Brick house - paint shed?

[BlsdMama]

We have a traditional brick ranch - white pillars, white trim. The door changes, lol, and is currently Naval - a dark navy. 
 

Several years ago we moved my brother’s single car garage here. It’s a decent wood shed. We want to build two traditional barn doors on it and add a cupola. 
 

Currently it houses two pet goats and chicks. It is dark green. The green is a nice enough color but we’re getting ready to paint it. I’d love to love it, you know? Add shutters, window boxes... 

I’m trying to pick a paint color that will look nice and isn’t too trendy. I was thinking tan with deep red trim. However I am incredibly color impaired, so, for example, my very nice tan in the kitchen? The minute I went to white cabinets? Each of my oldest children mentioned (separately) the color MUST be changed. FYI? I still like it. It makes me think I might be broken. 😉 

[PrincessMommy]

A colonial or Wedgwood blue would look traditional up against the red brick.  I'd probably do white shutters to brighten it up but I've also seen it pared with black shutters. 

I just looked it up and 1677 at Benjamin Moore is the color I'm thinking of.

 

[itsheresomewhere]

I have a red brick house with a shed that is a light yellow with white trim.  The color is Butter Up by Sherwin Williams.  It looks great and blends with the house.

[Pawz4me]

Our house is brick with dark green shutters. We painted our shed the same color of green, and trimmed the door in white.

[Tap]

I would go with a nice forest green, butter yellow, or dark blue. (I love Naval blue!)

I would probably pick yellow, then green, then blue. All with trim to match the main house. 

[BlsdMama]

10 hours ago, PrincessMommy said:

A colonial or Wedgwood blue would look traditional up against the red brick.  I'd probably do white shutters to brighten it up but I've also seen it pared with black shutters. 

I just looked it up and 1677 at Benjamin Moore is the color I'm thinking of.

 

Would you...
https://nextluxury.com/home-design/backyard-shed-ideas/
6th shed?

Because I love that one! 😉 

 

[BlsdMama]

10 hours ago, itsheresomewhere said:

I have a red brick house with a shed that is a light yellow with white trim.  The color is Butter Up by Sherwin Williams.  It looks great and blends with the house.

I love pale yellow - my aunt has a house like this and I've loved it forever.  I admit I'm scared though, lol! It's a "work" shed - meaning goat poo, chicken poo, and general filth.  I'm afraid it all the smudges would show!  Which kind of knocks pale gray off my list come to think of it!  Hm? I'm with you though - yellow is such a happy color!

10 hours ago, Pawz4me said:

Our house is brick with dark green shutters. We painted our shed the same color of green, and trimmed the door in white.

It's currently a deep dark forest green and I really DO like it.  It has made me think hard on green.  So we have to add a deck to the front of our house to add the ramp that I need to avoid my biggest flower garden.  Clear as mud? LOL. So, we have this long ranch home that is "dressed up" like a colonial style-ish.  In the front is big half circle steps and then the sidewalk.  And the center of ALL that is a half circle flower garden I've dug out by hand, replaced all the flowers, and essentially spent a hundred plus hours on.  (You could never tell.  However, I have an emotional attachment to this.)  Anyway to put a ramp onto our house, it must stretch the length of that sidewalk.  And the only way to avoid tearing out the flower bed, I have to turn the corner. - so we have to build a deck.  AND if we build a deck, darn it, it WILL be big enough for me to sit outside and enjoy a sunrise on.  This is very "if you give a mouse a cookie..."

All that to say, the deck needs white trim because the house is all trimmed in white vinyl.  BUT, the floor of the deck will need painted.  The logical thought is the floor should be brown or dark gray.
But, when you come up the drive, the first two things you see facing you? That deck and the shed.  Both face front yard, dead on.

So, with that consideration, thinking gray.
Blah.  Gray.

I like gray.  I just don't LOVE gray.  But, I also won't say, "Gee, I hate that color in five years."  Gauntlet gray goes well. See: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/262686590751880793/

Thoughts? I welcome clarity, lol.  I tend to go safe so I don't hate myself, sigh.  My oldest daughter is attempting to talk me into a coral kitchen.  I love it.  I would NEVER do it.

Our list of things to do before her grad party (now in July) is mulch, paint garage, pour concrete, build deck.

Edited May 8, 2020 by BlsdMama

[Selkie]

We have a red brick house with white trim and black shutters. Our barns and sheds are red with white trim and white metal roofs. It all works together pretty nicely.

[PrincessMommy]

1 hour ago, BlsdMama said:

Would you...
https://nextluxury.com/home-design/backyard-shed-ideas/
6th shed?
Because I love that one! 😉   
 

I like both 5 and 6...  Although I don't like all the red on #5 I just like the blue color.   #6 is nice the way it is.  Ya know what might be nice?  Find a red that matches your brick for the door.  

Love some of those sheds.

[KungFuPanda]

Can you just use your house colors? Paint the shed the color of your house door, the shed doors your brick color, and trim it in white.