Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “It’s just a paint colour . . . I really don’t understand it,” says Harj Minhas. In recent months, the ...

Q: I live in a brick house from the 1880s. Thirty-five years ago, it was painted for the first time. I have continued to paint it. I have always wanted to return the house to the original brick ...

When updating the appearance of a brick home, rendering is not always the answer. To coin an old phrase, it can make your house look like mutton dressed as lamb.

In the house that had us asking, “What is greige,” there were five rooms that did not need to be painted in greige. They were the living room, the kitchen, the den and two powder rooms. (This ...