I put blue colour swatches on the right door trim, thinking I could paint the front door. Realized this would probably clash even more with the taupe house, cream trim, white windows

take a picture of the full front of home. Its hard to give opinion without seeing home as whole.

Is the trim around the windows vinyl, along with the posts and the railing at the edge of the porch? Will you paint those white, too?

Read this - PAINTING EXTERIOR PVC TRIM, RAILINGS, ETC.

Post/railings are wood, trim around windows is wood (cape cod product) and painted same colour as flashing/gutter/trim: cream
White Windows plastic or vinyl

Will take better pic tomorrow

If the window frames are able to be painted, I would paint them the same color as the trim. You can leave the grids white.

I like the entire door in a slate

blue.

I think that it looks fine--deliberate. It will be boring if you make your suggested changes.

Truly I would not notice such a thing. The whole front of house, including landscaping, would be what I would focus on, as well as the front door.

I think the door and sidelights are the biggest issue, and choosing a complementary color for them would be a big improvement. The white trim around the windows would then not be distracting if the door area was more of an interesting focal point.

The challenge is I would love a blue door, but taupe house, cream trim, white window and door frame, then blue door? If I paint the door, do I paint all the white (frame included)?

Pretty home. I would consider painting the front door and sidelights AND the garage door all the same color. I think the white in those areas feels a bit stark.

You will never be able to have the windows anything but white because of the grids between the glass. I would work toward painting all the trim white to unify the facade. Once that’s done you could paint the front door a color.

@HALLETT & Co: you just told me what I’m trying to avoid, but I agree. The house would be much more pleasing to the eye if all the trim was white. It’s quite quite a job to have all that painted, we are talking about all around the roof, gutters, etc... I guess I’m just trying to find an easier fix, that probably doesn’t exist

Paint the trim the same as the windows it actually will look much better too since it will make the windows look larger Then you can paint the door any color you like. IMO you could just do the window trim and leave the rest

@Patricia Colwell: interesting. Just doing the window/ door trim would be much easier that for sure. Not perfect (doing all would be more streamlined), but better than now. I would like the front door painted, that is the goal and the cream trim is the problem I think.

Have you had quotes on painting just the trim? There would be very little prep so might not be terrible. I know you wanted a different answer but this is the permanent solution.

@Hallett & Co I totally agree with your opinion. All white trim, gutter, flashing, posts, white windows and coloured door would be beautiful! This is what I will get done, if it’s too expensive, I will just leave as is for now. Painting the door now as it is with the cream trim will just look worse. Thanks for you input. I looked at you work, you do a great job!

Awww thanks! Good luck on your project!

I would wait. Honestly, your home is lovely. I don’t think anyone would have realized something was off until you drew attention to it.

I agree with your comment to wait.

Paint the trim...........or replace the trim. See how much better it can look if you 86 the cream trim?

I agree with painting the window trim a white that matches the vinyl, and personally, I'd paint all the trim. (whatever you do, I strongly recommend against painting the actual frames if they're vinyl.)

also agree that you can choose just about any color you want for the front door. the fun part about that is that it's not that hard to paint a door, so you can easily change it if you don't like it.

That house is so cute! Exactly the streamlined look I love. One day ($$$) I will paint the all trim white like you guys recommend. For now, will put a nice wreath and maybe big white hydrangeas in the landscaping. I don’t think I can paint the door until the trim is painted white...