Crown moldings especially need to have a scarf joint. They are not even difficult to make. No way are butt joints on crowns acceptable. For the flat boards above the front porch, it looks like there will be a molding that will cover the horizontal joint between the boards, so the boards not being perfectly straight will probably not be noticeable. I also believe they got a bit aggressive with the caulk. Caulk shouldn’t be rounded hardly at all. When it is rounded like that the caulk will dry out and the paint will crack and it will look poor. Most of what you point out would be re-done on my jobs. Reminds me of the old carpenters joke “Do your best and caulk the rest.”

Hi Rebecca...yes, we found an amazing woman who picked out colors that we never would have thought to pick. We get tons of compliments and I will contact her again when we tackle other projects. Here is her email: colorprodeb@gmail.com. Her name is Deb Aufdemberge. I attached a picture of our new colors. Give her a call....you won't be disappointed!

Also have you thought to replace the garage lights? Something more traditional would suit the house better.

@decoenthusiaste, woould you remove shutters from the windows on the porch only? On the walls to either side of front walk are windows with shutters, and also two on the front at left (one covered by tree). The window at right is boxed out with no shutters (covered partially by purple tree in bottom pic below). 1. Also we ruled out green--we think it's just TOO MUCH green and aren't into it enough to make a statement. 2. We may eventually change out the stone, which is fake stone and we don't love it, so while I do like taking the lighter buff tone and using that, please know we aren't married to the stone or especially trying to highlight it. We also need to re-do the front walk in the near future (next spring??).