Several back doorsways. They are doorways that are in relatively large walls.This may be too difficult to explain....but I will try. House is a ranch with walk out basement. On the main level: One doorway is a 8 foot tall set of double French doors flanked by two foot windows toward the end of a 40 foot long x 12 ft wide screened porch. Entrance is straight on from porch. The porch will have three fans with led lights so we are thinking no light per se for this doorway as neither wall sconces nor an overhead would work. Another French door is from a sunroom onto a 6x6 landing. This landing entrance is straight on and also connects to the screened porch. To the side of this door is the 20 foot wall of sunroom windows. We are thinking a 21" tall x7.5 w fixture here on the sunroom window side. The sunroom walls are in Hardie plank, so it has an exterior look. Inside the sunroom are two entrances both of which are French doors. One is straight on entrance and the other is a 90 degrees turn on the wall abutting (doors are basically together in a back corner). Each of these single French doors is 3/0x6/8. We are thinking same fixture as 8/0 door but in 16" height x 6"w one for each door. Finally on lower level, under the porch is a 3/0x6/8 French door. It is almost in the center of the 77 foot length of the house. We are thinking same fixtures as above in the 16" height. The lower level ceiling will be finished out with three overhead light fixtures..flush type same line as the doorway fixtures. We were also going to use the same 16" high fixture on the garage stoop door. Straight on, 18" overhand at the end of a 24 foot wall. We are a bit concerned the fixtures are too big.

Uugh @Virgil Carter Fine Art! Truly my struggle. The home was designed more then 8 years ago, and since then, many of my design ideas have changed. Yes, an architect designed the house. They were terrific and worked with both my husband and I, we obviously have differing focuses. the house calls for exterior shingles, but no color is specified, No exact front door model, garage doors, etc. And even if those things had been selected 8 years ago, I am certain I would have changed my mind anyway. lol a blessing and a curse.... I suppose I can go back to the architect for guidance, for every single choice. And it seems that must be where I am headed... Thanks. and Happy New Year!

I'm no expert but I think you're right, you probably want to keep the garage door matched closely to the brick around it so you don't highlight the garage. I think the bright white on the front door looks nice but maybe to make to stand out more a different color would be fun, but yeah, not red, lol! Ok, I'm no help but hopefully my comment will bump it up.

Oh wow, it's really hidden! lol Your furniture plan for the porch sounds lovely and I imaging having the door tucked away adds a nice sense of privacy and security. What about removing/relocating the bushes in front of the porch? Removing them might make the space look larger and more welcoming where as now they seem to make the space small and dark. Maybe swap them for some flowerbeds. It doesn't sound like you'd want to take on awindow-to-door conversion but it would look really great if you did. You've got a lot of space from an exterior view and having the steps lead up to the door would look very welcoming. You'd also have to consider what's on the other side of the wall and how that would affect the layout of your porch furniture, too (I'm sure you've already thought of that though). You've got a beautiful home, I'm sure whatever you decide it'll look great. Good luck! - Ariana