The stone will be fine. Check the measurements on your elevation drawing carefully- if the shutters are not drawn to scale correctly, more important things may not be correct.

Will the stone at the foundation only be on the front or all the way around the home?

My husband wants the stone at the driveway by the garages, so because of that we will probably go along the sides but maybe not the back.

I’m having A hard time picturing both. This is a big decision

"so because of that we will probably go along the sides but maybe not the back"

To look correct and like it was by design it really needs to be on all 4 sides other wise it is obviously just lipstick.

Millworkman yes I agree. Thank you for your input. and that’s totally fine. My main concern is how it will look in the front in general because it is such a wide,
Plain house with not much else going on. Or if we should just go down all the way with siding. Thank you!

I don't mind the stone, but the redesign looks a bit wonky to me. The proportions don't seem like they'll work on the home and you're removing one big gable in the center to add another one on the left side. I don't get the double portico porch unless the roof on the right is just to fill in that empty space right of your front door. It looks crowded between the windows. Are the dormers because you're adding livable space in the attic, or are they just decorative?

The shutters are incorrectly sized because of the design of the canopy

I have removed the additional gable from the front of the house.

Thank you very much!

marcalusi, I'm not sure my elevations meet the criteria you had with remodeling your home. Were you wanting that third floor or is that attic? I'm not sure the traditional gable dormers are right on this remodel. Did you consider shed dormers for the house?

Yes it will be a fully functioning attic with living space. The roof level will be raised

There is a lot more space when shed dormers are used instead of gable dormers.

Ditch the shutters !

Thank you I don’t think we’re planning on doing shutters it just happens to be on the drawing

The stone is handsome and will anchor the house nicely. Doing it all siding would be dull and the house would feel less rooted.

Btw, it really does make a significant difference when you put stone all the way around your foundation as though your foundation were built of stone versus decorating parts of your foundation with stone. One looks real and the other looks like you ran out of cash.

Jennifer thank you!! Do you think the size of the bottom windows will look ok still with the stone? I appreciate your answer.

Thank you for taking the time to do this and explain this

I like what palimsest has done. I'd widen the porch/steps so that each side was the same distance from the nearest window. I might even go with a flat porch roof instead of a gable.

And yes, I think the windows and stone will be fine together, particularly if you keep the stone at foundation level as palimsest has illustrated.

I like it as well. Unfortunately I am not sure how much we have for wiggle room for the door because the home is a bi level and that is where the landing is where the stairs go up and down inside and it can’t be moved. But I will speak to them about the porch outside. Whoever built the house made it extremely unsymmetrical as you can see in the first photo of what it currently looks like. Thank you!!

I did not move the door or any window openings.

Here it is with the portico widened leaving the door asymmetrically placed, but an oculus window added next to the door for balance. And the shutters have been removed.

I am not sure centering the portico really adds anything, I think balancing things together even if they are asymmetrical works fine.

Obviously very old houses but note the asymmetrical balance

Yes! Thank you a very good point. We had the left side of the roof with that peak because that will be a bedroom. We didn’t consider dormers all the way across. Thank you! I appreciate your time and knowledge more than you know!

Here is the minor adjustment of the porch, keeping the front gable, eliminating the shutters & getting rid of the eyebrow arched windows in the dormers.

I changed the height of the gable on the second image.

Thank you beverlyFLADeziner!! I truly appreciate your time you took to do that for me.

Don't pay attention to the measurements but do pay attention to the proportion. On your style of house the windows should essentially take up the entire face of the dormer except for the peak.