Is that a new addition on the left in your first picture that isn't clad yet, or is that someone else's house you're attached to? White is the last color I would pick for this house. The style looks like a bit of a mishmash, but it looks like you are trying to go more modern based on the railing style. Can you remove the grids from the bay window? Since you're keeping the white windows a darker color would be better. Look at Ben Moore's Historical Colors. That collection has dozens of colors that look good on exteriors.

white sounds great for your home.

Personally, I would not paint the fascia dark... any dark, it will affect the light inside the home.

I also don't like dark trim (for your home)

When you add a contrast, all one sees is the contrast, you need a fantastic architectural look to pull off a contrasting trim idea. White on white with your composite decking will look great! Keep it simple.

Thanks. Yes, my house is a bit 1957 mismatch and doesn’t have the greatest curb appeal but we are trying to make it look as good as possible. The new addition is ours. I love dark colors but I don’t want to deal with the fading and the fact that it will absorb all of the heat, making our inside hotter. We also need a contrast with our deck…so a light grey would NOT look good. That would have been the other color I would have chosen but we didn’t plan that well when coming up with our deck colors.

So Lyn - you think all white with no black trim? Would the window frame be the same color white as the body of the house then?

Oh and yes we had talked about replacing the bay window with one that does not have grids. I’m not sure the grids come off…so we’d probably need to replace it altogether. That’s our kitchen window and there is a view so might be nice having it look cleaner without the obstructions of the grids.

Side note…the reason the new addition looks so different from the rest of the house is that we wanted a rooftop deck. So obviously we had to build the roof flat, unlike the rest of the house. It does look a little more modern.

I would suggest you keep the window frames white. For the ones that don't have a frame, wood frames that can be painted are usually easy to install so that all your windows would have the same look.

Thanks lisedv. We had thought about adding wood frames around the other windows. Would you suggest the same white as we are using on the siding? Vs a different white?

I would try to match the siding to your existing white windows and then paint the new frames the same colour.

I’m just worried about going too start white on the house that it is blinding. I’ll need to take a look at the windows to see how white they are and if that’s a possibility.

*stark white

I would go easy-peasy with off-white siding and white trim to make it pop up.

The house below is done in BM White Dove and, although not mentioned, the trim does look whiter than the siding. So I show Chantilly Lace which is a bright white with the White Dove., You'll have to do some testing as it's impossible to choose a colour just off a computer screen but it gives an idea.

Thought of you when I was this in an email today from Brick and Batten: SW Oyester White with Dover White trim:

Your house reminds me a little bit of these bloggers' home. They went all white, which I think would look good on your house. A creamier white, not stark. They have black windows but I think yours would look good with the white windows. I wouldn't do black trim. Would you consider a new front door and replacing that sidelight? If you're trying to push the home more modern, a new door would make a big difference. And then you can bring in contrasting color through potted plants and landscaping.

Thank you for the color suggestion lisedv. That looks great.

Stiley - I like that house. And thanks for your feedback about not painting trim black. I think I’m leaning towards that. Yes we will be hanging black lanterns and possibly putting in a couple large black planters or pots. Also I thought about adding black street numbers on garage (another black accent). I don’t know if we would replace the fiberglass door as it was purchased by previous owner in 2017 and still in great shape. I do like the natural wood look and we worry about a dark door getting too much sun throughout the day (facing west). But I think we could swap out the glass in the door. Would that help? We also may remove the stain glass next to the door.