Hi Linda, Unless you really love shutters I would recommend leaving them off as your home will keep it's more modern appearance and not look so cluttered. Best of luck. Jerome DeMarco ART.chitecture

https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/residential-architecture-101-shutters/

Lovely home! I agree with Jerome DeMarco...no shutters in your case. PPF's link is a helpful one for anyone considering shutters..or shudders.

Thanks for the quick response! I was posting for a friend. I will share your comments with her!

I was about to agree with you that white looks better, Beverly, but I think the roof may be brown rather than gray. It looks gray in the first picture, but brownish in the second. If it's actually brown then I think I see why the homeowner chose brown for the garage doors and posts. White would still look good, but if the roof is brown it probably all looks better in person than it does in the pic.

I like the white garage doors...and windows in them.

I don't think shutters would add anything. The house is interesting enough without them. The brown looks okay on the garage doors with the other wood beams on the house and the dark foundation. They would also look nice in the gray siding color. I think the white is too stark.

Clarification of the roof color would help. I like the gray the first photo shows but can see brown in the second.

I would do shutters! But make them real working shutters with the proper wrought iron hardware. And I would get rid of the dark brown and make all the trim, garage doors, shutters the same light colour.

No shutters ! Why clutter it up ?