Paint the posts first and then decide.

I’m worried about the fading. The Sun is so harsh there. Current state of door. so no color on the posts? Booo

I do agree with beefing them

up first.

Love your shake siding with the stone!

Agree about not using the cobalt blue on the posts. An accent color should be used to accent something you want to draw the eye to, and there’s no reason to draw the eye to the posts. The upper portion of the house is awesome and that’s where you want people to look. What door are you wanting to paint? The one in the area under the deck, or is there a door to paint on the deck?

front door, shown above. i appreciate the feedback. i'll reconsider the posts.

we have lanterns all around the exterior of the home that we were going to paint our blue of choice, as well. i'll look into SUPER fade resistant paint for the front door and go with cobalt. thank you both very much for your feedback. very helpful.

one more thing...if y'all don't mind a little more help. regarding the support posts...what do you guys think about beefing them up, adding matching stone base to bottom 1/4 of post, and adding hedge roll the rest of the way up?