A good power washing is first step. Then what color is a favorite of yours? What’s on neighboring homes so you don’t duplicate.

To get going, I would select a blue/gray tone and you want to consider improving landscaping and possibly change color of front door to compliment color palette. Here is inspirational photo. Trim needs to be all same color to compliment body of walls.

Wow! The stone veneers is a good thought. Thank you for taking the time to render it. Would you keep body light as what is in the render? Any particular color combo that would work well together?

I do like blue and was thinking along those lines to go blue on the body but it’s the front cement wall that is throwing me. What color combo would work? Would the trim color be the same as the cement wall? And then thought adding landscaping and maybe window boxes on front wall and under windows to break it up…..

With your roof a darker trim color would work well. Where are you located? In northwest US rains can cause mold build ups on stone so darker exterior color might require less maintenance. Looks like house hasn’t had good power washing to me. A blue/gray for body with a warm gray brown for trim with a bright front door color like robins egg blue might be refreshing change. Or yellow gold front door. Just depends on color you choose for body of home.

Here is combo with SW Slate for body, SW Urbane Bronze for trim and front wall. Wood craftsman front door and new craftsman porch lights. I put iron railing for stairs. Then added slab stones for walking. A stone look fountain for in front of wall plus bright green Fix Tail ferns for compact color.

SW Slate Tile for main body color.

I think the stone veneer makes your house look striped. You'd have a stripe of stone, a stripe of stucco, a stripe of windows, a stripe of roof and then a stripe of dormer. I would not do it.

Cleaning the stucco and a coherent color scheme will do wonders. You have a green trim on the roof (or is it copper guttering?), red around the dormer windows, tan siding that doesn't quite match the stucco, very white window frames and a grayish white stucco.

If the gutters are copper, you want to keep them. Paint the stucco a grayed greenish blue. We used SW Jumiper blue on our house, it goes really well with the copper portions of the roof.

Built in 1918, 'National Register' bungalow keeps its classic feel

https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2021/07/13/remaking-history-a-1920s-bungalow-updated-with-second-story

I would consider replacing the windows and door with a more period appropriate style.

Thank you Flo for your ideas and time! I like the blue but I’m not sure about the urban bronze…. I’m now seeing how keeping the cement wall darker, it helps to blend it in so it’s not standing out so much. Painting it blue would be too much?

Sigrid- would you work with just 2 colors then? Juniper but what would you use for the trim?

I agree about the windows and doors. They need replaced.

My daughter played around with some colors and came up with this rendering but obviously, not that white as shown in the picture…. I’m now thinking it’s better to go darker on that wall….???

White is what the eye sees first. So I would and did down play it a bit but still give it a nice look with a darker color. Two tone across front cuts the house in half. Like wearing a belt on a dress cuts you in half. One color on the house body is best. I like the dark gray your daughter used but you can do what you like. Just keep the more muted contrast in mind. And the style of the home.

White also shows mold and stains quickly so I am very conscious of added maintenance. Keep that in mind. Above I meant I would downplay the wall. I put a fountain in front of it with a walkway of large stones. Not sure where your driveway is? Or if you have a driveway?

I just saw new post with bed and greenery in front of wall. I would play with doing that wall your dark color and putting gold house numbers or a plaque with house number on the wall. That would be great!

I wrote nice detailed post and lost it via this random keystroke thing that wipes out my posts usually right at the end after Ive spent an hour. WTH is that????

Anyway short version - keep all stucco (body of house AND the short wall around porch landing) same color . I thought you said you are keeping it gray? So why are we seeing all the blue and black and white houses?

Is that original unpainted stucco, or has it been painted? Deemphasize dormer by changing siding to darker color, get rid of red and turqouise.

Stick to 3-4 colors - 1 for stucco (body of house and porch wall), one for roof color (looks to be more of a green-blue-gray?), one for trim (is it paintable?) and possibly nice accent color for door + the cute little diamond patterns . No veneer - keep it simple, beauty is in the original design and proportions.

Can the white trim be painted? I could see all that being a dark gray that relates to the roof color with the cement gray left as is.

Recommend D/2 biological cleaner for your masonry - I was amazed at amount of algae and crud coming out of my 100 yr old cement house. So much brighter/lighter, I decided to just put on clear matte finish and not paint. If you do paint then mineral paint aka potassium silicate is best product for vintage masonry - some US sources are limeworks.us, Romabio, beeck.com

Okay- went back to lighter options. Shown are Sherwin Williams Dorian Gray on body, Gauntlet Gray on cement wall, Naval for Accent and Pure White for window if they can be painted to brighten. What do you think?

Flo- thank you for more suggestions and all of it made complete sense. I like the gold address number idea. Currently by front door.

Debbie- I appreciate you taking the time to give your ideas and I’m so sorry it was lost the first time. That’s happened to me too! It has been painted before a lighter cream. Thank you for the cleaner list. Def need that!

That works except for front door. Dark door looks like “black hole”. Medium tone wood is best but a paint in lighter and neuter tone would be perfect. Something like this. Then coordinate with pink flowers as we mocked up.

My daughter suggested bright colors for front door. You can’t tell but there is glass in it

She sent this

I agree with Sigrid's comments. In my mockup, I painted the "wall" the Urbane Bronze to create some "dimension" to the curb appeal. Simplify the painting of the house itself.

I like the idea of a bright door. However, I think the wall should be the color of the house, not a different color.

I've been following with interest. When I opened today to find the SW Dorian Gray on body, Gauntlet Gray on cement wall, and Naval for accent, I thought, "That's it!"

I like it too and the SLIGHTLY different color wall is kinda growing on me. I think one thing that helps immensely is that the upper 3 windows are de-emphasized by painting the big chunk trim the same color as the siding, leaving just a thin window frames in white - same as downstairs windows. Sometimes chunky trim is a good thing, but not here, and not only on some windows but not all.

Great! I’m glad you all are like the color scheme. Now the trim on the sides and back….. I have in the photo to paint roof line trim “Naval” but do you think the trim around windows/door should stay the body color (Dorian Gray) and be consistent with the front of house? I am leaning toward that but it is possible to paint trim gauntlet gray or naval….🤔