Kingscote in Newport, Rhode Island came to mind but other looks are great too. Here are some for starters.

Thank you! We can see where the original back staircase was but it was removed prior to our ownership. The front staircase is a rebuilt apparently, using some of the original wood details. The front door is original and unpainted so I think we will probably keep it unpainted. As crazy as it is, my husband plans to do a lot of the exterior work himself. We know that's a huge undertaking. We have a speedheather uv tool to remove the old paint with as little dust as possible which will hopefully prevent more lead from getting into the soil. We will probably hire a painter to help inside as it's just too much for us to do everything though :) The house is accessible from a lower road and an upper road (photos of it in this post are from the upper road). From the lower road, it is up on a hill and has a good bit of tree coverage that blocks the view a fair bit. The current color pops but we want something a bit more subtle while not totally losing the house in the trees if that makes sense.

Wow!!!! Renovating a house like this (with an unlimited budget & no day job or course) is my dream!!!! I hope you can keep & refinish the glass cabinets in the kitchen & those medallion door trims, and the original floors. Don’t even get me started on the claw-foot tub. Are those original glass doorknobs?? What was your question??? lol.

Just google Victorian house colors, you’ll get lots of great ideas:

https://vidalcuglietta.com/victorian-interior-paint-colors/95718/victorian-interior-paint-colors-lovely-paint-colors-charts-and-house-on-pinterest/

I like some of these for your interior: Dunster house grey, Chesapeake manor, Preston grey, Walden blue. This is going to be a FUN project!!!

Makes total sense. Your hubby needs help. Possible head exam. lol Just kidding, but that is a tremendous job. Just caulking and prepping will take weeks. You might want to see about trimming trees to open up some "views" too. Quite an undertaking but it will be so much fun along with a lot of sweat. We developed a ten year plan and finished it. Then we had to redo the kitchen, and we both got positions in another state, we sold it and made a very nice profit. So, just enjoy it. Too bad it has been somewhat "remuddled", but some of that you can "undo". Our place was a one owner home! The woman who owned it passed and it went to a niece and nephew who lived in Florida and they just wanted to sell it. Lucky us! You might want to go to the local newspaper and see if they have photos, or local library for photos to see what the house looked like originally. I suspect some of those two story porches might be "add ons"? But it would be fun to try to get a feel for the original structure outside. Keep us posted on your progress!

I like the white trim. I would paint the house a soft sage green with sky blue on the ceiling areas outside. Then your colors can be echoed indoors in deeper hues. Remove those hedges inside the fence that are blocking your front porch. What a fun home to bring back to life!

You definitely bought a project. But what a project! It's beautiful now, even though it needs work. It will be so worth it when done! Congratulations! You have a beautiful beautiful home! Good luck!

I would spend some time researching /looking at color schemes from the era and for your style of house . Not that you have to strip the wood or do exact museum like reproduction -NOOO! Just use original design intention for your starting point - for instance, you wouldnt have to strip paint to get the dark wood feel. There can be found some great looking vintage interiors with trim/doors/etc. painted in a dark charcoal which gives a victorian interior a whole different, more sophisticated and authentic feel than the white..... or by choosing dark rich color for walls with light trim for contrast can give similar feel - you can use contemporary current paint colors too, doesnt have to be the old cliche "victorian" colors. Tall ceilings, generously sized windows allowing in plenty of natural light means you can embrace color

I would spend some $$$ on consultation to get a whole house pallette incl interior and exerior - yes you want colors that flow together, inside and out.... not matchy matchy, but just visually coherent.

Just to give idea of what a difference color can make:

https://www.oldhouseguy.com/projects/exterior-paint-color-portfolio/

Beautiful home.

A nice source; google search “painted ladies” a term used to reference the painted Victoria homes in San Francisco.

We painted ours a combination of six colors, body butter yellow peaked shingles two shades of green, white on trim, black window sashes and very light lavender for porch ceilings. Colors selected fit the house and the area. It did take us almost a year to decide on the paint we too had repairs and used that time to create a blank slate to work from.

Its beautiful. Looks huge. I agree, you bought a project. Hopefully, you can reinstall that back staircase, because, they are very nice to have in a house that size. Congratulations, and hopefully, you will post some progress pictures, every now and then. I dont know if you are wanting historical colors or not, and I suspect whats on it, may not be historical, but, it is a beautiful color, and I would repaint it the color it already is.

We are looking to paint too. Thinking of sage. Hard to see but our door and shutters are plum.

Beautiful house! I saw you wrote, light and airy, for me that means yellows. Soft yellow for body color, a few shades deeper golds for eaves, white trim with a very soft yellow and reds or sage like greens for accents. It might be fun to chip off paint in different places just to see what they did originally.

As for the interior, I personally do every room a different color, kind of. I have blue, yellow gold, reds and greens that flow through the house with each room taking a dominant color. Halls and foyers have a neutral that blends with everything. I would avoid gray- it's on it's way out and I really can't imagine being in Quarantine for 12 weeks with IMHO, such a dreary cold color. Have fun!