It'llbe suggested to use less stone height all the way around the house. Stone just on the front is meant for developments with houses closely spaced together. In those situations, you can't see much of the sides, etc. On a 2-acre lot you have the luxury of a side entrance garage and your entire facade has presence. That's why this stone layout looks off.

Ask your drafter for some color renderings showing various colors. They won't be exact, but it can give you a place to start.

And ask to remove the stone to see an alternate elevation.

Make sure you understand the details of your build. Columns typically support a beam, and using a frieze board under the roof soffits gives a more finished look.

Looking at your front elevation, this jumped out. The roof plane on the right drops lower than the left side. You don't want someone building from flawed plans.

My version on top -- done as an exercise to show how simpler finishes could look.

Your windows read modern (contemporary), but the house is trying to be something else.

I'd focus on the basic architecture while you are considering colors.

Think about the roof, and any stone as your selections are limited. Choose paint to work with these two things.

Here are two Behr inspiration photos on houses with stone siding:

• Neutral Craftsman Ranch (cooler colors)
• Neutral Simple Craftsman (warmer colors)

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The blue door is similar to Enzian Blue available on Provia Heritage fiberglass doors.

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

PPF-thank you especially for pointing out the roof plane over the front entry! I will bring that to my designer's attention-I recently asked him for a couple minor tweaks before sending the plans for engineering. I will also ask him about some color renderings. We definitely want to have some stone trim. And frieze boards will be used to cover the soffits. The roof will probably be some shade of darker gray. Are you saying I need to coordinate the paint to the stone, and not the other way around? We hate grays and yellows. I'm gravitating towards a light-medium green. I like blues, but the ones that look good on homes seem to be blue-gray. We're in the Pacific NW and need to avoid gray! Neutral beige/cream etc are ok but seem so boring.

dan 1888- good point about the stone just being on the front and how that's typical for developments. What complicates our house is that the back of the house and part of the right side is what will be exposed to the private road, for view purposes. The house is set at an angle. We also don't want stone all the way around the house.

Masonry -- brick and stone are best when their location makes sense / looks intentional.

Yours looks like you ran out of money, or stone, or both, or you were satisfying a requirement for a minimum amount of stone.

If you are set on the stone, consider continuing it around to the garage door wall.

I've changed the kitchen windows, and would suggest using individual (not mulled) windows elsewhere.

Choose finishes/materials with limited options like stone first, then choose paint to complement them.

Nothing wrong with using windows with varying heights.

" The house is set at an angle. We also don't want stone all the way around the house. "

Personally if not going all the way around the house, I would not use it at all. As mentioned it should look purposeful, like a water table, which would be all four sides. Is there multiple siding types that your thinking multiple or two siding types and the stone?

Load it into SW's app and play around with it. I'd vote for all one color