Hi again, Here is the architect's elevation pic. The one above does not show the cladding material, and I just figured out how to send the architect's picture. This image does not show the window trim that we are planning around the windows on the siding part of house. After playing around with house visualizer sites, I am leaning towards the following body: greige - Quary stone board and batten house trim, soffits, facia, freize board - charcoal roof - charcoal (already done) windows - white (already done) window trim around door and siding windows - charcoal board and batten I think the greige has enough gray in it that pairing it with charcoal (not sure how dark of charcoal to go) should work. I wanted to also let you know that the front door will be changed to a 8 foot double door with 3/4 glass (hopefully this will tie in the deck door better). With the taller front door, the transom above will be shorter. Also there will be a bit more brick over garage than is showing. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Carol

The ATW sill should work fine and provide a much better overlap at the sill brick. Provide proper flashing under the rowlock sill. You can buy the Sterling Double Hung with an added 1 5/16" wide aluminum brick mold trim and a 5/8" tall "traditional" sill nosing. The sill only projects a small amount. The nailing flange is attached to the added trim which is probably a more water resistant detail. The cost should be substantially offset by the cost of cellular PVC trim and it's additional installation cost. But I've never actually used these trim pieces.

Just an update. Came home today and the painters had sanded down the columns and the window trim. Hadn't done anything to fix the crown trim around the columns. Unfortunately they'd also sanded down the 102 year old porch floor which I'm pretty sure had to have been painted with lead at some point. It was pretty lightly done in most places, but I know there had to be some lead dust kicked up since there were places that were taken back down to wood. Anyway I'm glad the owner of the company actually cared enough about the job to try and fix most of the trim. The backyard unfortunately was pretty trashed, open paint cans skimming over in the sun, sanders and rags everywhere; but by the time they left for the evening it looked pretty good. As it stands now I'm hesitantly optimistic that everything will turn out ok. Thanks everyone for all the input. It must be infuriating to be a painter who really takes pride in his/her work and have people who just paint fast and furious. As an aside to Casey I almost asked the owner about floetrol after seeing how badly dragged and slumped the window trim was... maybe I still should before they do the next coat..

sounds great. Love to see it when it's complete. I used these 3 on my home, and the Swiss Coffee is actually very white Is your gray lighter than this one? I love this combo. looks like they went w/a brighter White here. Go with Pure White or Simply White These are the Andersen windows and similar colors in your home The white on this house looks similar to a swiss coffee, or more of a softer white. if you want a brighter white: