buidinginva - thanks - that book looks like a nice add to my (ever-growing) cottage/bungalow/craftsman library. we have thought about a colored window, including a nice cranberry color, but DH is color phobic. It was a lot to get him to consider non-white windows at all. :) kateskouros - yep, seen all their photos, including some that our local rep has emailed. all the gray houses have white trim. i iknow we can't go wrong w/white (i'd still stick w/an off-white, since we're not coastside), but trying to be different. maybe different is not such a good idea?

i agree with most comments especially on how to treat the doors. Imagine looking at the picture you showed us & the ski door is same color as house - it’s gone! I like your idea of adding lighting to entry especially around the front door not storage door. If you want to add interest to that side wall with no symmetry maybe think about adding a locally interesting wall ornament that’s weather proof. Iron art? Snowboarder? Per @Olychick comments,be sure to hang it above the snow line!

Hi, great call outs, thank you! Yes, we will be re-doing the driveway, combo of new concrete around the garage entry and connecting over to walkway leading to front door, the driveway itself will be gravel, which will look more country and fit the surrounding better, there is a ton of driveway that winds around back of the house, that much asphalt will create quite a stark look. The paint is starting to chip in some spots so we need to paint anyway, had originally planned to do board and batten or something along those lines for ourselves, but now will just repaint. If we go white, would you keep all trim, garage doors, etc, white? Would the green door look okay with that, maybe I just paint the door as well while I'm at it? Also, totally agree the door doesn't go with the house, it was on my list to replace! Garage doors will be replaced (they're ancient and have never worked since we've moved in), I'm thinking of barn door style carriage to echo shop doors. Currently we have a weed lawn, and not much of one at that. Our lot is a freeway for wildlife that tromps through all day/night long, in particular the deer and turkey wreak havoc on plants as well as mulch (the turkey love to dig!). But some hardy landscaping, particularly close to the house/walkway in contained small areas (due to drought, as apple_pie_order so correctly pointed out) are in the plans as we get closer to listing.

No gable truss on the front. The house does not need any board and batten. Too many columns in the front. The windows flanking the front door seem rather wide and out of proportion. we will be doing a modern door with windows down the right side. I'd rethink that as it will look completely out of place on this house.