Paint the eaves and trim the grout color trending to the gray end of that taupe since you have a gray roof.. Yes, run the steps all the way across. What an interesting house.

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Show pictures of the existing house, one from the front left and one from the front right so we see what you are starting with.

There appears to be more detail than this home can carry. I'd like to see the existing also.

Your home is a red brick Queen Anne style home that has lovely details without mixing all these different styles together.

I would not paint that gable a color. It makes it look out of place. Paint it a similar color to the roof, so it all blends in. Ideally, it should have been the red brick too. You may be able to find a color to match the brick also. I like the longer porch. I am not fond of the green anywhere on there. Its a beautiful house, please keep things simple when you do them.

Be sure to put in railings for those porch steps. The elderly and people with bad knees will THANk you.

Other ideas for gable:

--reddish cedar shakes stained to color of the bricks or roof

--old red bricks matched to existing

--charcoal brown matched to roof to achieve a continuous line across the roof.

Please provide a photo of the house as it is without your samples, which are distracting.