Thanks awm03!

Awm03 can you show what it could look like without the white gables. Shown in same color as the other fascia/ downspouts. I definitely don’t know the correct terminology so I hope I make sense

Idecor54, you mean like this?

More variations:

Garage doors a hair darker than siding:

Red door, garage doors with simple vertical element to carry over from columns:

I think RES 3d Sketches has a good point about the garage trim ending awkwardly at the wainscoting, so better not to widen that trim. Yet I can't help but feel those garage doors need at least a more substantial header. They are a large mass, & to my eye that skimpy header looks half baked. A quibble perhaps. But here's the house with a wider header over the garage doors, and for some reason that balances things out better, to my eye. The windows are topped with the wide simple gable, and the doors are topped with a wide simple header.

Maybe it's because the driveway leads one's eye right to the garage doors, hence the need for something more finished looking.

I never noticed the trim ending funny till you guys pointed it out, I walked the neighborhood tonight and everyone’s does that! I agree the top trim in the garage needs more If we took the siding color around the side of the three left windows and put a heavier trim on it and the siding color on the far right windows and spiced up the garage door and front door color we may just have a start!

you guys are amazing!

The darker garage doors I think look really nice!

How does your house compare to the other houses nearby?

Here’s the other one in our neighborhood that’s the same color, a lot of the house are same house different fronts. We are the only one with this Floorplan.

You may not want to wander far from the norm.

thanks for that advice, I think dressing Up the garage doors is a valid point.

One thing almost all our neighbors have is some sort of peak over the main garage to break it up a bit where we don’t and have the two gables just hanging there.

1. Landscaping with bushes/flowers that have color

2. Colorful chairs on the porch, maybe a large potted colorful plant/flowers too

3. Paint front door

4. 12v landscaping lights to give you something at night

Then I'd wait to see how you feel about painting everything else

The designer intentionally painted the corner boards the same as the adjacent siding and its an important and effective aspect of the design.

The windows in the siding are all trimmed in white. The windows in the stonework are not trimmed.

At the garage doors, for some reason, the designer applied siding to the upper half of the wall and thin stone to the bottom half so white trim was applied to the upper half and no trim to the bottom half.

To avoid these kinds of visual contradictions, I avoid using a material in a way that it could not be used if it were real, i.e. wall cladding should only change at floor lines.

One option is to paint the garage door trim dark gray like the corner boards but it might look plain. Another solution is to keep telling yourself you love it the way it is and would never want to change it, an approach I learned in the army.

Agree RL Relocation, I like the bit of contrast but feel we have too much.

So...you both are saying that you feel the garage doors are the most important element on the front facade, and want to draw attention to the doors?

... just not on the garage doors..

The other house that I posted above with the same color only has the white garage doors and I do think their house has better curb appeal. Adding the garage door with windows and adding color to our front door will help. Perhaps bc they have the extra roof line above the garage to break it up(?).

You're giving too much credit to the extra roofline. From my perspective that's not a positive, as it high lights the garage. I'm also not a fan of the white garage doors for the same reason.

To me the big positives that house has that yours currently doesn't are 1) a single siding color for consistency, and 2) consistent crisp white trim (whereas yours appears to be in some places but not others.) Oh, and you took the picture of their house on a bright, sunny, blue-sky day. That helps, too :-).

Is there a reason you consider the garage the most important thing and what you want everyone to see first as they drive up? Why do I say that? Because our eye automatically goes to the lightest object when there's dark surrounding it, so the white is what I see first.

That's why the garage and the white gables jump out and not in a good way.

Here is what awm played with above only I added a red door and toned down the eaves. Now what is the first thing you see? It's the door which is what you want because a front door says, "Welcome!"

With colorful landscaping, your house will be the actual star on the block.

Also if you want to add a bit more pizazz do as RES said and add some windows to the garage, but keep the gray color.

PS, your house is actually much prettier than the other one. It's a mish-mash up of builder gee gaws with no sense of design continuity. The gables on the other one are off balanced and the focus is again on the garage and not the "Welcome Home".

yep, i still disagree with losing the white, on anything but the garage, otherwise it looks like a gray mass to me.

I know I was the first one to mention painting the garage doors to match the siding. However, I'm having a problem with the same thing RL Location mentioned..."gray mass." The garage door windows i mentioned in my original post would help break up the mass.

Yes, I think there needs to be some

white, just not to the it is. I agree the windows will help a ton. Never did I realize how much those little things dress up a garage door!! Live and learn I guess!

Have you thought about replacing all the horizontal grey siding with white veritical siding matching the upper left gable for a consistent Modern farmhouse feel.

What if the dormers go back to white, even though the gable stays grey?

