If you paint/sandblast, same color. If you limewash, white close to that. Have you ordered the front door already? The current surround/pediment is more Colonial Revival (and so pretty!) The blue door you are ordering leans more Craftsman, imo. If you want lights in the door, I would look for something more like this: Add a pretty door knocker, even a faux mail slot. New house numbers (if yours need replacing) and a larger lantern. I would fly a U.S. flag 365 for color since you have the flag pole holder between lower windows.

@Zone4 yeah, I think I'm starting to realize that the brick probably helps break up the facade and keep it interesting. I'm starting to be really intrigued with the limewashing idea. If it turns out we could paint the windows, would you do black or white? I like the idea of a black/charcoal, but have also heard that is the worst color on vinyl windows. @aprilneverends it has been hard to really get the colors across from the listing pics. Basically it is 50 shades of unappealing (to me at least) tan inside and out. So I want a dramatic change, but I know people are really torn about changing brick, so I'll probably have my husband mockup a version with the brick and a dark greige paint to see how that looks alongside a limewashed version. Front door, yes, that thing has a big stain glass Texas star that doesn't help anything. I was thinking one of the modern doors with 3-5 satin horizontal lites to keep some light coming in from the door, then finding a complimentary garage door. For the French doors, I definitely won't change my mind on the divided lites - however they are just an overlay on top of a solid piece of glass, so one of the contractors said you could just pop them off. One set of doors needs a new handle, the other needs about $300 in repair work and weatherproofing, so that is why I'm debating whether or not to rehab these versus put in new ones. And if we replace, I don't know if sliding glass doors that let in tons of light or new French doors with the thinnest frame possible would look best. I know landscaping will have a huge impact too, and could really turn this into a more modern looking house. The bones are certainly good, and it is plain enough that we can subtly take it in a couple directions, just trying to narrow down what will look best while also being somewhat our style.

"Yes, it's true...there's lot of folks lined up to buy the Brooklyn Bridge." I honestly don't know your point here, however, I am going to assume that you are agreeing with me, since you used the Brooklyn Bridge in your example. As we know, the Brooklyn Bridge was originally named the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. However, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge 18 months before construction started and that was the more popular name. One must wonder if Roebling also constantly told politicians that there is no such thing as The Brooklyn Bridge? ======= Please note I am not saying there is such a thing as modern farmhouse style. I am just noting that there is little reason to expect a layman to know that. Furthermore, maybe one day there will be, we might want expertise to be the assigner and arbiter of names, but in reality pop culture names most things. I assure you that your car has likely never actually depreciated. It certainly had no additional depreciation just because you drove it off the lot. However, misuse can become so popular that it is no longer misuse.

At first I thought the 'before' was the after! The photos you posted look a lot like the pretty white kitchens you see so much now....plus white refrigerators are coming back in ;) Enjoy your new kitchen!