Congratulations! That is one awesome house. With a few special touches to make it yours, it will be the special place for all of you to call HOME. Can't wait to see what decisions you make going forward. And sorry, I thought you all had been living in it for a while. Makes this really exciting to see going forward! Congratulations again! :D

Still no definitive answer on the house color. I've been playing around with an online color program and have been able to eliminate some colors. Grays don't look right, Darker Tans and Dark Beiges blend too much with the roof. Blues didn't look right. Not going with stone, but shutters are an option. What is the opinion on this option? Kilim Beige Exterior, Alabaster Trim and Shutters in a shade of blue (Slate Tile pictured)? Open to different shutter colors too (seal skin, . Am I on the right track?? ANOTHER option that I just put together is Downing Straw, Alabaster Trim with Studio Blue Green Shutters (or a similar look). Only problems I see with going this route is the house diagonal from us is very similar to this color (minus the shutters) and husband is saying no to yellow again (2 of our previous houses were yellow).

Are those some kind of storm shutters that close across the windows? Are you sure they are paintable? If you search this site for photos of "red tile roof" you'll see lots of inspiration pix. You'll be able to narrow down the possibilities by seeing actual homes with your roof color and the various ways they've been painted.

absolutely do a porch and portico. it will completely change the look. you could actually make that house look adorable. but an easy solution is to get a double door installed to eat up the right space. (hopefully the interior will allow this. Here's how it would look with a portico (which is also something it needs) Here's how the other house looks. what a diff a portico, paint, some columns and hardscape does for a house, yes? and I love these double arched doors. your house is so square and rectangle, that a little soft edges w/the doors and the rounded portico, really take off some of the hard edges. If you buy that house, I'd spend the money and make the exterior look exactly like this one^ this house also look like yours. this one is nice too w/the copper roof portico. but image if the porch went out under both windows. And since I'm spending your money, when you redo your roof, have a few dormers added: this is beautiful. I'm telling you, that house could be adorable if you did some modifications. almost like the first one. I did a little photoshop on yours using the above pic as the modifications: again, imagine if you carried the brick porch over to the shorter side, or to both sides. similar to yours. notice the dormers, the portico w/pediment, brick porch/steps and the door w/sidelites. you could always keep your single door but do a right side-lite to help eat up that space.