Thanks for the replies so far, they definitely help. awm, correct, that is a one car garage door to the far left. I definitely think painting the doors all blue might be too much...but your second pic looks decent for sure. oly, yes, at least at this point (since they are so far into the job), the stone has to go all the way up to the top....not sure if it ever was an option to change that. As for the trim detail on that window....actually in pics I saw of other homes that were this model....it was all white, including above the window (where it's blue now). I'm not sure if they have to add a trim piece there still....or whether the pic of the house I saw just had it different there. I would just be concerned about that window having no white framing around it (if I painted it blue) whereas all my other windows on all sides of the house are trimmed in white/linen. The better choice might be to paint the area above the window white. I don't mind the garage doors standing out...but again, I want it to be for the right reasons....not because it's ugly. I think unless you have brown or tan on your house.....wood is always going to draw attention to the doors. I don't think that's bad....we see plenty of pics on Houzz of blue or gray houses with wood doors and they look great. The only wood doors I've seen that are ugly are non-carriage style ones with no windows. It just looks odd to have a big huge wood panel with nothing breaking it up....even if you have brown on your house. I did attach 2 pics of other houses with similar colors that I took yesterday (so in the same light). I just think the white is throwing people off because it's appearing so much brighter (I used one of those garage door manufacturer programs where you can upload a pic of your house and put their door on it). These pics give better visuals of what the white would look like in real life.

I somehow stopped receiving notifications for the last few posted comments but thanks for the input! Here's an update on the colors I've chosen. So the door is an ivory color, trim color is consistent with the rest of the house. My question now is whether I should paint the immediate trim around the glass beside the front door (side lights..?) the same ivory color? The contrast between the trim and door color is a little more stark than I expected and wonder if this will help the eye transition better. If anyone has any pictures of what this should look like it would be greatly appreciated! By the way, it's not shown here but I've also painted the house number sign the same ivory color and the numbers match the trim color. I was hoping this would help with the contrast a little.

I commented on the pictures before I read what you wrote! We got new garage doors last spring and I was surprised how inexpensive they are. We got black garage doors. My husband recently put Styrofoam insulation in them and it’s made a big difference in the heat. For the trim around your garage doors I would go as light as possible even the color of your current garage doors would look great as the body of the house and your trim it looks to be similar to Sherwin Williams alabaster.

I would paint the garage the same color as the front door. Unless you want a bright color for the front door, I think the current color is fine. You could paint the ceiling of the front porch haint blue to make it more refreshing.