You probably mean Agreeable Gray? Any one of those would be a good choice. To bring in something similar to Rainwashed, go darker such as Underseas 6214, or possibly even one of the darker versions, Rocky River or Jasper. You could use that on your shutters, but I would paint all your window trim white. In order to visualize these colors, paint a large board as a sample and look at it outside against your house at different times of the day, in different weather conditions, and on all sides of the house.

Thank you, kandrewspa. I will look at those colors you mentioned. And, yes, I did mean Agreeable Gray.

So, to be clear, the trim that is currently Green Earth around our windows and doors—you would change that to Extra White and then do the body one of those grays or Underseas? Did I get that right? Would you also paint new upper floor shutters Extra White—if we decide to get them? Or, are you saying one of the grays in the body and Underseas on the shutters (and Extra White on the trim)?

I’ll get a sample of Underseas but I think it may be darker than I want. Hard to know. I saw another color while I was looking at your suggestions though: Quietude. It may be a good exterior paint choice for me vs Rainwashed. I will get a sample of Quietude too.

I like the idea of a pale sage color. With white trim.

I was also thinking of a yellow color. But maybe that’s too bold for you? Lol

Otherwise you can keep it Simple, by doing a white base and any color trim you’d like.
You have a beautiful home. Lovely.

BM Rainwashed with a Bright White trim would be a nice fresh look.

a colored front door would be fresh.

I was thinking of the Rainwashed (lighter or darker according to your preference) for the shutters, white on trim and one of the grays you mentioned for the body.

Thank you for your help with our color and your kind compliment.

I like pale sage green too BUT it is already in my small neighborhood a couple of times (including in the form of SW Comfort Gray next door); so, for that reason, it’s probably not a good choice for us.

And, yellow—while I like it—is not a good color for me personally so I don’t think I’d pick yellow.

With regard to your white base comment…I actually have thought about doing the body in Alabaster but then I wasn’t sure if that would be so good because the window and door trim should maybe be Extra White to blend with our windows and doors. Or not. I wish I had had more success with either of the online paint visualizers. I will probably need to paint some of my alternatives on the back of our house to get a better idea of how they will look.

With regard to painting our front door anything other than white—we would have a white stripe where the moulding that holds in the glass panel. Not sure if I’d like that. Here are two examples of that stripe we’d have if we painted the door something other than white:

Lyn, with regard to your suggestion of adding color to our door, do you think the door stripe is okay? Or, is it a reason to stick with a white door? Also, thank you for your help.

Our front door—note the white moulding around inset glass.

That molding should be painted the door color, particularly if it's fiberglass.

Thanks! I didn’t think that that moulding would take paint. I wonder why our neighbors’ painters didn’t paint the moulding on their doors with glass insets?

All of my front doors have had that white molding painted and it always holds up just like the body of the door, itself. I use mostly Behr paint and have never had a problem with the molding accepting the paint.

Thank you so much, Beerpocket and clt3. Being able to paint that moulding gives me another great color option I never knew I had!!

I just want to say that I absolutely love your Rainwashed interior walls. Thanks for sharing. I think it would be a refreshing color to add to any neighborhood.

Behr Neutral Simple Craftsman

I like the subtle difference between the colors of the upper and lower floors' siding -- which you could apply to your house -- and the contrasting black window frames and door.

Thank you so much for your help, misecretary and wdccruise!!

I think who ever chose your current colors nailed it. The undertones in the main color are harmonious with the greens in your foliage and grass as well as the gray in your sidewalk. Don’t mess with success just for the sake of making a change.

Shutters: I’d remove over garage (window is too small), add wider ones on upper level (or remove) and if adding, add on two garage windows on the left.

Paint: I could see a soft white and muted blue on front/breezeay doors (including the trim around glass) and on shutters if using. Colors would work well with your roof, which is important. Trim color around windows depends if using shutters or not.

Info on color: https://www.loveremodeled.com/white-heron-benjamin-moore/

A pergola would completely change your garage.

Thank you for your ideas, Kendrah and Maureen.

Kendrah, the current colors ARE really nice together—but they’re not “right” for us. Hopefully, the ones we end up choosing will be as graceful together.

Maureen, I love the pictures you posted and the look of hinged shutters that can actually close, but we don’t have enough wall space on our porch to have that kind on the four front porch windows (or around our door) because of the sconces and doorbell. We took down the shutters that were on the ground floor because we thought they were too skimpy (and, unfortunately, can’t be any larger). We could have larger shutters made for our three upstairs windows (which would include the one over the garage)—but not for the front porch windows.

I would go with off-white body and white trim.

Check these colors

1. Calm BM

2. American White

2. Silver Satin

Thank you, CeleryGirl. That would be pretty. Which off-white would you favor (for the body) and which white (for the trim)? And, if we do upper shutters, would you have them be white too? What about the front door?