Sounds attractive. Should look great with the brick and trim and a much better choice than black.

Beautiful house. It could use the eye appeal of textured shingles.

I would also transplant the large bushes elsewhere. Landscape so that it welcomes you to the front door.

Thank you Houssaon for the reassurance!

Thankyou for the compliment Winteriors. The Tree in front of the door is a Japanese Maple and the original idea was to give some shade to front walk and porch. The door is wood and it is a western exposure - though I agree with your comment as not looking as inviting.

I think I will do some selective pruning on the maple to open it up.

Don't know if landscapers would agree, but my house is similar to yours. My Japanese maple got too tall and leaves kept dropping into gutters. I had no good place to move it, so I cut off the top by a lot. Two years later it is doing wonderfully! I wonder if yours could handle some real sharp pruning or be moved?

Thedarlingsbecca, I am going to take a look at pruning and may call my arborist since it could be a major change to the tree. A hard frost a few years ago did the job, but now it is a bit out of control again. Thank you.

The colors of the architectural shingles should be beautiful. They seem to mimic the colors of slate roofs, which look great with brick.

Thank you feeny. I love the look of slate roofs.

I have been looking for shingles that have a color combination. What make is yours going to be? thank you.

Hi Zoe74. We ended up going with Certainteed Max Def Georgetown Grey. I will try to take a pic in the morning and post. I really like the colors.

Looks great.