all of the sudden a house can look a bit busy when you've checked off too many options. i'd say keep it on the bottom of the porch posts and thats it.

a related anecdote... we live in a historic district (victorian) and what initially surprised me was that while i expected you werent allowed to remove details from your house, you arent allowed to add any, even if period correct, either, unless there exists photographic evidence that such detail had originally been on the house. i came to realize that if i added corbels and brackets and gingerbread and lots of froufrou my house would look like Disneyland, not like a victorian at all. sometimes less is better.

Thank you.

Beautiful design. However it would be in our ever so biased opinion that stone placed correctly can add curb appeal. Good luck on your project!

I like the design with the stone all the way across the house. The first picture with the stone just on the porch while beautiful, looks like most others.