We recently bought this 1949 house and all of the windows need replacing. The interior and exterior are in bad shape, so we are doing full frame replacements. Due to the sheer amount of windows and other work we’re doing, the only real budget friendly option is a white vinyl exterior/interior.

I’m excited about this option on the inside - will be replacing all interior casing/trim to be white so that will work well. However, I’m still not sold on the white exterior.

The only positive is that over the next several years, we will need to replace the front door, siding on the dormers/rear, roof, gutters etc. The white exterior would afford us the most flexibility with colors here.

What do you think - will the white vinyl exterior be too harsh?