Funny thing, paint colors. After many efforts of trying to get Sandy Hook Gray not looking orangey brown on my walls (from taking the R3 -red oxide- out, to adding white, to using only 50% tint), and essentially ended up making it a completely un-Sandy Hook Gray, we discovered something fascinating. My painter primed an area for me to test more paint colors on. He used Zinnser Cover Stain primer. I was so surprised, and delighted, to see that Sandy Hook Gray no longer looks reddish brown on the primed section of the wall. Yes, I repainted it on again as I was curious. It still has a brown tint but mostly reading green-gray which I love. No more reddish/orangey brown showing through. I thought that given my old house color being so light (BM Limesicle that has been washed out in 10 years of UV rays), I can paint the test colors directly without primer. But, boy, was I wrong. The primer made such a difference and shows the sample colors better without interference from the old color. I learned my lesson!

Well, we ordered our coach lights today. We will soon order some for the back of the house. Here is what we chose. I appreciate the assistance given. The one below is for the front of the house. It is in oil rubbed bronze -- much browner than in the picture. We ordered two larger ones to go beside the front door, and 3 medium ones (2 on either side of garage door, an one at the garage man door). We concluded that we need coach lights that did not extend too far (not deep ones), so we had to go a different direction. These lights have built in LED lights. The lights are made by Artcraft. Here is the ones we are ordering for the back of the house. There are 4 total along the back which is all one plane (not jogs out).

Your house looks great! Let's find a great light to illuminate it. I searched for cylinder-style outdoor lights in black, stainless and nickel finish options. While I tried to stay under $100, a few of these are just over $100. Eglo Ascoli LED in black (there's also a larger size) Kichler Celino in black Kichler LED in black Maxim Arc in stainless steel Eglo Ascoli LED in stainless steel The LED options are a great idea since they use such little energy to operate and the bulbs last much longer. Let me know what you think of these choices--we could definitely expand the horizons by including bronze finishes, many of which tend to be close to black in their hue.

I would recommend the barn lights be placed over the garage doors.