Maybe stop trying to make it something it is not. This will never be a mediterranean house unless you rebuild it. The shutters look silly ,If you think slapping on stucco will get you closer not really. I agree the stone is pretty ugly but I sure would not replace the stone and the siding with stucco IMO best to just be siding everywhere more in keeping with the style of the house . As for the front door aw alkway from the street to the door and a lighter colored door will help that.

donnatrus I actually like the door where it is. Once the stone is out it should look brighter and larger. Adding a hanging light will help as well.

Without the shutters.

I would leave the door as is. It's nice to have a covered area in front of the door. A porch light would help it not seems so sunken. Lighter doors would help too, but I love your wooden doors. I think you could do a blue/gray or a light sage green on the stucco, but keep the colors fairly light. An off-white would look good here, too. I would avoid gray. Trim in a white or off-white, depending on the body color. I would also remove the shutters. They don't add anything, might actually make the house look more squat.

phuninthesun's mockups look great and even add a bit of that Mediterranean vibe. An off-white on the body color would be perfect. Then you could plant some vibrant flowers in the beds out front for some color.

I personally would remove most of your trim, especially the big pieces on the corners and above the garage. A lot of stucco houses don't have much, if any, trim. It looks like your windows are currently black. You could leave them that way of paint them dark blue, dark brown, white or even a dusty blue.

Look at some of these houses. I don't see much trim.

If you use an off white or light sage for the body, I would use a darker shade for the trim. To me a dark trim balances out the dark window frames.

I would definitely keep your fascia (trim around the roof) dark, essentially blending in with the roof. The soffits (underside of the trim around the roof) could match the fascia or the house color. I'm leaning towards fascia color. The house trim, I would remove and stucco over. If there is no trim around the main windows, there shouldn't be any on the garage window. The trim on the corners and around the entry visually break up the house. The trim around the garage is fine, but unnecessary. If you have to keep it, paint it the same color as the house, but now is the time to remove it. Keep the gutters the same color as the house.

If the trim around the front doors is necessary, then I would leave it and paint it the same color as the main trim. I like all of the lighter choices on the left. I would get some samples and try them on different areas of the stucco. Don't paint them right next to each other.

I like Meadowbrook, but you'll have to try a few on the house.

Alabaster Lahabra stucco with BM Stonnington gray trim...keep your gorgeous wood stained doors! remove your shutters.

Yes remove shutters and I would refinish the doors in a medium wood stain...once you lighten up the house the doors will look gorgeous!..any chance some lighting could be installed within the porch area? Would not do a colored door..it will take away from a more sophisticated Mediterranean style.

Here is a beautiful mediterranean style exterior lighting..

Here you go...

Did they remove that wood window trim when installing the new windows? It might be covering up a gap?

Have You compared any to the color you have now? Lighter the better for me....

Really like oatmeal...a nice neutral that will mix well with your roof...

I hate the look of wood covered in stucco. It is popular though. I think the trend started when builders began using Styrofoam trim sprayed with stucco. I've always thought it looks cheap. I notice you already have it in the columns of your entrance. Maybe you should do it at the garage but not at the entrance.

As for color I would follow the colors used on the Grady O Grady image you posted above. It looks like the fascia board is painted brown but the trim at the opening to the door looks like a creamy off white. I would paint under the eaves a color matched to the stucco

My real goal is to bump you up in hoping one of the pros will respond. .

Good Day!

I would not stucco the wood trim...pretty please ......

Paint it to match stucco color or paint in in a complimentary color..something like what I had posted earlier in the post....

I like the look of the house you posted with the stucco'ed trim. I think it would be weird to leave wood trim on when you removed the rest.

I'm curious to know what color stucco you ended up with? I'm looking at La Habra Oatmeal or Dove Gray as possible colors for our home.

Hi jalockton, we went with Merlex Desert Beige fog coat. It’s a nice color. No pink undertone which was important. It does look different throughout the day in different light, as does every color.. that’s what makes it so hard!! Here are a few pics. We still need to paint trim around garage, actually all the trim. and landscape of course which we’re working on. Good luck!