Haha.. reading my post over.. I see spelling isn't my forte* either! Anyways.. I just wanted to add.. the kids bedrooms are all visible standing in the foyer. I'm just not sure that seeing all that color when you first walk in is such a good idea? Especially the purple and pink from the girls rooms. I don't know how I'll break it to them if I change the color choices now though. :p Maybe I can make the visible from the foyer walls coordinate and still give then the purple, pink and green they desire? As accent colors? Maybe one wall? ANY suggestions/advice/feedback welcome! :D And I can post more pictures at request.. and will post after pics eventually also. :D :D

Wow I think your house is very pretty! Certainly not the awkward split level I'm used to seeing in CT I really don't think you need a big remodel. I would add shutters to help with the awkward window spacing on the second floor, and paint them either a mint or navy blue. Paint the door to match. Maybe update your light fixtures to something brighter. My (lakeside) neighbors have a grey house with navy trim/shutters and matching crossed oars decorating the barn- I love it. I'd do rows of forsythia, hydrangea, and/or lilac all the way across the front, particularly under the bay window. I would also shorten the tree that is blocking the windows. You could do plants in colorful pots going up the front stairs, and a low bush or flowering grass lining the walk. If you wanted to get really crazy you could change out the garage door to something more "rustic" and change the upper porch railing to either cables or glass.

Here is the problem - you are looking for a paint color based on 2 inch square swatches compared to huge expanses of the colors already in your home. If you have a sample of the countertop that you can take outside - that it the ideal answer. If not you will need to make do with a gerry rigged method using the counter top in place. Get a large white sheet. Gather samples of the colors that must stay ( a drawer front, a sample of flooring that closely matches if an actual sample isn't available, a sample of the granite. Gather as many colors as you can from the neutral and heavily muted colors at the paint store. The lighting in the paint store will confuse your brain - pick up everything even if it doesn't seem good in the store - you may be suprised by what works when you get them home. If possible, take all the colors outside and cover a table with the white sheet. Lay the samples of the colors that must stay on the sheet and place one color sample at a time next to the colors that have to stay. If it works in natural daylight it will work anywhere. If it is not possible to take a sample outside cut a hole in the sheet and let a small section of the counter show through the hole in an area near a window. If that is not possible get a good lamp with a 5000k lightbulb and place the lamp so it shines on the hole in your sheet. You can limit the amount of any sample of the things that must stay by doing cutouts on the sheet. Typically one or two colors will feel right. This is going to be the hue you want. More than likely when you purchase a sample and paint a large section of wall it will read more vivid than the color you picked from a tiny sample. More space- more color. But you will know that you are in the right ball park and can use tools like EasyRGB to discover similar colors that are slighly less saturated. I worked with Miller Paint when I first discovered Devine. They were amazing. Don't know how they are today, as it has been 20 ish years ago. If I were in their service area I would work with them again in a heartbeat. Hope this helps narrow your choices :-)

Please do not paint the brick white! That would be a crime. I think you’re already going the right direction. Is the dark blue line painters tape or is it paint? Unfortunately I can’t tell from the picture but if the latter please paint it all the same color. I’d go with a color that’s slightly more blue and less green, then go with brighter address numbers and flower pots that complement the colors.