The beautiful lush setting is begging for color! Color is a very personal thing, so I hesitant to recommend specific colors. Besides, I know that light and surfaces influence color so much that there is a 100% chance that a color on my house (or one that IÂve seen on another) will NOT look the same on your house. But I am never at a loss for words when it comes to places to look for inspiration. So here I go If ever a house was designed for Pratt & Lambert Williamsburg Historic Palette it is yours. There are some 184 colors in the Williamsburg Historic collection. I swear, the second I saw the photograph of your home I though of Williamburg, Virginia. I donÂt know if you have ever been to Williamsburg, but the homes there are alive with color, a garden graces every home and landscape as far as the eye can see in every direction is a rich green lush forest. You can find out a bit more about P&L Williamsburg collection at http://www.prattandlambert.com/color/color-palettes/williamsburg/index.jsp. If you are interested you can call to see if you can get a Williamsburg Historic collection fan deck from them; I know you can order a standard fan deck from them (free), but I'm not sure about the Williamsburg collection. 1-800-289-7728. If you have not used Pratt & Lambert...all I can say is it is an excellent paint. Donald Kaufman, a color guru extraordinaire, color consultant, and artist uses P&L base to mix his full spectrum paints. The quality of the base is keyÂif the base if full if cheap fillers, the pigments are simply wasted. P&L makes several bases; their Accolades base produces outstanding color and, more important, it holds the color for years. It is a very silky smooth paint, it has excellent consistency (not too thick and not too runny), great adhesion, and it does not splatter all over the place when you roll it on the wall. You might get some inspiration about doors on Fine Paints of Europe; your door and shutters are so charming; I think with the right colors they can make your house really pop out. FPE paints are not cheap, but they do sell door paint kits for a somewhat reasonable price. http://www.finepaintsofeurope.com/dutch_doors.aspx

Beautiful home, but the shutters are not to scale. Remember that the shutters are supposed to be able to close over the window completely (if anyone were to do so, which we don't anymore). But that's the idea. So, your top, small window has shutters that would overlap. The larger widow has narrow shutters that wouldn't even come close to covering the widow. All in all, I agree with those who say to lose the shutters. And ... yes, paint the front door in an eye-attracting color. I like the green above, or a maroon.

I agree with WoW and WDUsa. Clay is an extremely popular color these days and would give nice contrast to the cream, and also look good with the brick. I do like Bronze as well for a bolder choice. I don't love the beige and tan.

I'm not sure white would look right on the exterior, though we considered it. That's also why we were considering the dark bronze on the interior instead of two different colors.