I'd go with a nice olive green. That would look really nice.

I think everything would look really nice if you did a really bright, crisp white. You'd just need to keep up the maintenance on it. Or a mid-grey.

I'd paint the house with Kelly Moore, La Marina 157 and the trim Keystone 186. This will blend nicely with the greenery and I'd add pops of color to the landscaping and replace some of the green bushes with perrinials. (reds, purples and yellow or white low accents ground covers)

Sorry to say, but you need to remove that tree so you can see your beautiful house, the color doesn't look bad the way it is. If you remove the tree and paint your door a nice color, maybe yellow. Have you ever thought about adding a skylight over your front door to let in some light. You don't need a lot, just a few tweaks. You are being to hard on yourself.

Sherwin Williams Artisan Tan. Replace old shutters with nice plantation shutters with black hardware. Next project might be to remove old landscaping and replace with new plants that add seasonal colors

I think it looks fine but if you are really bent on changing it I think the olive green suggestion is nice.

I would recommend a pale sage green with brown trim. You will LOVE this combination, plus it will tie in beautifully with the surounding environment.

Olive or sage green would be nice. If you are daring, go dark gray, paint your door red and shutters white. Keep the trim white.

I think the color looks good. The black shutters look rich. They help ground your house. I think you have to much stark white trim. I would paint the front door black and add a little black around the two front windows.

I wouldn't remove the tree either. They cost a fortune and add so much. Just trim it up a bit. I like the color it is now. Are the bricks red? If they are and you can't go rusty/cooper with your door. I used an off white for the door and trim since the door seems to be in a shaded area. Just add more seasonal plants to your landscaping and trim that tree a bit. It will look beautiful. I trimmed a huge River Birch that we hated and now I wouldn't part with it.

I would recommend a Warm Caramel color. It is a little darker but would make the shutteres stand out if they were painted white to match the color of the door. It would definetely make a big difference. Trim the tree, not remove it. Add color to your landscaping to brighten up and give curb appeal. (Yellow and orange colors with a touch of white plants.) Hope this helps.

Try uploading your house photo to Sherwin Williams & use their 'Color Visualizer' like I just did! Check out the photo I put on FB for you!!

The white is too bright & stark. Start by using a more creamy color on the trim, something that works well with the neutral field color. I agree that changing the landscaping could make a huge difference. But keep the mature tree, of course! Good luck!

Your front entrance is lost in the existing colors. You need to enhance the front door so that you are drawn to the entrance. Take a few more branches off the big tree so that you can see the whole house.You definetly need some color in your gardens. I would recommend putting in perrenial plants that add color at different times of the year. The window frame color of white is too dominant. I would paint the exterior in maybe two or three warm colors that compliment each other. The front door needs to pop !!. Maybe a cranberry type color !!.

I like the color on the exterior, but agree that grays are trending right now. Outdoors the sunshine takes every paint color several shades lighter. For example, if you Pratt and Lambert's Lamswool indoors, then you would need to go as dark as Petaluma or darker to get the similar effect outdoors. I would paint the door, too. Benjamin Moore's Wythe blue, HC-143.
Limb up the tree out front. A healthy tree with good form in the proper place is always an asset. Add annuals for your region for color.
If grays aren't your cup of tea, and you wish to paint, steer clear of pink beiges, they are difficult to match and date a structure.

A sage green or a pretty tourqoise color would look so good and then add trim to compliment the rest.instead of the white. There are so many color combos you can do---just get a few color sample and play with th colors together until U find one that makes U happy.

Leave the tree where it is, I love it. The 4 tall hedges up against the house is what's throwing me off. They kinda block the view and crowd the house. I like the color of the house also. but if you are gonna change it, A darker tan would go nicely with the roof the brick and copper .You could just change the color of the shutters to a more brownish red tone or one close to the color in the roof or brick steps.

Over the course of 10-12 years, your copper will change to a green patina. My older copper roof is green, and a green that doesn't go at all with the olive green people here are suggesting. Unless you have a very weatherproof finish on that copper, I suggest you put off painting until it's aged, because it will go from copper to bronze-ish to green over time and you don't want to paint and repaint as your copper ages.

I think your house color looks fine. I'd paint the shutters, though. Play with colors on a website like Sherman Williams which allows you to upload a picture of your house.

At the risk of being contrary, it doesn't look like you have to match a copper roof, it looks like you're trying to match the roof on the bay window which is PAINTED a copper color, in which case you may want to consider painting it as well, since it will never develop the patina mentioned above.

