White Painted Brick

I like white painted brick.

Some brick looks better than others. That said, I see some neighborhoods where they are all painted white brick and I don't see how those won't all look dirty and dumb eventually. And too much of the same - with regular brick, most developments at least alternate color/style.

Interesting question. I don't have a painted brick house, so no dog if this is becomes a fight.

I think a lot of our modern bricks aren't that attractive, and a lot look better painted, and just as important as color is texture, and painted brick is generally a nice classic texture.

The last house that I built, we used "old" brick, which I found more appealing, but probably wouldn't be appropriate for a more contemporary house.

Just my guess, painting brick will continue for quite a while.

we got ours painted last summer. i was against it, but my wife REALLY wanted it, and it wasnt a hill i wanted to die on. my position is the same as the OP's - it's a permanent change for a trend that will eventually go away, like a face tattoo or something. that said, our brick was this really weird yellowish / orangish / brownish pattern that i wasnt crazy about anyways. all in all, i still wish we hadnt done it, but it looks ok and i'm not super upset about it.

i don't mind the houses with salmon colored brick being painted white as long as its done tastefully, but I'm not a huge fan of painting brick. cant go back once its painted.

my house was a flip that they painted off-white and seeing the before pic of the horrible colors make sense why they did it. would i have done it? probably not because you have to maintain a painted surface more carefully.

Someone is going to make good money in the future with a laser blaster that strips paint off of brick

Painted brick is not new. If done right is timeless and looks very nice. I think a big part of painted brick was because you couldn’t get a nice reclaimed brick for a few years because of COVID.

But the white that blinds you as you drive by needs to go. White with black windows and trim and all farmhouse type design are already starting to fade away. Wonder what the new style will be

Our home was a 1960s color nightmare:
-white posts/fascia
-prison grey wood siding on 75% of the house
-different shades of pink/orange brick on the front with a light gray mortar
-dark grey old shingle roof
It was heavily outdated. We decided to paint everything white because it would look good with our shutters and roof. White brick is white as can be to match the rest of the house. It looks a lot better than what we bought it as.

There are tasteful ways to paint a brick house. Modern farmhouse style is basically all white painted brick with black accents everywhere. This is some Chip & Joanna shite that I love even though everyone has been doing this since just before COVID. I am personally a fan of the cream white houses with similar accent colors. Looks a little more aged and doesn't look that bad when there's a bit of dirt on it. I pressure wash every year so It's generally pretty clean here but I do understand that white is going to show every bit of dirt that somehow ends up on our home.

You can always mix and match different brick sections of your home if it's not one uniform pattern. It really just depends on how your home is designed and the color of the brick you currently have. I would totally love a multi-colored painted brick home.

I’ve seen some good looking painted brick homes but in other than white colors. Not bad in many cases with regard to older styled homes.

Painted brick only looks good if grout line is flush. If it has a deep tooled grout line, it looks bad.