Red Brick Houses With Gray Roof

Don t use grey shingles on homes with yellow bricks or brown bricks.

Red brick houses with gray roof.

Quaint two story brick home with 6 columns capped with three dormers set against dark grey shingle roof. It has two shades of sage ivory trim and ivory painted brick and a dark grey roof. I don t mean to yell. I own a home with red brick on the front and clay colored siding on the exterior.

I agree about the corinthian columns but a way of dealing. Gray goes with just about any shade of brick so you don t have to over think it too much. Repeat that undertone color elsewhere on the house for a cohesive look. Among the one story home s mediterranean features are smooth stucco cantera stone clay tile accents reclaimed wooden doors and a spanish style entry courtyard.

Chad esslinger of chad esslinger design answers homeowners questions about how to enhance their home s exterior design and curb appeal when getting a new roof. Brown shingles are more appropriate. Just make sure the tone of the roof is a little different than the brick. You want some contrast between the roof and home so either darker or lighter is fine.

The grey on part of the shed gable looks right. 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. I would use the darker sage on the shutters. Gray black darker shades of brown and some softer shades of green think celadon or grayish green can all look lovely with a red brick or similar home.

Cool stone colors off whites grays blues gray greens purple. Plus grey for other woodwork to go with the roof tones. Inspired by spanish revival architecture of the early 20th century this home designed by cw architecture of scottsdale arizona was built in 2011. Black a contrasting shade of gray white green or blue can all pair nicely with a gray brick or painted house.

Gray roofs work well with. Most brick colors reds oranges yellows. I wonder if you could do a post on exterior colors for red brick homes. But i think some lesser changes would improve the front façade a lot.

Pewter gray is a safe roofing color for a red brick house. For example if your gray roof has green undertones you could do a shutter color in a similar or darker version of that green.