green is very complimentary to the brick and then do the pillars the same and all the trim

for siding with brick

I like the idea of brown from the brick by @phassink. Adding beams at the peak and changing the columns to squared posts in the same brown. Remove the shutters.

I like the brown as above in tracefloyd rendition but without the beams.

i would love to replace he farage door as well… it kight have to be done in stages but thats definitely on the list. do you have a picture of how yours turned out?

It appears the previous paint scheme was taken from the lightest color in your brick. This time you could go dark, as shown above. The latest in house painting would say go dark. I prefer what you have to the dark look. It comes down to your preferences. What do you prefer?

With so many roof lines, so many gables, so much trim, columns, garage door, just stick to one color for everything. Black, of course, is a great choice.

But there is green, blue...just choose one color.

And, absolutely, no shutters on the windows.

When replacing siding and trim at this scale, check the soffit and fascia condition before the quotes go out — not after.

New siding means the contractor strips all the trim runs first. That's usually when you find out the fascia boards behind the aluminum are rotted. Soft fascia and new soffit won't sit right; eavestroughs won't hang level either. Separate mobilization for the soffit/fascia later typically costs 25–30% more than getting it all done while the exterior is already open.

Porch columns: cedar looks good but needs refinishing every 3–5 years in a wet climate or it grays and starts to check at the base. Aluminum-wrapped columns hold up better. Cedar can be custom-profiled; aluminum is mostly standard sizes — that's the actual trade-off.

On color: warm neutrals, greiges, soft off-whites with a yellow or tan base all tend to hold against warm-toned brick. Cool grays can work but they need to be definitively cool or the undertone clash with the brick just reads muddy. The brick anchors the temperature range; work within it, don't fight it.

If the aluminum scope is part of this project, here's a write-up on what a complete scope should include and what to ask for in a quote: https://home.renovation.reviews/t/47246

The garage door is in the picture with my original post. It is a metal door with a cedar overlay. I used a Sherwin Willims deck stain. I have touched it up here and there. I had a tree branch fall against it during a storm. I just touched up the spot where the branch hit.