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Oh dear. I can't imagine what some designer was thinking. This whole thing is so out of proportion, the two story round columns are just wrong. Here's my first go, but by no means a final solution. I'll go back at it tomorrow.

Wow, thank you! We were wondering what it would look like without the pointy hat. It would be nice to have an entrance that went with the rest of the house. We don't plan on removing columns since they might be structural. Also, I'm totally open to paint colors, not just the one's we tested.

I'm back. I think paint colors are the least of your worries here. Someone tried to make this a colonial or something and the whole thing got out of hand. Either the gable or the overhang has to go. Since the gable seems the easiest to get rid of, let's see if we can't improve the front while keeping the overhang. I'm sure those columns are structural. Let me see what I can do.

groveraxle - Fantastic idea - you are the best!

Some iterations for you with the gable simply removed:

Warm gray

Cool gray

Thanks, Phun, but traditional styles are not my forte. We really need an architect here.

I really appreciate you taking the timing to do this! Now I can visualize the entrance with different trim and paint colors. The builder did a planned development of about 50 houses in 1976. Every house is slightly different, but there really isn't another like this one! thank you again "groveraxle".

I like Grover's idea of front top porch.

I'm really disturbed by the mismatch between the contemporary windows and entry and those columns. Here's more of a craftsman look which might be slightly better...