I like your house color as it is; very craftsman-like. I do think the garage doors should be painted so that they do not stand out and call attention to themselves. I think your front porch is lovely and should be where our eyes want to go. I definitely agree with Patricia...white is not a good choice for this home.

Looks like large pavers. We live in wet winter country - PNW so moss etc is a routine thing here. We use the product Wet and Forget on our smaller pavers which works on moss & grime pretty well. Not all moss is green - it’s black mold looking too. Wet & Forget comes in concentrate or a sprayer container. Needs to be put down when pavers are dry & be able to stay wet for @ hour - so no spraying in sun or heat. Rain comes & washes black away & moss dies so it’s not immediate result but is seen working after the first rain. Not sure how successful this would be in less rainy climate. We buy it at Costco - product is popular here. We did pressure wash our pavers once using a round attachment that gives a much softer wash than the angled hard spray of the angled spray point of pressure washing. We were afraid the pressure washer would lift all the sand filler between the paver joints. ETA: we’ve never sealed our pavers but it is done by some. Need to clean first & I think it’s not permanent so must be redone every few years.

Dinners are looking good! Some kind of fallish, but that works for the weather we’re having. And I suppose it’s actually Fall for Neely. Neely, you’ve had me thinking about enchiladas for a while now. Might have to do it. Sorry you didn’t like yours, but they look good! And Sleeve, you’ve had me thinking about lobster rolls, which are season aopropriate. Might have to spring for some instead of waiting for sale season. John, embracing the commercial look! What’s on the right half of the electrical box? I’m liking the outlets for a stick blender, what else? My wife orderred a shrimp and pea risotto at a restaurant recently. I took one bite and knew I had to recreate it. She liked mine better. $5.99 for pea shoots, I keep thinking how I need to give growing microgreens another go.

That is not a maple stile and rail. The texture is all particle board. Nothing is sticking to it either. Are these supposed to be manufactured in house, or are they RTA that they ordered from China?