Thank you for the feedback and yes I agree with you on the shutters. I plan to possibly replace them with more prominent black or gray shutters in the future.

The future is NOW. Replace those shutters pronto. Beautiful house but the awful shutters ruin it.

BM Symphony Blue.

I am in agreement that dark would be the way to go. SW Naval would be a great color for the doors and shutters too.

No shutters will fit the windows properly. They were meant to be bare. But, if possible, add two over two muntins.

I think your house is Colonial Revival in style, not unusual to have Greek Columns. I doubt the wrought iron is original as the design is neoclassical.

New exterior sconces would help.

For front door: consider B.M. Black Forest Green. Goes great with your brick steps.

Larger shutters in black. Front door in blue.

nice house. no gray. I like that Forest Green above or the dark blue. gray is too depressing on that house.

Dear John, thank you for posting photos of the whole house. I was very wrong about the shutters...no shutters on this fine old home. Owning a grand old home is a huge commitment in money and labor...BUT...don't feel that you have to do every little thing exactly as it was built UNLESS that is your desire.

this is a beautiful house

remove all shutters permanently

this house was not made to accept shutters

the windows themselves do not seem to 'go with' shutters

paint the window trim a contrasting color: there are many options

paint the door some shade of the trim color?

the dark green above is not bad

you already have black in the iron railings; you could stick with black or play around with a beautiful dark color of some sort

Ramona, that 1st pic you posted, that house is stunning! I love that black trim. John, doing your windows like that with the color scheme, and cleaning up those bricks, would really make that house grand again.

You all are awesome! Ramona I love the pics of the homes without shutters with the dark trim windows. I just had those vinyl replacement windows installed last year, so I'm not sure if it would work to just paint the trim around them? I had toyed with using SW Charleston Green which is very similar to the BM Black Forest Green that Judy posted above. I will shy away from the Gray for the front door and start thinking more toward a dark or black color :-)

John, that is why I included the third picture. The muntons, etc. are white and the dark green? is just on the trim. I think your house could pull off that look.

Also, you can try one window as an experiment. Reversing the decision will not be difficult.

love the dark trim! love the dark door.. love no shutters!

I suggest black for the door.

I have bookmarked your post. Please post updated photos as work progresses, I would love to see them.

no one is suggesting painting the new windows. I am suggesting trying out a dark paint on the window trim. Painting the windows is probably impossible.

black is the best choice.