Painting our Brick Ranch House White

I thought a lot about the decision to paint our brick ranch house white. The house was built in 1958 and the brick was in great shape, but I struggled with the orange tone of it. I wondered if I could somehow keep the brick as is and modernize the other exterior details to elevate it. We considered painting the brick grey or taupe, or even whitewashing it for a charming cottage feel. Ultimately I couldn’t shake the clean crisp look of a brick exterior painted a crisp clean linen white.

We were lucky enough to be able to paint the brick white before we replaced all of the windows and the roof, it was actually one of the first steps in our renovation besides demo. We still taped off all of the doors to the house and our patio.

Kyle did the work himself with this paint sprayer by Graco.

We picked Sherwin Williams Alabaster .

The alabaster brick looks white in the sun but gets warmer as the day goes on for a really subtle inviting ivory color. It goes perfectly with the cedar beams we used out front. We decided to bring in as many warm elements in our landscape and other exterior details. Ultimately I am thrilled we decided to paint the brick white and I would totally recommend this color.

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