Thank you. That is a great idea considering my plant is actually a tree that I kept for the last few years because I did not have the heart to cut it. Jay, Can you please recommend any good varieties for grafting on to it that has Pink/Red fleshed guavas? I have recently started learning how to graft on citrus and maybe I can try my hand on grafting guava too. I will contact my local CRFG to see how I can get some budwood.

Your home is going to be beautiful, threeapples. Your determination to get all the details right will pay big dividends. You are getting such wonderful advice here from lots of experts. I hesitate to chime in, but don't want you to make the same mistake I made. Our home was a Georgian similar to yours. Our brick, a Boral wood mold in 'Fairfield', was almost identical to the brick you selected. Windows, trim, columns, etc were white. Everyone involved in the planning assumed white gutters and downspouts were the best choice. They were wrong. Those white downspouts were the only thing I did not LOVE about our house! IMO, downspouts should do their job, blend in and disappear. The white was so very obvious against the brick. The rear elevation was all brick with brick columns. The only white was trim, French doors, and balcony posts. We used copper downspouts there. Over a few months the copper developed a nice brownish patina and disappeared into the brick. IMO, any option is better than white.

I would never step in between a red freak and her paint chips. Any of them will work, I'm sure, but the middle one is definitely more "cherry"/blue on my monitor. I've got "burnt terra cotta" by our local Hershfields (Minn.) paint company. Brownish red without the tomato aspect. You've probably seen it in my postings. It's working well. I'm finding that it is more forgiving and relaxing than "real" red. Even in my old supposedly red kitchen, the reds were in the flooring, the sink, and the decorative pieces but the walls were linen wallpaper; this is my first red paint kitchen. It's funky and it's happy. Have fun stormin' the castle! fyi if you've never seen the "red freaks" thread from last year, you might see some red kitchens there that have eluded you. Here is a link that might be useful: red freaks thread

Hi there - thank you for posting! For some added curb appeal, definitely update the color of the garage, front door and two peaks in the front. Make the peaks a fresh, bright white like PPG's Delicate White. The front door and garage door would benefit from a nice, rich navy/gray - like PPG's Silver Blueberry. Best, Meghan