Lovely home! it’s personal but i like the simplicity of the current column - if I wanted to add more drama to the home, I would start with layering in lusher and more sophisticated landscaping

The house is great as is! Greek columns will not enhance the house but clash with the style of the house & distract from the house’s classic direct design.

Thank you! I was kind of going in that direction then I saw quite a few columns I liked and wanted to see if there would be a fit. La_la I agree, we need to get the landscaping a little more full. It was doing pretty good until the rare south alabama snow. Any suggestions of what to add in Mobile, Alabama? Thank you both

I would not change them.

You basically have a carpenter version of a Doric on the house now. You might be able to get away with an Ionic, I lived in two houses from 1830-40 that had wood Ionic columns and pilasters all over the place. But a Corinthian would never look authentic on a wood house like this.

Your house is absolutely perfect as is. I agree with la la Girl re landscaping.
Please come back and post pictures when you’re finished

NO to that idea and please take those shutters off too they add to clutter on the exterior where the windows are awesome and need no added stuff . The house is perfect as is no fancy columns will be suitable. I agree some fabulous landscaping is a must and I would do the porch floor in black slate IMO the red brick is wrong.

Those are operational shutters and they are perfectly appropriate, even where they overlap. That's how it was done. In fact instead of redoing the columns, you could replace shutters where missing.

And a concrete and quarry tile is completely in sync with how they would have done a non-wood porch in 1910. No need to alter historic fabric to suit contemporary sensibilities.

Greek columns would no do that house justice. If the shutters are of no purpose (storm shutters) I would get rid of them. They do clutter up the facade. I would however work on landscaping and even window boxes under the front lower windows with porch planters filled of the same and another hanging over the upper railing.

Focus your attention on the floor of the stoop if you want to fix something. Seems like there could be a more appropriate flooring other than red tile.

Thank you all, great conversation. I appreciate everyone’s perspective. The shutters are functional, there were a few weeks during the summer and winter that we closed them because of extreme heat and cold. That was right when we moved in before window treatments and during the winter when we realized we needed thicker curtains in a few places. I don’t know much about landscaping or what would work so if y’all have some ideas, please keep ‘em coming. We are about to paint the house, the previous painter before we bought the house didn’t use primer and it’s blistering in a lot of places. So I was thinking if we are about to paint let’s make sure we cover the other areas that could be affected such as the columns and shutters. We also used the shutters a few times during hurricane season when the winds were extremely high.

Your house is lovely. I’m glad you’v already discovered how practical your shutters actually are! If you’re needing a paint job, include removal of the red tiles and have a wood floor installed. I would paint this beauty a soft pastel since you’re in a very hot climate.

Gorgeous house. The columns are perfect as they are. Don't pull this place apart. Be kind to what is there. So glad that these wonderful shutters are also functional. Your windows are wonderful. I love the black and white!