Nice home. You really have a lot if options based on the colors in your bricks. What colors do you like? Which don't you like? Since the shutters arent changing & appear to be close to BM Salamander, what about BM Winter Lake or Squirrel Tale? Try finding a color in their online gallery close to the shutters & check the suggested coordinated colors. Best of luck.

I sold my house at the peak of market within one weekend...for much more than I expected. I had moved everything out into storage in preparation for my move. I had a 4 bedroom 2 bath small track home with living, dining, freshly remodeled kitchen, 2 car garage, large lot, within walking distance to high school. Things I did: ~new roof ~painted outside ~very minor landscaping in front ~painted all rooms (except kitchen)in white ~new mirrored closet doors ~carpets shampooed ~minimal staging I tried to do as little as I could, but my home had not had any updates in many years and I had crazy decor in every room. I think the best thing I did was empty the house and paint it white inside. I would love to go back and see what the new owners have done to it. :-) Best of luck tosk...keep it clean and simple...you will do fine.

Thanks fellow KTers; I appreciate the help more than you could know! Georgysmom - Black and sleek would be so me, but would not work in this rough and tumble house filled to overflowing with a large, active DH and his even more active, large hunting dogs! Believe me, I've Houzzed, and Pinterested, and Googled imaged until I'm blue in the face. White baseboards and trim seem to be the expected now. I've learned the hard way, with my three "bed" rooms that "white" does not stay "white," even with constant diligence! The trim in this room will be unstained oak. Also, most homes are built with some rhyme or reason to where there can be closets, doors, etc., and some sense of scale and balance. I have a suspicion the people who built this house in 1952, and remodeled in the late 70s, were a bit tipsy. Jim-1, Party Music50, JemDandy, You guys nailed it. Consistency. And making it work for my situation. I think the door choices has jelled in my mind. I do want them to blend in. They are in no way "features!" This is on old, plain house in an old, plain neighborhood and town. I am hoping for "clean, dry, and serviceable" with a large dose of friendliness, welcoming, and basic comfort. The new heat pump/furnace/air conditioning system has added the real comfort and is the catalyst for all this spiffing up. The trim and baseboards will be oak, unstained and finished to match the light floor. The baseboard molding is rather plain, about 5" tall. The oak window/door trim has a slight, non-descript molding to it. I think the doors should be the same satin finish, unstained oak, as the floor and new trim. This is a well used room; it's a TV viewing room / sitting room just off of the kitchen. Two-thirds of the room is "living room" with a tiny "breakfast nook" at the south end, next to the closet area. It has 8' ceilings. There are two windows, two open doorways, and the front and closet door in this room. I'm afraid the "artsy" painted doors I was envisioning would come off looking rather "college dorm" and lock me into only one wall color/furniture choice. I think using the light oak will keep everything subdued. Do you think the visual weight of these close-set doors will be counter-balanced by the media cabinet and two 6' tall bookcase/cabinets I have planned to center on the opposite north wall? My walls are painted a soft sage green; the ceiling is white. I think the crown molding will be white, too; but that will be another conversation posting.

Semi gloss is best for doors!