I think a light grey would look very smart - white trim. Be sure to paint the garage door the same color as the house to help it disappear.

We are a retired couple so having the laundry open from our walk-in is ideal. Yeah, the connection between the closet and the laundry is one of the plan's good points. But I would adjust the doorway so it's farther down ... this allows you a huge linen closet across from the shower (just where you want to store your towels) ... a large vanity for your sink ... and then the door in a more logical spot / a spot that means you can walk through the edge of the room, not to the middle of the room to enter the bathroom. It greatly reduces the "walking through the bathroom to get somewhere problem"; rather, you're just skirting the edge of the bathroom -- much more practical. Now that I look at it again, I note that -- alternately -- you could more than double the size of the shower by bringing it across the back of the room. Since you're a retired couple, I'd lose that toilet-in-a-closet; you're limiting yourself to the size of a public toilet stall, and if you need a walker or other mobility device, the toilet will be inaccessible to you. Alternately, you could place the toilet in the back of the room (near a window) so it'd be a bit "hidden" by the tub /shower, yet still accessible. And quite frankly we decided that if we have all four of our kids down, and they eventually have kids, it would still be cheaper to pay for them to stay in a local hotel for a few days when they visit us, than pay a mortgage for rooms we mostly won't use. We fully furnished five of eight bedrooms for the kids and grandkids when they come and we make sure the bedrooms are better equipped than most fine hotels. PineBaron, It's not an all-or-nothing proposition. Not many families will fill FIVE guest rooms on any given weekend. It makes sense to me to prepare two nice guest rooms ... and occasionally when more than two rooms are needed, then add in hotel rooms. Let 'em take turns being the ones to have rooms at your house vs. the hotel. Alternately, consider making one of the rooms more of a "bunk room" -- that lets you fit a whole bunch of people in one room. If you go with double down /single up bunks, you could get a bunch of people in one room, and -- done well -- it could be very appealing to grandchildren. I can't see keeping FIVE bedrooms "at the ready" all the time. Building, maintenance, heating and cooling, insurance. It's a very expensive proposition. Incidentally, one of my grandfathers ran a hotel (and lived in a one-bedroom apartment in that hotel). When we stayed with him, each family had a room of its own -- I remember LOVING that, and I still have a bit of the furniture from his hotel today.

I loooove Tudors!!! <3 Absolutely adore 'em. :-) One thing I've been told is that it should have double hung windows, but the upper storey casement windows are pretty new. It is my understanding that Tudors, being of European influence, most certainly had casements! Any opinions about adding mullions? Every Tudor should have the opportunity to have *at least one* diamond pane window, lol. Even better if it's a bay/bow/oriel window. Doesn't that window just make you wanna squeal with delight??? I've also been told to get rid of the shutters as this style of home would never have shutters. I'd get rid of them, since they aren't sized appropriately, but Tudors can definitely have shutters. I'm happy to paint the wood trim and windows, and perhaps get a vine going on the porch to disguise the plain architecture? Vines on a Lady Tudor are just awesome, plain and simple. :-D As are roses, lavender, English daisies, and boxwood. If you do a vine, please take care not to use anything super invasive like English Ivy. I looove the look of English Ivy (and oh how appropriate on a Tudor!), but I'd try to use a native evergreen vine for your area... Or, at the very least, something that isn't quite as devilish as English Ivy. ;-)

Congratulations on your new home. Its beautiful. I too, love your stone. However, I think the paint itself looks a bit pink on my monitor at least. Your roof appears to be a shade of lighter brown. Your stones, appear to have a lot of brown in them. I would pick a color from that stone, to paint the house itself. Gray isnt the color you are looking for though, with your stone, and roof color. Sorry. I too, love gray, but, sometimes, it just doesnt work with what exists.