I really dislike separate sections alternating between brick and stone scanning left to right as in the picture of the first home. The second picture is a little better but it looks strange the way the foundation stone has been carried up around the entry way. Stone sparsely used as trim has a more timeless and classic look. Here's some examples. All but the second picture are million dollar plus homes currently for sale in the Chicago area. The second picture is somewhere in the midwest from a limestone fabricator's project gallery. Stucco with a stone entry way, 1937: More recent, brick with Indiana limestone trim and entry way. Beautiful. Some more..... From 1930, looks like lannon stone exterior with smooth limestone trim around the windows and quoining . Beautiful wood entryway. 1955, all stone ground floor with siding on the second story and gable, smooth limestone window sills: This post was edited by DreamingoftheUP on Sat, Apr 12, 14 at 20:23

No. Just NO. You have a beautiful walkway and driveway -- white would look terrible with the other stuff you have going on there. You might want to invest in new siding and the new roof will help - leave the stone alone. What are you painting in the back? Brick? I advise against painting brick (had a house with painted brick, so I speak from experience), but if it's already painted and you're sprucing it up, pick something in the taupe family to coordinate with the rest of it. No white. Taupes/browns/brown-tone greys - "natural" colors will work with your stone (house, walkway, and landscaping stone) in terms of paint, siding, and roofing.

Sorry I didn't have the opportunity to answer last night. I think that your stone looks much less warm because of the beige currently next to the stone. Color is never isolated, it plays with the colors surrounding it. It is also better to look at color from a bit of a distance. To make your final decision, use the painted samples that you have and tape them 2 at a time to the garage door. Step back, decide which of the two you like best and then replace your least favorite with your next sample. Leave a bit of distance between the two samples. For neutrals, because their undertones can be so sneaky, I paint large samples. 12x118 or larger. I like to use 140 lb watercolor paper - it doesn't get warped and has a nice tooth to it. If it is a bit curled I place a piece of parchment over it and iron it flat. https://www.michaels.com/canson-xl-watercolor-pad/M10145805.html I would also suggest reading a review by kylie m interiors on SW gray-greige. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/sherwin-williams-best-gray-greige-paint-colours/ Always find her advice on paint colors to be dead on. To do my own evaluation of your stone and paint colors I took a screenshot of the stone and copy/pasted it into excel. I then pulled the RGB values from the SW web site. I entered those numbers into Easy RGB and took snapshots of the convert page from Easy RGB for each color and placed it next to the stone screenshot. . Of the samples I personally like Modern Gray and Wordly Gray. I love Versatile Gray in the photo, but I tend toward taupes which means that this could go pink. The hue measurement shows that It is on the brink of having pink/purple undertones. Please understand that every computer monitor is different, so machine comparisons are never as good as real painted samples, but it can give you direction. If you like something but it is just a bit off you can use tools like Easy RGB to find a similar color that is just a little lighter, a little less green or a little more gray.

"Weathered wood" gray/brown roof, gray gutters, slightly gray off white house, white trim around windows. White or red door. Remove or repair old whiskey barrel planters since they are falling apart. If you keep them, plant with red and white geraniums.