Totally disagree. Some of the old red and orange bricks are hideous.

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Oct 5, 2022
4:33:35pm

Medute All-American

Totally disagree. Some of the old red and orange bricks are hideous.

White/off white homes can be accented with color through windows, plants, gutters, electrical, etc.

I think those homes are far more attractive than the ugly red/orange bricks of yesteryear.

For many other brick colors, the natural brick looks better.

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Hot take: painting a brick house white makes it ugly.

HingleMcCringleberry

10/5/22 4:26pm

RE: Hot take: painting a brick house white makes it ugly.

BYU TO THE MOON

10/5/22 4:27pm

It’s a terrible trend.

10/5/22 4:27pm

Is it worse than gray though?

10/5/22 4:28pm

Good point. They both are bad.

HingleMcCringleberry

10/5/22 4:29pm

I don't necessarily agree, but the house across the street from me painted

goldengoose

10/5/22 4:28pm

Then 12+ years later when the painted bricks need to be repainted it's even uglier.

lightmann

10/5/22 4:29pm

CrimWalCoug painted his bricks

10/5/22 4:30pm

If someone can invent an efficient process to remove paint from brick,

Mister P

10/5/22 4:32pm

Totally disagree. Some of the old red and orange bricks are hideous.

Medute

10/5/22 4:33pm

Just wait until that paint start peeling off the brick. That will look great.

flyzag

10/5/22 4:54pm

Yeah, it needs to be repainted periodically. lots of good looks need maintenance

Medute

10/5/22 5:02pm

Wrongo, bucko. White with black shutters looks nice.

hitechcpa

10/5/22 4:44pm

super trendy. Definitely not a long lasting look.

maxpowers

10/5/22 5:00pm

That look has been popular in the South for 50+ years

Nat Gas Man

10/5/22 5:02pm

People are acting like this just happened and we will see a bunch of ugly homes

Medute

10/5/22 5:07pm

I have a friend that built a new house with the ugliest mismatched brick

Nat Gas Man

10/5/22 5:11pm

Not always. Some houses are just dated.

Thrill

10/5/22 4:51pm

This is perfect example. The top is much much better.

HingleMcCringleberry

10/5/22 4:53pm

I just put it up for a vote on a related thread.....just to see what people

Thrill

10/5/22 5:01pm

I disagree. I would want to see an actual picture though, not just a rendering

Tricky

10/5/22 5:03pm

This wasn't just a color change though.

IdahoCoug

10/5/22 4:59pm

My neighborhood is all old brick homes

Medute

10/5/22 5:05pm

My point is that these pictures aren't comparing apples to apples.

IdahoCoug

10/5/22 5:12pm

I can’t remember when my dad first painted his house. Might have been around ’90

Medute

10/5/22 5:16pm

Like I said, there are some good examples. The more orange, the more likely it will be a good example.

IdahoCoug

10/5/22 5:19pm

I have friends who are building a new brick home and immediately painting it

Tricky

10/5/22 5:02pm

For me it depends on the brick. I like a traditional red brick house but in the

O Gaucho

10/5/22 5:08pm

Painted brick are the mom jeans of houses

MogollonMtsCoug

10/5/22 5:17pm

I was annoyed the first time a neighbor painted their brick. Got used to it

NYC and Japan

10/6/22 8:57am

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