I would not add shutters. You can't add them to the short windows at the top -- it would look funny. You can't add them to the windows flanking the chimney, so, you'd have either 2 windows with shutters next to similar windows with no shutters or those similar windows would have one shutter each. So you have a window behind the shrubbery to the left?

If you don't use the window boxes, I'd remove them. I'm an avid gardener, but window boxes are a pain to keep looking nice and they detract from the house when they are looking sorry or empty.

I'm a fan of green, but that shade of green with the yellow trim, white trim around the door and red door is not doing your house any favors. It's unlikely any of your neighbors remember the original color of your house. Besides, you have a modern-style 70s addition, so whatever your house once was, it isn't now. I like blue with white trim and a navy door, although we have a wine door on our navy (SW Juniper Blue) house with white trim. It looks great. I would paint the bottom of the chimney the closest match to the brick you can find.

Unless the brick is a veneer which you plan to remove, you probably won't get a perfect match with siding and paint. So, you might want to put your house in some paint app and play around with color blocking. If all your brick was like the brick on the right, I'd recommend painting it a color several shades darker than the house. A few shade darker might work with all the brick.

Thabk you Sigrid. You are spot on about the shutters! I hadn’t even considered the design flaws you pointed out. We love blues and grays for exterior colors. However, too many homes near to ours are those colors. We are exploring other shades of green. The windows will all be replaced soon and all trim will be an ”antique parchment” color.

My husband isnt a fan of window boxes for the same reasons you state. There are windows behind the tall bushes on the left; identical to the windows above them. We are undertaking a complete landscaping and hardscaping redesign for the entire property so those windows will eventually be visible. Also behind those large bushes is brick painted the same color as the current siding.

If you want to stay in the green family, I’d look for a more earthy shade— more in the sage family.

The narrow windows adjacent to the doors are a bit odd; I’d want to minimize them by choosing a slightly darker or lighter shade of the house body color for window trim if possible.

This might be the time to remove or brutalize the very large shrubs below the window wall.

Rather than simply covering what's there with new siding, I'll suggest thinking about how the addition could be better integrated into the original building.

As an example, it looks like the roof could be extended down over the door. The windows and overhang above would need to change too.

Wood doors really need to be sheltered and the extended roof could be the basis of a covered porch.

Consider moving the utilities (electric) too.

^Nice improvement to front entry.

Question: @catem is there a window behind the bushes on the left side of the front door?

Love the door. Unfortunately the color of the house is too close in color to the one across the street.

What are the shrubs on the left, blocking your window? You can move them, if they are nice. A large, thriving rhodo might be a good candidate to move. Ideally, you would do it in two stages, but I've had good luck moving plants that were just hacked out of the ground. You need to water them a lot, after moving. You have a lot of backyard to put plants in.

We are working with a landscape designer and will move some older shrubs and remove others. Big project to divert water away from the foundation and enlarge patio and create a new front walkway.

When we painted i thought about the houses on either side but does the color of a house across the street matter? not asking to be rude for sure - just curious

It matters to us. :) We came from a large planned communitu with an HOA. We lived in a neighborhood where there wasn’t a lot of variety in house styles or colors. We are excited to live in a neighborhood with a variety of home styles and colors.

I understand the joy of not being in an HOA believe me but you still need to consider the house and its style. I cannot imagine navy shutters and why you want them . I like the house it is a nicely done addition the front needs major landscaping and to be honest I would wait until that is planned before choosing siding color . I like Celery's color for the siding to make it very different from what you have and please no shutters they will add nothing to the home

Thank you for your feedback. shutters are definitely off the table. we are planning a major landscaping and hardscaping project with phase one beginning shortly.