By the way, there are a lot of great suggestions here, but my favorite house body color is BM Kingsport Gray, HC-86. It goes with everything.

Hi Coastroad, I'm just curious what about the copper roof is making you assume that it is painted a copper color rather than actually made of copper? The original post described it as a "copper roof" which I suppose could imply either, but I assumed meant the material was copper. In my neighborhood most of the little bay roofs like that one are made of copper (and do indeed change color over time), but I've seen a few painted ones too. I certainly can't tell from the photo which it is.

yes as a couple of other said... the issue is not the copper. You shouldnt try to match the copper. I think the paint job is fine. I also dont think "painting the door" is right for every home. Sometimes it creates an additional focal point the homes dont need and detract from the architecture.

Your home would have fit in fine where I used to live as is

The established landscaping and the fact that Alison says they've already painted it once tells me this place is more than a couple years old. Copper doesn't stay a bright orange color very long. In my experience, real copper looks like an old penny in about six months.

I could be wrong, but the photo above looks to me like the Kynar 500 metal roof color called "Copper Penny".

Thanks, Coastroad. That makes sense. I wasn't assuming the house was new, but I was assuming the copper roof over the bay had been recently installed, which may or may not be the case. But either way, I agree that the color of the house should not be determined by the copper roof, painted or real. The other, larger features are much more important.

I would say what does look bad is when people paint the copper.

also on your tree. I dont think ist spot is THE perfect spot but removing isnt a complete neccessity. you could simply trim the branches a bit higher. not every house has to have a blank suburban yard with red doors

One issue from what I can see if the different windows styles that don't necessarily work well together. Also consider painting the shutters white to blend in more with the stucco as well.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/11629-monica-mediterranean-exterior-houston-phvw-vp~401519

Shutters? What shutters?

I want to reiterate what larry just said, but even more strongly. It makes no sense to remove beautiful mature trees. They are valuable and enhance your property in many ways. But what every homeowner with large trees should do is have an arborist come out periodically and trim and shape the trees, especially taking off the lower branches that block the view of the house. This allows the higher canopy to be the focal point and creates a more beautiful, stately shape. In turn, this is both healthy for the tree and beneficial for curb appeal. We have three trees in our yard that have been trimmed over the years so that none of the branches interferes with the view of our house, which is three stories. Instead, the trees tower over the house, almost twice as tall, providing shade and reducing our electricity bills in summer. If people cut down their trees the minute the branches begin to block the view, they will never get the aesthetic and practical benefits of mature trees on their property.

Please do NOT cut down the tree. Enough said. I am a Architect who specializes in restaurants. I do colors everyday of my life. Think of what you have as elements - the copper roof at the bay window, the roof's color, the shutters, etc...the siding is the backdrop to the show. Will the copper patina?? also, what's the orientation?
Look into the hues of white and I think you'll be very happy. The other elements will look good.

your house is very similar to ours. we painted the siding and the trim with ben moore mountain peak aura paint. it looks like an english cottage.

Wow! Thanks to everyone for the tremendous response! It's really helped me to see our home through the eyes of others.

Let me now answer some questions and resolve some issues. The copper roof is definitely not painted. However, I'm not entirely certain it is real copper either. The home is close to 16 years old and we've been in it for less than 6. The prior owner was also the builder so I would have to ask him to find out the material the "copper" roof is made of. That said, copper or not, there has obviously been some sort of protective coating put on the roof to prevent it from changing color. So, we can assume the "copper" roof will stay the same color.

We are not removing the mature Laurel Oak seen in the photo. However, we are planning on pruning the lower limbs this winter.

I agree that the 4 holly bushes need to be trimmed back or perhaps removed entirely. I had them heavily trimmed in July and they're in desperate need of being trimmed again. I also agree that we need some more colorful landscaping. We have a ton of mature Azalea and Encore Azalea bushes in the yard which bloom a beautiful magenta and blush pink respectively. But only for a couple weeks out of the year.

I LOVE the idea of painting the door. Thanks so much for the blue color suggestion. That sounds like a winner!

I believe you all are right about the trim being so stark. Perhaps that's what needs to be changed instead of the house color itself. Painting the trim and shutters a color closer to the house color may be the key.

Thanks again for all your help and keep the suggestions coming! I'll keep you all updated on the progress!

-Alison