I know you were asking about door colors, but your house looks very attractive and is being hidden by a tree that will do nothing but get bigger and bigger. Limbing the tree up does not solve the problem because the tree looks ridiculous--like a christmas tree on a stick--and also becomes top heavy and thus a falling hazard. Better to fix the problem sooner rather than later. However, if you do decide to remove it, please don't do it during bird nesting season and wait until until any nesting birds have fledged and "flown the coop." Re colors, I agree agree that black shutters and a deep red door would look very nice. I would keep the sidelights the body color rather than the door color, though.

So, kind friends, my landscape-architect friend is coming for Labor Day, but I'm still brainstorming, so what do you think of this? (1) yes replace CLFence w/ white lattice and nice trellis entry, but mainly (2) move big planter with statue to side under mulberry, balancing the Mahonia on the right (toughest plant they cd sell me at my request), and make rustic stepping-stone pathway up to very top near fence, then pave that little area and put bench or 2 ice-cream-parlor-sized chairs and table? Balance in front of right hand side Mahonia by cutting maple down to graduating heights from path, with plants on top of each trunk, or maybe plants on two and interesting topiary frame currently on top of too-tall trunk; (3) stick 3 potted plants, maybe all in one planter (have silver one on hand decorated with green leaves & little red berries) on top of grill for when not in use (usually!). (4) Consider same white lattice fence ()slightly higher than current) to replace current natural lattice fence in back of new furniture OR replace natural lattice with garden wall in interesting color such as I've been seeing on this site, maybe with short lattice strip across top. (5) I'll go out this weekend and get a patio table umbrella to see if it helps. If not, I expect I'll be stuck paying at least $5K for a pergola. I plan to be in this house for the duration, but for the sake of resale value, I wonder wd it be worthwhile to design pergola so that it's basically just the underpinnings of a roof, in case the next owner wants to cover it. Comments, anyone?

I love your inspiration pictures. Sherwin Williams Sea Salt is a lovely blue and would look beautiful with white trim. I like Behr Swiss Coffee for trim, but there are literally hundreds of whites, all with different undertones. Pick your blue first and then get a white. I, personally, don't like an accent wall. I think all walls the same color will make the room look larger.

First of all, the word is spelled "dining". It seems the at the space is large enough for a table and 6 chairs. Perhaps a table that is about 40" x 60" with a leaf or two for extending. You have to measure the space including rooms for pulling out chairs to determine which way to orient the table. (Sideways or lengthwise) Try marking it out with painters tape. There are are many guides showing you table and chair sizes if you do a search on Houzz or Google.