Looking for help in choosing exterior paint color for our place.

contrasting trim around windows in black to make them pop or even black shutters and the garage and font door in black. Even if you paint the house you want contrasting trim around the windows or they just get lost.

maybe bulk up the front posts too?

You have a very nice appealing house. Landscaping is well done. Does your entry have brick and wood? Or just brick? I would suggest lightening up your entry, since it is so dark, paint the door the light color -Ranchwood. Paint the second windows a dark color to match your roof (roofing over bay windows and porch) and pull that together. How about outlining the garage door squares with the darker color too? Think on that. I am not sure. The redwood fence to the left, add mounted flower boxes with the same flowers and colors you have in your landscaping. I think the solid fencing detracts from the house, adding flower boxes will break that up. A home with a good feeling, you have done well.

What a darling house! Love the dual bay windows. What do you want to do? Make it stand out or blend in and stay with neutrals? I would do something to beef up the second story windows to give them more of a presence if in the budget. I am partial to white trim, but know it is not for everyone. Could just be the photo, but I would lighten up the entry with a brighter door color and lighting if it needs it.

First I would add glass front door, then new garage door with an arbor and the up stairs window trim all in black along with the lower windows and add black shutters and the up stairs window add these from the picture I'm sending you.

You can try looking up what colors Feng shui recommend according to what direction your home faces.

Love it.

You have a lovely home, Harish! I had Ranchwood in my previous home and now still have it in my new condo! It's a great color as a lot goes with it and it isn't a "trendy" color like grey. Trends come and go and after a few years of grey being "the trend", it will soon date itself.

I'm not sure what areas you are thinking of painting ... are you saying you can't paint the trim around your windows? If you can, I'd love to see a lighter shade around the windows to enhance them a bit more because right now, they seem to blend into the rest of the siding. However, if you can't paint that trim, I'd love to see black shutters highlighting the upper windows. I'm SO glad to see your garage door painted a "quiet" neutral color as many home owners forget the rule of decorators and that is: the front door should always be your focal point - never the garage. Keep the garage door the way it is and paint the front door a classy black then hang a pretty wreath that you change according to the Seasons. Flank the front entrance with two black urns filled with white geraniums** and lots of greenery. White flowers show up beautifully as dusk arrives at the end of the day. Re the **, you might be surprised to learn that a dulled-down lilac color looks lovely with Ranchwood (and an icy blue) so introducing those colors to any urns or planters would be pretty too. By the way, instead of a Black front door, you might wish to look at a deep Aubergine (Eggplant) color - this is a very classy look too.

If you can't paint any window trim (as I asked you above) then I'm assuming you can't paint the lower windows either. However, if you can, the same advice stands - that is, add some creamy lighter color to the trim to make the windows stand out more.

In time and if funds allow, I'd love to see you eliminate the (reverse) "L" shaped walkway to your front door and start the walkway about 5' or more closer to the street. Then make the "corner of the reverse L" into a garden bed. We did that with a prior house and what a difference it made!!! It opened up the whole entrance and the front door, my urns, etc. were then all visible from the street and made the house look MUCH more welcoming.

So instead of guests coming up the driveway and making a sharp left turn to the front door, they have a nice gradually-curved walkway to the front door. If you do that, again, listen to decorators and landscape designers and make the walkway wide enough for two people to walk beside each other. It, again, gives a more welcoming and expansive look to the house. We did ours in Interlock and it wasn't that costly. You also could plant a low Boxwood hedge (about 15" or so) all along the curved walkway to emphasize it plus it, again, is a classy and classic look. I'm suggesting Boxwood as it's not only classy but remains green all year.

This about painting the bump puts for the bay windows a different color than the upper house and shutters. Something maybe two shades lighter or darker on the same color card would work. The front door needs a pop of color! Contemplate blues in a kind of denim range for the house and a red (or yellow) door. If you're not that bold, a tan brown with blue shutters would work too. Think about surrounding the skinny white door posts with two-by-fours to make them more substantial looking and stain them brown. This is allllll about color tones!