Your house is a gorgeous, classical, balanced, symetrical style, & I'd think it will look best with colors that are in keeping with that image...even if you have to think a while to figure out what to use! The brick & wrought iron & the very size of it give it weight, so you need colors with "weight" so that they look well-matched with the rest of the house, & since the brick has depth & texture, you want simplicity. Paint the downspouts as close to the brick color as possible to camouflage them. I like the way the house looks now, as far as matching & contrast, so I'd experiment with maybe charcoal gray or British racing green (deepest green in the universe, with a little black mixed in) for the shutters, & spanking white for columns & window trim. I like the red door, but if you want a change, maybe stain the door a walnut color & use the same color on the area above the porch. That combination might give the house a "lodge" kind of atmosphere... or you could go spanking white on everything but the door & use a deep Chinese laquer red on it. Whatever you do, it's a beautiful house, & you'll have a lot of fun working on it!

Hi, we are renovating the exterior of our home. We recently did a white mortar wash on the brick (a suggestion I got from this site!), and we are now trying to decide on the color for the siding, trim, and accent color on the door. We have a sample up now (you can see to the right of the middle window in the 2nd photo). The color is a light gray body, with a darker gray trim. I feel the gray is too light and will wash out the house. I'm thinking of going a little darker, but then the trim would need to be darker, and I worry it would be too dark. Not sure if white trim would look ok or not, especially given the detail in the right peak of the house. I would think we would want that to stand out. Any suggestions on siding and trim colors would be greatly appreciated! Lighter or darker siding color? Lighter or darker trim color? We are getting new siding too, so the new stuff will be hardi lap siding. No Samples Up Front of House Front Door

I suspect as much as well!! What program did you use for that rendering? I messed around with it in photoshop because we will likely have to keep the top metal trim white. Not sure how to change the colors but keep the shadows affects on them as you did!

If anyone can help I would be grateful! I really need to make a decision this weekend if possible. I know I need to do samples but would appreciate any direction on which SW whites to look at. I want it to be soft and warm/inviting and wouldn't even mind a cream if I can find on that still looks like a creamy white rather than yellow. Thoughts? Would SW Creamy work or go too yellow?