I would put horizontal wood on the front garage section of the house, stained in a darker brown. Match the garage doors and pergola to the stain. Blue-ish turquoise for the front door. Railing is fine as is, unless you decide to replace with something more modern to match the slab doors - in that case I would look at charcoal gray.

I like Storm Cloud, a color SW recommends to coordinate with Kilim Beige for trim. You could use it on the bottom, too.

Storm Cloud for the door? I like the idea of adding wood, but think it would need to be added to other area of the front of the house to balance the look. For now, we will paint the garage doors same color as house. I'm adding another photo. We will be adding a flagstone path on the dirt on the right side and landscaping, hiding the garbage cans with a fence.

I would paint with charcoal gray upper part.

Correct, Hallet & Co., those are the areas that can be painted. To clarify, you are suggesting to paint all trim, corner boards and pergola white. We are keeping the entry path as concrete, but adding a flagstone path through the "garden" to the side gate. It is a darker flagstone. You are suggesting darker stucco in the same family of SW Kilim Beige (putty color) to ground the house? Do you agree garage door should be same color as the stucco? I'll look into taking the knuckles off of the railing. What "look" would you say you are you going for overall? Thank you!

I was think storm cloud for the stucco and the garage door, if you keep the siding the same color.

I also think the plants in front of the steps hide the entry. I would like to see the door painted an interesting color. I really like the style of the door, so I hope you keep it.

Are you open to painting the entire house?

Houssaon - The vinyl siding is carefree, so we resist painting that which does limit us on color. I'll try to mock up the house with the Storm Cloud and see how a pic looks. I'm slowing working on getting those plants down to a lower level, but for now they do give us some privacy and shade.

With the massing contemporary or mid century modern

Hallett- going in the opposite direction of white, do you think matching the trim to the "gray-brown" color gutter would work as well?

The white trim around our door got so dirty with the fire/smoke/ash season and it will be hard to reach and clean on the front areas if around the windows. Thank you.

Ok, this is a quick mood board mock up, but Cedar cladding on the garage area and the eaves. Black trim for windows gutters and railing. Wood Modern door. Modern garage door (black and glass) Updated lights and house #s. This is a very fast visual for you

Thanks everyone for ALL the ideas. I appreciate that there are many different directions to consider. I did start another thread on my house, but maybe it's better to keep it all on one in order to have the whole history.