Maybe it's the gloss that I'm not loving on my trim now, even more than the stark white color. It's high gloss, which was what was used 14 yrs. ago, and I must say, it cleans up pretty easily. I'll take a look at Cotton Balls. The mascarpone sample looks great, maybe slightly creamier than my cabinets. In fact looking at my swatches, I think Simply White might be closest to the cabs in kitchen and built in in LR.

I used a blue, I think it was quiet moments blue by BM, in my black white orginal hall bath and I use a Granite Grey by glidden in a black white 1980s redo powder room. I like both colors with the white and black combo:) I am hesitant to post this pic after the the orginal bath thread...It might look like a gut job to many but it brings me joy to think about how long good craftsmanship can last:). Powder room has black and white floor tile and plain square subway tile on wall.

The leaves belong to an outside located Brazilian Rain Tree BONSAI . Its a big bonsai tree located in S Florida. Its 70 inches tall. Those leaves are not meant to be variegated but just simply green. Now a few new leaves came out like that and there is no real texture to it by touching it, its inside the leave. The few "infected" leaves are at total different places , so its not only happening in their immediate surroundings. In the bonsai world nobody has seen it happening on this specie. Its weird. Very weird. However I wanted to shout it out, there maybe somebody who has seen something similar. This specie does not have variegated leaves. I asked a bonsai guy in Brazil who has a bunch of those. The story of the tree is I just bought it 6 weeks ago and it sits in the sun where it belongs. Afternoon it sits in shade. Half of the tree has more yellowish leaves, looks like Chlorosis what I am treating now. Its a deficiency

Remove the shutters entirely they do not fit the bill of this house at all. Im curious why you are going with white against the brown brick? Which door will guest use? The one by the car port? The old stairs could use a power wash and repaint the iron railing, but most of ALL what this cutie needs is NEW LANDSCAPE! I would also look into adding a porch light to that entrance with the stairs. The landscape will help create a better over all look to the house.