xantippe, it's no longer a double door house..that is our oddball window, and the one that concerns me about accenting the window trim. It doesn't have the wide trim around it that the other windows have, it's also longer than the other windows. I've thought about gray, but I was thinking that I wanted a change..since the white already looks gray :) I love deeper colors on houses (and not just because of road grim..something about them just has always appealed to me) Bulldinkie, living in Pa is so wonderful for driving around looking at all of the old houses. It's always been our dream to own one, and now here we are...living in our very own money pit..lol! kindred ny, we have tossed around the idea of extending the porch..I love the idea! We'll have to see what the budget dictates when we get to that part of the renovation. One thing is for sure though...I HATE the hip roof on the porch...so whether we extend or not, the porch redo will have a shed style roof and not a hip roof! Since I took the pictures last week, I painted the front door and front storm door red...it does a bit to perk up the front but mostly it just makes the rest of the paint on the house and porch look sadder :) How stupid would it look if I painted the trim around the windows and the oddball window didn't have the same treatment? Any ideas on what I could do to camouflage ...or should I perhaps just accept it as part of the quirkiness of the house?

I'm one that believes that a real budget needs to be allocated for garage doors that are a large part of your facade. We have a front facing garage and a detached rear garage. We did custom Spanish wood garage doors for our spanish style house. People would stop their cars and comment that they couldn't believe new garage doors could make such a change in the look of a house. We used Ranch House Doors, linked below, and they have lots of photos on their site that might spark some ideas. Here is a link that might be useful: Ranch House garage doors

Yardvaark - Thanks for your insight! I will look into the taupe color family. The entrance does have a white ceiling. I guess I'm not sure how to add additional white. Perhaps a white bench instead of the natural wood one that is there now. Interesting about the tile installation. The tile is not my favorite and I would love to replace it. I definitely see your point about the installation. The tree is a problem. It is leaning to the left as you face the house because it grew together with another oak that died and was removed. So the tree is lopsided and removing that lower limb will not help, but that branch is also growing into the house and will not clear the roof so I agree that it needs to be cut back. Unfortunately, it has to be cut back to the trunk I believe because there are no offshoots or green growth until the very end of the branch (which will be trimmed).

I think some gray or taupe from your stones would work