I remember before we put an offer in on our house the Mr. said to me “I have a feeling if we end up moving here you are going to paint the house white.” Does he know me well or what? My dream of living in a white house has come true! Our house was by no means ugly before we painted it, but I have always wanted a white house. Also every single house on our street is red brick so I wanted to to be a little different. For a designer you would think I could be a little more creative than white everywhere, but for some reason white is so soothing to me. I ended up painting the house Benjamin Moore Cloud Cover, the same color as every room inside the house. I did test a few other colors but I felt Cloud Cover was the best. It is a white that doesn’t appear too yellow or too gray, and it is just a dark enough contrast for my crisp white trim work to pop. I originally was going to go for a slightly darker shutter and door color, but I ended up choosing Benjamin Moore Seattle Mist. I love the new look of our house, and am patiently waiting for my cherry laurel bushes out front to grow. I told the Mr. he was allowed to make all the decisions outside since he literally had no say inside. He has a long list of landscaping plans he wants to accomplish over the next few years, but even without the perfect landscaping I love the way our house has transformed since we moved in.
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Looks lovely! I am dreaming of painting our brick exterior but I just don't know if I can pull the trigger. Cloud cover is what we had our kitchen cabinets painted and I absolutely love it.
What an amazing difference…love the white!!
I love the painted brick, I wish I had done the same. My last house was red brick and while I admired a house around the corner that was painted, it never occurred to me to paint. Duh.
Now in my stone house, I had the yard "fenced" with laurel. Mine is skip because I wanted it to be a privacy hedge. I can't count how many I have but love it. It stays green all year which in our winter weather is nice.
I love this look – it's a nice combination with the trim colours. We were going to use a special die on our brick instead of paint. It's supposed to have a longer life, allow the mortar to breath properly and last well in our cooler climate (living in southern Ontario). But I love the look of painted brick.
Wonderful tutorial! Great difference. I absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing!
It is just perfect…of course it is!
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially that it is beautiful and dog inhabited!
Love the idea of BM Cloud Cover throughout your beautiful home. Can you please share which trim color you used? Everything looks fresh and lovely!