I would like to paint the siding to blend with the color of the house but my contractor is recommending that i paint the siding of the addition the same color as the trim white.
Blending siding addition with brick exterior.
Craftsman homes may use a combination of stone and brick cladding or brick and wood siding.
Due to cost we are using siding on the addition instead of brick to match the exterior.
It looks beautiful in relation to the brick exterior of the rest of the house and completely historically appropriate.
The addition will be at the back of the house and not seen from the street.
Perhaps add coordinating shutters as well.
If you can t match the materials exactly choose a different siding option that complements the old material.
If you can incorporate stone or brick into the new design it often elevates the look of your house overall.
You can choose from a sweeping variety of colors and textures or can opt to paint it yourself.
Olive green looks nice with red brick as does charcoal with a blue undertone.
However their simple design can also make them a good canvas to carry brighter colors.
In this photo the board and batten and the brick are painted to match each other as well as the trim.
For example old brick and mortar is impossible to match.
Paint the house trim and the windows to match the color of the siding to tie everything together.
Blending a non brick addition on a brick home.
But the addition might look nice with coordinating siding.
But our addition was approved using wood siding with very tall windows all around overlooking the back yard.
They tend to be painted in muted browns greens or earthy golden shades that coordinate well with natural stone or brick.
Our brick masons only have about four more feet on the front of this addition and all of the brickwork will be complete.
In those cases you can choose another period correct material.
A brick or stone facade works with shingles or vinyl siding and adds interesting.
Red brick home with cream colored siding and black shutters with a red brick driveway.
Now matching bricks on a 30 year old house is a pretty hard task and it really seems to be getting harder and harder because so many of the larger brick companies are consolidating.
Wood siding can be matched and re painted.
The vertical installation of board and batten siding draws the eye upward and gives this.
Keep the eye rising.
However new cedar shakes won t have the weathered hue of old shakes.