So, to sum, you are using green shutters? I think I would tend to do door and sidelights same or trim and sidelights same, but not all 3 the same. And, which you choose would be if you want a double-sized color, or single color. If it were me, and green were my shutters, I probably go for a darker green for door. But, with your brick, I think I would like either dark blue (to almost black) or dark red. Which way does it face? Will it get Western or Southern Sun? If so, you may not be able to do too dark a color without voiding the door's warranty.

Good thoughts Bronwynsmom! Our garage door is the Garaga overlay design. The rectangles that you see are in fact recessed as you guessed. The framing around the rectangles is over a flat door panel. The way the garage door is shown on the Sketch-up elevation picture is a bit off. Our garage door will have three rectangles across, not four as shown (the garage door is 14 feet wide). As a result the rectangles will be even wider on the true garage door. I will see about getting the different doors we are considering put into the Sketch-up picture. I will also investigate if we can get rectangles rather than squares into the two doors (sort of like the first door that you posted above, but with two doors). The two doors will at best be each 32 inches wide so the rectangles can only be so wide. I wondered what you thought about the window above the door. I definitely want this window above the door. The entrance way is 12 feet high, so there is plenty of room for the window above the door, and currently the doors we have looked at have been standard height (around 82 inches), although we could look at a taller door. The ceilings in the rest of our house are only 8 feet, which is still the norm in our area, and all interior doors are around 82 inches high. Do you think there should be a space above the door before the window starts? Should the glass in the window include frame to break up the shape at all? Perhaps it should look like two stacked rectangular transoms? Any thoughts on this? I really appreciate your help, and the help of others on this site. Carol

Hi Katie - great pick on the new door design! We've applied the black color and some design options to your door. Your pick, [Western Reflections Vintage Craftsman[(https://www.houzz.com/products/western-reflections-vintage-craftsman-door-glass-24-x-38-frame-kit-patina-prvw-vr~110703047), was definitely a great choice, and we also included Mission Ridge and Jameston.

Maybe if you removed them or replaced with the right sized shutters others in the neighborhood would follow your lead :) So many builders substitute the small ones because they are readily available and less expensive. I personally think many of the builders have no idea about shutter sizing and proportion and only look at cost. Your shutters aren't nearly as bad as some of these photos in these posts in the links below... https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/residential-architecture-101-shutters/ http://architecturalobserver.com/shutters-or-shudders/