I LOVE the idea of an awesome and unexpected color for the door. I have mocked up some turquoises.. aquas.. and purple. I do think I need something to give it some character but since I am in PA, I need something that will look good all year round. I lean more towards turquoise or purple right now but they may all change when I get some color on. Kelli, I do understand that the shutters draw attention to the windows but I can't imagine just plain ol' small windows either. I am thinking it will look like the outside of a correctional facility lol! I was really torn when I was over again early this morning. I have to admit that I really really dislike a lot of early spring flowers and I just *have* to pull the bulbs because yellow and red doesnt work for me even a little bit. Perhaps I will replant them somewhere less in my face-- or I will offer them to the neighbor who was a good friend to my grandmother and who has even MORE than my house does. I won't cut down the rhodies now-- for one thing, they are full of buds.. for another, I do love them for the 3-4 weeks they are in bloom. I am still loving the sunken patio idea-- discussed it with my bf yesterday and today and he's liking the idea but wants me to check costs and issues related to water drainage before I get my heart set on the idea. Too late. LOL! He likes the idea of a 3 season covered porch but that alone wouldnt be enough for me. I like the sun and I need a place I can grill all 4 seasons (he is NOT much of a griller-- but he's not the food preparer at all. He's the eater! ) I am definitely narrowing in on a gentle brown-- coriander seed or elks horn so far but I'd like to check some of the other color collections. Thanks again for your thoughts.. and OMG love the aqua kitchens but with Anjou Pear on my walls, I think I need to settle for aqua accents. We'll see.. the kitchen remodel is a year from now so we'll see what direction I go.

Oh and thank you so much, I'm sorry I completely forgot my manners. I am working too and trying to do two things at once is sometimes a bit confusing. I still have so much to do but I fall more and more in love with this house every day. I'm still flat broke from the move but am trying to do little $20 and $50 fix ups here and there and this time I'm focusing on putting on a pretty face for the porch/front of the house, so a gallon or two of paint is what I'm working with.

I just had to do this when the association sent it's annual nit pick letter. Actually I welcome that letter, because it kicks me in the rear and makes me spruce up. I hate doing it, but love it when it's all done. I had areas along the bottom of the house that were peeling due to all of the rain we get each year. I knew the brand and color of the house, but the paint is a bit faded and didn't match at all. So in one of the areas that I cleaned and primed - I took a nice piece of the paint that was peeling off, and took it to Home D. and they matched it to the best of their ability. I then cleaned the areas I needed to paint, brushed off the loose stuff, primed and then painted. There is only one area where you can really see the difference, but I planted a few new things and mulched and it will look just fine till I can paint the entire thing. So you may not have to paint the entire thing, depending on where you need to touch up! Good luck.

Very hard to see the with all that landscape. I’d definitely keep a lot of it because it’s really pretty but it’s blocking major sightlines of the house. I think it needs some neatening up. I can’t tell if the house is yellow or if it’s the shadows of the landscape. Anyways I’d paint the entire thing white especially because you have those beautiful black windows!! I would probably paint the trim black also. I’d white wash the brick walkway and add some outdoor pretty lighting