Good score!! Usually the caps are square. Black? Hmmm, I think I would paint everything else as I wanted it and then see about the columns. I have seen houses with black window trim and front doors, but I have a hard time imagining your house with black trim, seems too contempory for your house. Just my opinion of course! I like the idea of moss green with your brick and stone - more natural. Diane

Yes, fiberglass. Not diy project but an easy handyman job. However find one who has done it b4 and ck references on those specific column projects. If your columns are structural, they just put a temporary right next to old one BEFORE removing old one, then proceed with replacement. HST, seems like what you have would become invisible if painted same color as house. A very economical update. I think one of those pretty wraparound columns might make the column too much of a feature (chunky). The wrought iron is frilly, yet strong. Then again, big porch stairs will take center stage so wraparound column won't appear chunky. im vacillating but I think I'm leaning towards just painting.

Suggest you stop and decide what the entire project will look like, then work to make it happen. Think through all your ideas. Figure out how everything will be done. Looking at the lights for an example. The base should be in the center of the piece of siding. Lap siding is normally installed with butt joints staggered, or the end butts a piece of trim. I'd remove the 2 leftmost lights, add some dark trim and a wide column. Consider removing the railing.

It’s been a week and a half since we had rough cedar columns put up and stained. After much debate we decided on special walnut for the stain. I wanted a medium brown color. In the first photo you see all four columns. From the left the first two turned out just as I hoped but it did take a couple of days for them to fade. The last two columns came out much darker and haven’t lighted up much at all. The second photo is a closeup to show how dark one of the columns is. The last photo is a closeup of one of the columns I love. Should I give them more time to fade? Or should I apply mineral spirits to lighted it up? We are having wood double doors installed next week so maybe this dark column won’t stand out so much to me once they are in. The door will also be stained in special walnut.