Nice colours, but no red on the window trim: it will make your house look like it has bloodshot eyes. If you really feel the need to 2-tone your trim, choose a colour 2 tones darker or lighter than your trim or your body paint.

OMG Gracie! I love purple and a few years ago considered re-painting the door a shade of purple--your eggplant sounds perfect--but then life got in the way. Thanks for the reminder!

FWIW, when I moved in, the siding was a weird taupe-beige color (pink undertones) and the door and trim were china red. They sort of clashed. So when I repainted 10 yrs ago, it felt boring to paint the trim a different shade of red (like brick red) so I chose this dark green trim but...it feels boring.

If you like your existing sage green, why not stay with that for the body of your house? It's a timeless colour. I would paint ALL the trim cream including the "thin" trim. Your mock up pic has bright white fascia, not sure why, it should be cream as well. Choose a charcoal for the roof colour. And that's enough colour IMO. You have sage, cream, charcoal and the yet to be determined cedar colour (which is a shade of brown/orange). Once you have all these elements done, then determine what colour your door should be. Leave that as your last decision. Also, consider tidying up your front gardens. I think you are going for the English cottage look but it just looks messy and overgrown. Good luck, you have a very charming house!!

I am in love with your house! A purple door would look amazing! I like the contrast of the trim in the mock-up, right now yours just kind of blends in. I'm not sure I'd go with red though. (And I always gravitate towards everything red)

I love the look of your sweet house. If you love the color, go with it, and change out the door color. I even like the meadow-y look of your yard.

Thanks everyone for the great tips. I'll drop the red trim idea. FWIW, here's an old picture before we repainted (pardon the car in the front, we'd just bought a Prius. Matches the trim of the house, lol). FWIW, I hated that bright red trim, though at Xmas the door looked pretty with a wreath.

Brown Dog thanks for all the tips. (on the mock up, I ran out of time. I actually am supposed to be doing something else right now, now getting sucked into Houzz! ;) Thanks for the point of all the design elements fitting together. That's good advice. BTW, yes my gardening style is "controlled chaos." In that shot, the sweet peas were running a muck. ;)

Another question: I am keeping these original windows but in the back, adding Marvin Ultimate (wood interior, alum exterior). The windows will be trimmed out to match the front. What color should I choose for the aluminum cladding in back/ I'm considering Coconut Cream, but there is Stone White or another ivory, Sierra White. thanks!

https://www.marvin.com/our-products/options/exterior-finishes

OK, back with slightly different colors. I'm thinking of painting it a darker green, either SW "Meadow Trail" or "Messenger Bag." The window trim will be laser-matched to match the exterior cladding of the windows (Marvin's Coconut Cream). Here, I used a trim color that's close, though in real life I think it looks a bit more white. For the door, I'm thinking either Dark Rookwood Red or Polished Mahogany. What do you think?

Meadow Trail:

Messenger Bag:

For the roof, I'm thinking GAF Weathered Wood

I like the Weathered Wood on the houses I've seen. I also considered Slate (below) but when I saw it on houses I consistently felt "meh."

There will also be a one-car garage with a carriage style steel insulated door with windows. I want to go with the wood look but haven't decided the color. My architect said maybe the walnut (dark). We are re-building the front porch and arbor; they will be cedar and stained something translucent, maybe natural.

Thanks for all your thoughts and help!

Really nice cottage. Not so sure it is a good idea to permit any plant to climb the actual house onto the roof.

Like the current siding color. If, however, you want change, you might consider a bold emerald green front door.

IF your lot is large enough for there to be room to access the new garage from the right side, then as you build the roof of the new garage, consider creating a "T" shaped ridge on your home and have a (right) side facing gable over the garage and add windows to at least the east side.

Thanks suezbell . Yes, my wisteria was out of control. LOL. I don't know how to prune it properly but found a landscaper who does, so she'll train it so that the flowers droop properly.

I've had a sage house with green door for 10 years, so I'd like to mix it up. And early on we had considered different roofing options over the garage but having the gable the other way didn't work out. Also, the garage is 10 feet wide (the max space we have, with the setback) and 24 feet long (so there's extra storage), so flipping the gable created weird proportions with the roof. But thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate the feedback.

I like the Dark Rookwood Red but prefer the color your house is now.

Your house and garden are charming.

Bungalows were painted earthy colors. I like the sage green but you can go a bit deeper if you want a change. The brick red window muntins (not bright red) were also used originally, and I would go with a cream trim, not white. I was just in Leesburg, VA and saw a bungalow with a similar color scheme...so freaking beautiful: cream trim, a deep olive green with brick red muntins. Wish I had taken a picture.

This can help you:

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@emmarene9 thanks for your feedback. So maybe stick with a sage? (or a slightly darker sage vs. an olive?)

@Anna (6B/7A in MD) I have that book! (from the library. But I've checked it out a few times. Maybe I should buy it ). Sherwin Williams has some (all?) the colors listed in the book. yes I think I misspoke. The trim will be cream-ish but not the yellow cream (Roycroft Vellum or ?) So by brick red, do you mean something warmer? Maybe the colors I posted have too much blue?

Somethings along the lines of fired brick or the roycroft copper red. You should get sample pots and test them out, i would even go so far as to cut out small strips and tape them to the windows, but I can be a bit nuts about it.

Your house is insanely adorable, love your windows.

Hi! I know this post is old but girl_wonder, Im wondering what color trim you originally had in the before picture? I know the body is sage. Youre house is darling