Tastefully Achieved Painted Brick

This painted brick home is an example of how to do it with style. The home is a traditional type that you see in many neighborhoods. The style may be ordinary but the look is old South with a modern flare. Most old South style paints are white. What makes this modern is the color, window trim, accent lighting, and landscape they chose. It’s a grey tan paint with black shutters, black window trim, and white trim accent. Had they gone totally old Southern, it would have been white or whitewashed white brick with white window trim. I like the look of painted or whitewashed brick and it’s making a comeback.

The Homes That Big Tobacco Built

In 1874, a young man named RJ Reynolds moved to Winston Salem, NC. His father was a tobacco farmer in Virginia. RJ moved south from his home in Virginia and set about owning his own tobacco business. He died in 1890 of pancreatic cancer but the homes below are what grew from the RJ Reynolds tobacco empire in Winston Salem, NC.

RJ’s father was a merchant, banker, and tobacco manufacturer. RJ learned from an early age that hard work was the driving force to success.He traveled throughout the state as a salesman for the family business.