I know this is no help, but I actually like the current color.

@JustDoIt I appreciate your feedback! A neighbor recently told me the same thing. Perhaps I only need to change the front door color. And landscaping...

I like the front door color.

Maybe change siding color to a pale yellow or a slate blue?

I like the current color and the door, too. How about painting the middle section white?

Is the brick at the base of the house painted / stained or is that the natural color? If it is the natural color, I rather like that the body of the house coordinates with it.

Really your house is quite nice looking. But there are a couple of things that I would adjust if it were up to me.

• The shades in the center windows are a really stark contrast to the other shades. Replace them with the (white?) shades in the other windows.
• The orange-y red door seems a bit at odds with the rusty red of the brick. What if you painted the door white like the trim?

I also like the plants you have along the foundation on the left side of the picture. Could you do the same on the right of the front porch under the far right window.

Hope you'll share more pictures as you work on your house.

I would paint it gray, with a lighter gray in the porch area, and leave the front door. Add pots with orange flowers.

Paint the brick to coordinate with your house colors. Right now, that orange door I like is jarring with the red brick.

Perhaps paint the vertical boards dark brown and add a post or two.

Some options

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images these mock up's are so helpful, thank you! Consensus seems to be changing the vertical cedar boards in the middle to give more interest. I would love to have natural/stained cedar boards but realize that would be a lot of work/expense (stripping the paint, etc.). But if I can convince my husband... :=) Thank you, again!

@misecretary this idea is very appealing to me. Thank you!

@pricklypearcactus thank you for your feedback. The brick is painted the same color as the house (I think it's a tan color called basket weave). Good suggestion to make the window screens consistent (the ones in the middle are solar screens), and also to balance the landscaping by adding some to the right. I agree the door and brick are at odds and definitely want to paint the door and/or trim. You give me some good things to think about!

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images Forgot to mention that like the idea of changing the brick color on the porch steps to match the rest of the house. Also, those extra large house numbers are fun! I'm wondering if something like that is custom or could be ordered. Off to google...

@Elaine Ricci Thank you. I like the door color too, but it looks brighter in this photo than it is. Still, I think I would like to tone it down some.

@misecretary forgot to say adding posts would be cool. Unfortunately, our front porch overhang doesn't extend very far (it's hard to tell that by my photo), so I think the would feel awkward. Good idea, though.

@pricklypearcactus P.S. I'll definitely share some after photos here once we update!

@Valinta I would definitely like to tone our front door color down a bit. :=)

For modern numbers you might want to check Etsy.

As for cedar...you can create visual effect by painting in cedar/wood color

My laptop does weird things to colors, so I can't really tell what color your house is.

Maybe my eyes aren't much better.

I like a sage green house, and there are so many greens that fit that description.

With that you can can have white trim or off white trim. Is that cream or ecru or whatever you call that.

(Clearly I am not one of those gals that agonize over the 50 different shades of white, I can't even discern the diff between 'em. When I want white, I like the primer's white white! There are some advantages of age :)

As for a door color, you can choose a lighter tint of the sage or a burgundy or lipstick-y pinky-wine or even a pumpkin or a teal.

I love a dark glossy green door.

@loobab Thanks! I do like greens - tend to lean more towards olive than sage. Our current house color is tan. I think it's called basket weave. I am excited about all of the possibilities being presented in this thread.

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images Right on. I love this concept!

I like muted green