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Oct 5, 2022
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O Gaucho
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For me it depends on the brick. I like a traditional red brick house but in the
70s there were some funky brick colors. I have no problem painting over some of those.
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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.
Pierre Delecto
10/5/22 4:27pm
Is it worse than gray though?
rivercitycoug
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
Jesse Pinkman
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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