Maybe some softer gray/greens and fewer colors. Totally new landscaping too. In a "new" old house you're liable to run into lots of issues, so living in it for a year before doing any cosmetic changes would be advised.

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Yes, I was thinking along the lines of softer gray greens. If only my Tudor was as grand as the one in your photo :) Waiting at least one year to do pretty much anything big would be a given. At most I'd focus on freshening up the landscaping. But I like to dream long term, and feel a bit at a loss with this facade. We purchased it for the price :), neighborhood and the interior layout would work well for our family.

Get rid of the evergreen that has been cut into a lollipop shape at the front of the porch and cut the other one down quite a bit. I don't like the green with the brick and think it would look a lot better in a medium brown (tan) on the shakes and a light cream on the stucco.

Something like this, but a bit darker tan.

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I like this color scheme too.

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Not a fan of the green, love the red brick! Maybe go with a cream color. Beautiful home congrats.

Regarding the original photo the corner conifer is still the right size for the spot, the problem is that somebody pruned the bottom half of branches away. Instead it might have been better to tidy the upper part a little. Speaking of tidying the problem with the other two larger shrubs is they have been pruned into out of context geometric shapes. Otherwise the shrubs on the right suffer merely from being as yet too small to be in scale with the house - when you start moving forward be sure to choose plantings that relate to the house. Including kinds that will get big enough to match at. And skipping any formality of layout (identical pairs, straight lines etc.) or formal shearing maintenance pruning as your house does not have a geometrically symmetric façade, with a uniform pattern repeated throughout.

Colors that would work with your exterior

I would try to harmonize it--make it simpler. When I look at the house (congratulations!) my eye jumps to the clapboard on the front, then the side, the downspouts, the cream around the door (it that a piece of wooden cross-bracing to the right of the door?)

-You were right about painting the downspouts to match the brick, the contrast is adding to the visual "clutter."

-Get large paint samples to find a color for the painted siding.

-New landscaping, more cottage-like or at least with flowering perennials.

-Use a moss-killer spray for the roof. I used one on my shed and after a year, the dead moss has been completely removed by the elements alone!

Cute house, post updates!

Thank you. Would you paint the siding the same color as the stucco? I wouldn’t normally in a Tudor style but this house appear to follow typical Tudor rules.

And yes it is cross bracing it’s decorative I believe and original to the home

I think the green is too much of a contrast and divides the house in half. I would look at tans and creams.

I wouldn't mind the green, but it is the wrong green. It is too minty. You need a forest green. Not the real dark one.

Perfect!

Yardvaark's designs are a panacea for most houses. I think you should focus on landscaping. I would wait to repaint until it really needs it.