21 Homes With Breathtaking Painted Brick

Prepare to feel the sudden urge to grab your paintbrushes and give your home a total facelift. Get inspired by these stunning painted brick exteriors.

By: Maria Conti

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Painted Brick House Ideas

Looking to give your brick home exterior an update? Consider adding a coat of paint. Many designers (including HGTV stars like Ben and Erin Napier of Home Town and Dave and Jenny Marrs of Fixer to Fabulous) love to employ this trick to breathe new life into a tired brick façade. When choosing a color to paint your brick home, consider white, light gray or pale blue for a bright, fresh look, or black or charcoal for a dramatic curb appeal boost.

Before painting a brick house, you should thoroughly clean the surface, fill any small cracks in the mortar with acrylic caulk, and allow everything to fully dry. (Larger gaps or damage may need more extensive repairs.) A paint sprayer will make quick work of the project, but brushes and rollers can also get the job done on a smaller house.

Learn More: How to Properly Paint Your Home's Exterior

Inviting Brick Bungalow

Doesn’t this sweet little bungalow look like the perfect spot to stop for trick-or-treating with the kiddos? Gray brick with white molding and trim give this cozy, bungalow-style house a major upgrade without sacrificing any of its original charm. (Seriously: So. Much. Charm!)

From: Chip Gaines

Smoky Gray Townhouse

Nothing says, "chic city-slicker" quite like a townhouse sporting a few fresh coats of inky gray paint and pops of bright-white trim.

Twist on Traditional

Behold: the power of simple, white paint. Chip and Joanna Gaines made old new again with the helping hand of soft white paint, black shutters and modern light fixtures for this traditional home. Side note: We’re obsessed with all the warm, welcoming energy that the wooden door brings to the home’s crisp facade.

Elegant Update

There’s something totally timeless about this sophisticated, soft white exterior. Paired with traditional pavers and lush landscaping, this home is as elegant as they come.

Fresh Curb Appeal

Show your neighbors how it’s done, y’all! This row house is a true stand-out against its neighbors. It turns heads of passersby with a pretty, pale blue facade and an updated porch to match.

Modern Contrast

Swimming with a view, right? We’re infatuated with this modern design’s stark white brick, floor-to-ceiling windows and sleek black trim details.

From: Synthesis

Regal Revival

File this one under "ultimate dream home." This Tudor revival style home greets guests with soft gray brick, manicured landscaping and an eye-catching cobalt front door.

Gorgeous in Gray

Fresh gray paint, white trim, new windows, updated columns and fresh landscaping all help give this stunner a more crisp and vibrant appearance.

Unexpected Neutral

Chip and Joanna updated this 1990s riverfront brick home with crisp blue-green paint and contrasting wood accents. Opt for this unique hue for your home exterior to create a modern-meets-rustic curb appeal that will stop passersby in their tracks.

Striking City Living

Black, white and oh-so-bold. This chic city townhouse features snow-white brick, moody black trim and a staircase that will steal the hearts of the public as they stroll by.

From: Ben Herzog

Modern Midcentury Modern

Who knew midcentury modern could feel so fresh, so new and so very now? Painted white brick, a cedar-framed window grouping and planter boxes give this home exterior a distinct look. The style is modern while maintaining an understated and comforting feel.

Green With Envy

We’re smitten as kittens with this glorious, green "after" from Chip and Jo. In one of their more ambitious exterior makeovers, the Gaines' dream team re-pitched the roofline of this home and dramatically enhanced the entry with a porch bump-out that features post-and-beam construction. The exterior is further dressed up with fresh green paint, contrasting black shutters and new stairs and railing.

Contemporary California Living

Lush native plants add softness and color to the facade of this contemporary California house. The design team painted the brick exterior white to unify the finishes, adding black trim for a preppy East Coast vibe.

From: Natalie Myers

Baby Blue-Gray

The 1970s called, and they asked for the name of this pale, blue-gray paint color so they can get it right the first time around. The exterior of this ranch appears inviting with fresh white shutters and porch pillars to match.

Sweet Sage + Cedar Shakes

This ranch home combines a variety of stunning materials to create its killer cottage curb appeal. The sage-hued brick siding, cedar shakes and flagstone pathway mix beautifully with swirled topiaries, pine needle mulch and fun flowering window boxes.

Eye-Catching Ivory

This posh poolhouse channels regality with a steep stairway, an elegant rounded door and a polished, ivory-painted brick.

From: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects

Bright + Bold

Slinky black trim contrasts against the cool white brick exterior of this contemporary home. The black and white marry to create a fresh frame for the floor-to-ceiling statement windows.

From: Allison Burke

Going Greige

This 1950s-era ranch house in Georgia got a new lease on life with a warm, earthy palette of greige and brown. The greige trim helps unite the dark gray-brown exterior brick with the black shutters and white vinyl windows.

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Sighing Over Cypress

Don’t hold back from mixing unexpected colors and textures when creating your dream digs' exterior. Earthy gray paint and warm Cyprus wood siding create a killer combo for curb appeal on this house, as seen on HGTV's Home Town.

White-Hot Hues

The wintry mix of exterior colors on this stylish home is heating up the neighborhood. Intimate but stylish, this combination of front porch and main entrance makes a smashing first impression with its painted steel pergola and block columns of stucco veneer. Hagan Architects created this contemporary look while the soft gray brick porch structure was original to the house.

More Ideas: 68 Inviting Home Exterior Color Palettes

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