HI Everyone, I just finished the exterior and wanted to share the update.

Here are the things I did:

-Got a new front door. I love it! My favourite part of the house!
-Got a new roof in an updated colour.
-Added a ton of pot lights and changed the lights under the portico and between the garage door (Murray Feiss).
-Got some new house numbers (Restoration Hardware) and moved them to the top of the portico
-Painted the portico and garage doors the same colour as the window casings.
-Removed the dead tree out front!
-Last thing was to order new shutters. I ordered them in the same colour as the portico, garage doors and casings in a modern panel design.

All in all, I like the outcome. I am disappointed that the shutters disappear, but I can always paint them darker.

The house is just very neutral now. The front door is clearly the focal point. Unfortunately the pictures don't do the house justice. The brick is not as pink in the pictures and the sage colour is much more taupe.

I really wanted a WOW change - but after living in the neighbourhood and in the house for a bit, I realized that this was the way to go. I'm going to do some crazy landscaping in the spring (I'm in Ontario, no point in landscaping now!), and I hope that will bring the Wow-factor I am looking for.

Oh, I still haven't replaced the garage doors, so when I do, I think that'll bring the house up a notch too. Also, I wasn't able to change anything on the portico since it was in rougher shape than I thought. It will have to be come down in a few years. So I just left it.

Anyway, just wanted to share the progress.