A band of the gable end of the Michigan house in 2019, salmon brick around the head of an arched window
Case File 151

Staining a White Brick Michigan Home to Salmon

The homeowners called their white brick home outdated and wanted a new look. Nothing had failed. The file records every brick on the house stained to a salmon color in 2011, and the house photographed again eight years later.

Case No. 151
Structure Two-story house
Location Michigan
Stained 2011
Re-photographed August 2019
Elapsed 8 years, Silver level

2011

  1. The gable end of the house in August 2011 before staining, pale white brick around an arched window with a row of clipped shrubs below and the camera date 08 27 2011 burned into the corner Before, 2011 View this photo larger
  2. The chimney side of the house in 2011 before staining, white brick with an extension ladder leaning against the wall beside the chimney and cream siding in the gable above Before, 2011 View this photo larger

What was wanted

A new look. The file's own word for the white brick is outdated, in quotation marks, and the homeowners hired the change themselves: no manufacturer, no mason, no complaint. On the form the reason is Addition or Makeover, which is the box for a color chosen rather than forced.

What was done

One hundred percent of the brick, per the file, stained to a salmon color. Mineral stain is absorbed into the unit rather than sitting on it, so there is no coating to fail. The file puts the promise plainly: a complete makeover that will not require maintenance and will not decrease the value of the home.

2019, eight years on

  1. The same gable end in 2019, salmon brick one range from the arched window head to the shrubs, with the cream siding of the upper gable and a grey neighbouring house at the left After, 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The chimney side in 2019, salmon brick across the full wall and up the chimney to the cream gable siding, a small basement window low on the wall and a garden fence at the right After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The front of the two-story house in 2019 from the lawn, salmon brick under cream siding, an arched entrance bay at the right and a clipped hedge along the foundation After, 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The entrance gable in 2019 at close range, a soldier-course brick arch over a half-round transom window, the salmon range even across the face After, 2019 View this photo larger

What eight years prove

One salmon range across the gable, the chimney side and the entrance arch in 2019, the white of 2011 gone from every course. The form marks Silver on the certification scale, which starts at ten years; the span is eight from the revisit and nine to the 2020 signature, and the level is printed here as signed. As of 2026 the work is fifteen years old.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed on the day someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 151, transcribed beside the form so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 151, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Residence, Michigan (2011)
Level
Silver. The scale runs Bronze at seven to nine years, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
The homeowner
Reason for project
Addition or makeover
Background
"The homeowners wanted a new look for their 'outdated' white home."
Actions taken
"We stained 100% of the brick to a salmon color."
Detail of events
"We were able to give them a complete makeover that will not require maintenance, and won't decrease their home value."
Address
Release permission required
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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