I actually like the mass of grey; maybe the mass is too great because of the grey sky.

If they do windows on the garage door (which might look nice), would they be trimmed in white? That would help integrate the garage to the house without calling too much attention to it.

the garage doors need to change. Along with what everyone else has suggested, I think the darker doors w/some sort of hardware or windows would help out. a lot.

this appears to be the type of landscaping you have. notice this white house w/the contrasting windows/garage. similar type of garage doors would fit your home a bit better.

I also like this type of door w/the carriage door hardware (the iron hinges/handles)

another style door:

here's black garage doors w/windows. and a black front door.

you could certainly go w/a dark charcoal or medium gray,,,

I think something like this one would be really nice.

here's a wood door w/glass option. (again, you'd use a darker gray. this is the only dark garage door I could photoshop w/this angles)

similar type of home w/wood garage doors

I love how they've done this porch.

cedar posts may be an option. or you could try painting them the same tone as your garage doors.

I like a purple door w/your grays. maybe more of an aubergine, but this other color will give you an idea.

glossy blues and a forest green if you want to stay w/cooler shades.

I like any color door. You have lots of options and like I said, the garage doors need windows.

The house siding pulls more green/gray than gray. With it pulling green I have a REALLY hard time putting a color on the door besides like white, gray or black.

Thanks so much for all the mock ups and suggestions. Def agree we need garage doors that are fancier with windows :)

The complement of green is red, so a red or a coral would be a great choice.

Def agree we need garage doors that are fancier with windows :)

Not only fancier with windows, but also painted the same as the house color.

With it pulling green I have a REALLY hard time putting a color on the door besides like white, gray or black.

Why? do you not believe that any coordinating color on the door would work? That's silly. You can absolutely do any color, you just have to find the right one that compliments you're gray. you have a rather small door set back and surrounded by gray. A little color won't hurt.

don't be afraid to choose something that's not a neutral; it's only paint!

Consider painting the entry door but I would wait until the landscaping is done. It's going to make a huge difference. Ex.

Its difficult to judge colors on the internet but the original siding seems to have a slight green tint. If that is true, IMO the best color for the door would be a dark red.

Red is green's complimentary color on the color wheel but should be darkened for this house.

“I hate it every time I drive up to the door now.” No offense meant, but you are WAY overthinking this. You have a beautiful home in what appears to be a fine neighborhood.

Make a few minor adjustments as suggested above and move on.

I found this picture of nice trim around a garage door that stops at the wainscoting. It doesn't look bad at all, IMO.

None of these colors is accurate but its a place to start. I painted my entire garage including trim Cottage Red (its shown too dark here)

Benjamin Moore

Can you tell us the color of your house paint?

I'll add my thoughts since I sent the OP here from another forum.

I often choose 4 colors when painting. Body, Trim, Primary Door (accent color), and Secondary Doors (including garage doors).

Using the body color shown below, I'd choose the 2nd from left for the secondary doors and one of the reds for the primary door.

I believe, for most houses, a garage door needs to be painted differently than the body of the house, especially if there are no windows. Otherwise it reads like a big blank wall.

I believe, for most houses, a garage door needs to be painted differently than the body of the house, especially if there are no windows. Otherwise it reads like a big blank wall.

Not necessarily. BTW: this was before landscaping and this is technically my side entry, not the front door.

You know, if you park a new Ford GT in your driveway, nobody will notice the house.

I have to say I hate everything painted gray it looks like a jail house, please dont paint the white dormers gray, and the garage and the trim...

RL it looks better painted gray than with all that white competing for attention and taking away from the porch and front door.

IMO it does not. it looks blah. Pop the front door, spruce up the patio, paint the garage doors, if you go all gray on a cloudy day that house will disappear into the backdrop lol.

Well...I guess it all depends on one's sense of composition and use of contrast. If one likes a well composed and unified house facade, with an emphasis (contrast) on what is important, and what is not, then CPA's recommendation makes great sense.

On the other hand...if one likes glitz, and composition and contrast are either not understood or not valued, then the OP's original photo will suffice. If one thinks the garage is a highly important part of the house facade and needs strong contrasting color to help make it even more visually dominant, painting the garage doors a strongly contrasting color will do the trick nicely.

Take your pick!

One thinks, no one thinks the garage is important to the facade of this home, one also thinks one might use the one thinking statement one too many times for one to believe one does not have his own opinion that one is trying to impress by using vernacular to sway ones point about what one thinks while actually not saying what one thinks ....................sorry couldn't resist.

I recommend the OP do nothing to this house. Its presently not terrible but could be.

This one is thinking landscaping.

Ahhh...the old ad hominem trick...! Good going RL Relocation. New here aren't you?

Nah about 6 years in now.