Nice place.

I've seen some great houses painted dark grey with a bright green door.

A yellow would be nice, if you keep the red tile roof. A cornflower blue with cream trim would be beautiful as well

I would match the door and trim with the color of the windows and then paint the house a lighter color of Grey for the contrast

Since it is a Prairie style house and stucco, I think I'd keep it white or off white and rather than the traditional brown trim, I'd do a dark gray. The porch definitely needs reworking, I'd also stucco the ground floor portion while I was at it. Cute house!

Since you're redoing it all go neutral....tan, grey color Darker brown roof white trim maybe shutters than you can do just about any color door.... I'd tear down that front of the porch. Put up nice rail....stone columns stone the front below....use treated wood leave to turn grey..weathered...

agree with keeping it 'authentic' but you can go bold on the front door! Here is a Prararie stucco home...

http://www.houzz.com/Prairie-style-front-door-color

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Yeah the door can be bright, orange or light green ...any color if you go neutral...just define it...it's so dark ..now.

Your paint store should have pamphlets with historical colors.

Your dormered American Foursquare (not Prairie) is a transitional Arts and Crafts home. Most likely built in the 1910-1925 era. it was given a Mission Revival feel with the stucco and tile roof. That you have begun adding aluminum siding and trim does not do much for the historic exterior. Benjamin Moore has an Historic Color series that would bring appropriate tints to this home. Look at similar homes here on Houzz under American Foursquare and Mission Revival for inspiration or follow this link to some original period colors. http://www.flickr.com/photos/daily-bungalow/813596136/

I'd chose blue, sage green, and black trim. Go Victorian style.

Maybe something like this.

I suggest green with black shutters. I'll try and find a pic!

the roof is terracotta tile....so paint the house a soft olive do trim darker shade so front door a terracotta colour to match roof..........put a large column on the porch and black iron railing and handrail........or take the front off porch and do it all in black iron.......would go nicely with tile roof

The front of your house could be stunning after you redo the porch and entry. I suggest an neutral paint, such as taupe, with cream trim. Or navy, for a nice contrast. It would be helpful to know what color/kind of roof you intend to get. Anyway, with neutral house colors, you can dress it up with flowers/plants, furniture/ cushions, on so forth that can be changed out seasonally for a fresh look. JMO.

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Please don't add shutters. For an historic preservation palette, I suggest SW2822 Downing Sand for the stucco (all three floors), SW2821 Downing Stone for the front door, SW2820 Downing Earth for the front siding on the first floor and front of porch, and SW2823 Rockwood Clay for the porch floor and railing. Don't agonize over your choices too much, staying on one fan deck card keeps it mistake proof. You want to be able to see the front door from the curb! Good luck!

You are right, Ann. Notice there are no shutters on the pictures above. They are not appropriate for this home.

It has good bones & the time period these homes were built in, very elegant. Thinking a re-structure of the front porch, also. Opening it up , adding at least two posts in the front & tearing off the siding , if you like.

P.S. Love that roof !

Are you taking vinyl off porch , she asks hopefully?

Oh yes that bad metal siding is coming off. Wood posts and a wrought iron rail hopefully.

So Happy to hear that bad siding coming off. Yes to wood posts but no to wrought iron in my opinion.

here's a comparable b4 and after we did in Milford CT.

and these

This is a nice house. The upper stories look great. Keep the green trim - perhaps a cream color for the house surface. Open up the front porch - add large posts/columns. You could even extend the porch around to the sides for a bigger deck. Do something to link the stairs and door. The door needs color and ornamentation around it - lights etc. Too bad the roof needs to go. I really like it.

Don't feel too sad about the roof-I found out its a composite not even a real tile so I don't feel quite as sad getting rid of it.

There is a wonderful new metal roof out now that looks like tile and is just a little more expensive than asphalt and comes in terra cotta as well as other colors. It is a 100 year roof and looks great. Hope you can keep the composite tile (it may just need new underlayment and flashing) or at least the look. If you look on this Houzz site and search for wrought iron - exterior, the houses you will see have wonderful colors appropriate to the stucco exterior as well as give you ideas for the railings, etc. A soft buff color would be nice with cream trim against your dark windows. I have a similar house with a tile roof and wanted copper gutters which I couldn't afford. If you're up to it, you can get the bronzetone gutters and sponge over them with a flat copper green and you have the copper look (mine still look fine after 15 years and no one knows the difference).

Remove the siding on the front porch and replace with posts with a stone/brick or stucco pedestal. Also, do not paint your stucco so it matches top to bottom; redash it instead. Painted stucco ends up peeled and then has to be blasted and re-dashed. I like the window color and I would pair it with a gray-green roof using architectural shingles (the ones that look like slate). The vermillion exposed rafters at the front dormer are attractive; I would use that color as an accent and tie it into the suggested posts either by painting them that color or by picking up that color in some brick pedestals for the posts (I would then paint the posts to match the window trim if you do). I cannot tell whether your chimney is brick with peeled paint or stucco. I would stucco it to match the rest of the house. Here is an inspiring house: ] And another: ] Both have similar color schemes -- note the stucco color on the Porter Street Bungalow.

Awesome house...look thru houzz. See what YOU like.