Here is a close up of the brick and stone work on the house. Both are in very good condition and original to the home.

I like that idea thank you. I'm wondering how important it is to incorporate the dark brown on the shingles and soffits to the lower part of the house ?

I don't know. I think adding dark brown to the trim might or might not work-- I can't visualize it-- but possibly a lighter version of the brown you have, for the trim-- instead of white?

I'd go with a glass garage door so you don't have to worry about color there. I'd paint the siding a couple of shades darker than the stucco, and remove the storm door from the main entrance or get a full lite glass on if needed. I'd paint the garage door to match the siding. Not sure on the front door- Oiled Bronze? Raisin? Navy? Green?

Thanks all for your ideas.

I like the gray color suggestion for all three doors

I'm still looking for some suggestions on garage door colour as well as the rest of the yellow on the house. I plan on painting out the white trim to brown to match roof. Would a darker grey look good or should I look into a colour that is close to the brick colour ?

Susan: Given all the textures on your house, I think I'd stick with a simple color scheme, and let those textures speak for themselves. I would paint all the yellow bits the same light grey as the stucco, including the new (as clean a design as possible) garage door. I would choose a grey two tones darker for trim, paint under the eaves the lighter grey and eliminate brown altogether. You might consider doing some slightly larger architectural silver numbers there by the front door. The simple scheme would also draw aattention to the incredible boulder you have there by the drive. If you could do a little stealthy landscape sidelighting on that, it would be quite the "wow"!

Pick a color you like.

Agree with nwduck. Great suggestions and paint choices.

Also, you might consider having a carpenter make wider, more substantial, moldings around the doors there. I realize they probably match the window moldings, but they look insubstantial around the door and the garage. The other thing I would do, which would make a big difference in the look of the house, is replace the front door with something a little bit more contemporary; replace the side door to match it; replace the garage door with something with windows-- all more contemporary that will mesh. I think that, too, would give the house, which offers sort of a mid-century modern look, a real lift. Those doors, and the garage door, seems to drag it down a bit. Just a thought if you're into spending money. ;)

I do agree with you that the entry doors need an update and I would like a more modern/midcentry look to the exterior. I had a thought of having the overhead door ordered the same color as the brick. Any thoughts on that ? I would do the rest of the yellow excluding the front door in a grey.

These are some pics I found on houzz that inspired me. Not sure if I'm off on the wrong path though

Hey susan- to my way of thinking, choosing to have the garage door the same color as the brick would isolate it and help to make it a focal point. So I'm not sure you want to have your garage door be a focal point, unless it's going to be very special looking somehow. What might be really nice is to have a garage door that is all large-paned glass-- sort of wide and large, in the same shape as the windows. Or, you could have the panes in the shape as the current panels, but just have each of those be glass. You could have glass that isn't clear, too. And then paint the remaining molding the same as the trim. I feel like that would offer a lighter feel to the house as well. If you look up mid-century modern garage doors, here on Houzz probably, you'll see some great examples. But that (and paint and changing out the doors) could make a huge difference to the look of the house, which I like a lot.

To my eye, the house is broken up a lot by the different colors and textures, so streamlining that a bit (making the stucco and the clapboard the same color) would just give a cleaner, sleeker look. Just my opinion. It's a great house, it looks like, and exploiting that mid-century design seems like it would be worthwhile.

I just saw your photos. I do like those looks. I think what keeps all that looking okay is that these places are pretty big-- so the multiple colors, textures are spread out some. I do like that charcoal gray with the brick, though.

Thank you very much for your input. I would love to do the all glass window pain door but our winters are very cold and I'm not sure how efficient they would be. I think I'll look into the greys and try to blend it in with the stone. Would a brown wood look overhead door look out of place ? I'm having a very hard time where I live getting the colours I like. Could look at custom painting as well I suppose. Thanks again to all.

I've seen some really nice wood-stained doors that are beautiful, so beautiful that you wouldn't mind the garage being noticed. ;) I found this on Houzz: https://www.houzz.com/photos/midcentury-modern-garage-doors-phbr0lbl-bl~l_56039 I think they're all pretty interesting and most of those styles would probably mesh with your type house.

