Red Brick House With Charcoal Roof

This home is gorgeous.

Red brick house with charcoal roof.

Use rich exterior house paint colors with a touch of sheen to give your home been around awhile character. This roof s contrasting hues of light and dark grey go great with the neutral light grey siding. Dark brown black grey green. Red brick is definitely a popular home exterior material as you can see below the result is nothing short of spectacular exteriors while red brick costs more than vinyl siding and fiber cement it s less than natural stone.

My grandmother s house was red brick and i m crazy about it. But please consider painting the downspouts dark colour so they disappear i find them to be quite dominant. Of course the heavy blotchy look of the decorative stone and black trim combined add to the bleak feel of this home. White pops up as window sashes to bring dimension and brightness to the facade.

No neighbor house colors to consider. You should also consider the pattern and texture of your shingles as well as the color. Red bricks and white bricks tend to look much better with grey shingles than some other shades of brick. If the brickwork had had a patchwork of various colors this choice might have clashed.

It s generally best to have a roof that s darker than your brick. The spicy red highlights the roof peak outlines windows accents the front door and defines the porch trim. To me white is very stark with deep red brick unless you re aiming for a farmhouse style. The gutters are much less noticeable now.

There are lots of ways to get ideas and of course there are some standard or classic combinations that you should consider such as a black or gray roof with a white house or a black or slate gray roof with a red brick house color combination. Suggested shingle colors for red brick houses. The cream and charcoal are perfect. Think about how the roof s tone contrasts the rest of your home.

If you have a stone or brick house choose your roof colour very. The above house has so much roof that it makes black a bad choice. What house colors would you use with a light gray roof with red brick foundation and red brick porch pillars above the banister. Black or charcoal colour roof works on this house because the design is not roof heavy.

If your house is red or white brick and you plan to use grey shingles on your roof add black or grey shutters and a black or grey door to tie the whole thing together. For example a light red brick house can have a medium toned roof however a house with a dark brick needs a very dark shingle. Beautiful red brick house with black shutters. Shown are iko royal estate premium designer shingles in shadow slate.

We used kendall charcoal for our siding gutters and garage and it was a huge improvement over the off white that they were before. And i m so glad you re keeping the red brick.