Try Benjamin Moore paints. I think they have some really beautiful deep charcoal grays, and lighter grays, too. I always like to look at their Williamsburg collection (even though I don't live in a colonial house, or anywhere near Williamsburg!). That collection has some really interesting colors, though. They have one called 'bracken slate,' and another called 'lampblack,' which looks like a really rich mid-gray. Just look up Benjamin Moore paints, and you'll find it. In the regular collection, they have a "kendall charcoal" that's nice, but may be too light for you(?). But you have to have a Benjamin Moore paint store near you. I can't imagine not finding a color there you would like.

Thanks so much for the pics. I will take a look at Ben Moore colours.

I think a new entry door and a glass panel garage door would be nice.

Ditto.

Does anyone know how energy efficient the glass doors would be. Our winter temps can get down to -35 Celsius and lower.

Glass is my first pick as well but energy bills can be a killer !!

Not sure where you live, but I know there are these 'energy star' qualified windows (for residential), and if homeowners used it, they got tax credits (U.S., don't know about Canada)-- but I think they were meant for your type of climate. Just look up 'energy star qualified windows.'

I would get rid of the yellow and the stucco colour and use either one colour and/or combine some materials that help compliment the brick.
You can use ledgestone around the doors (garage and other) then paint all doors a dark grey. Or, do some siding and add a stone detail along the ground and 3' up the wall.

If you pull together various material samples and colour chips and play with them for a while, then you will come up with the scheme that satisfies you the most.

Remember to test any paint colour in different Exterior conditions..... so we paint a few 3' x 3' pieces of plywood a few different colours and walk by them at different times of the day- to see how the colour looks in all conditions.

Thanks to all. I have lots of ideas to think about.

Susan: and that is exactly what Houzz is for! Lots of great ideas to consider. Beats standing outside the house with no clue at all. Happy Houzzing!

Just noticed the post where you said you wanted a modern, mid century look. You have a wonderful period door at the entrance, so that's a great start. Removing the storm or adding a full lite one can showcase that.
A glass or flat panel door next to the garage is probably best since it's set against two types of siding and adjacent to the main entrance. Hopefully it leads to the garage where heat doesn't have to be as much of an issue. The current storm has vertical panels up against horizontal siding- not very mid century.
White should be removed from the color scheme. Love the colors in your inspiration pictures!
Still sticking to my original advice though! Maybe stain the concrete landing to match the soffit.

I would suggest changing the look of the garage door to match the time period. Retro Renovation has a lot of midcentury looks and had an article about garage doors not too long ago. You can also get color ideas there. Her entire site is concerning midcentury homes.

Dark cement grey siding, dark stained cedar garage door. Light grey or coral red front door, black trims?

Eggplant, greige and yellow?

Three shades of grey/tan and orange? Again a wooden garage door, because I think it will balance out the brick.

Wow that's amazing !! Thank you for showing me those colors !!!

I really am leaning towards grey in place of the yellow on the bottom of the house and maybe the garage door as well. Not sure about the door yet. Garage entrance door would be grey as well and main front door maybe a teal or a green of some sort. This is a picture of the whole front of house. Not sure if this changes anyone's thoughts. Oh I forgot to mention that I will paint out all of the trim dark brown to a point. Some of the windows have wood trim around them then vinyl so that will have to stay white

Forgot pic.

This picture is where I got the idea for the trim. Not sure how it will look on my house but I can't replace the windows and I thank it's a bad idea to try and paint vinyl.

The pic

Really like your house, susan. I do think a deep charcoal gray (on that yellow) and deep brown trim would look good. It looks like your roof is a deep gray (?). You'd have to check it out in your environment, but Benjamin Moore has some very rich deep browns and deep grays. One of my favorites is "french beret" and also "temptation." Great names, but the colors are nice, too. A deep brown they have is "caviar." I'd probably get samples of whatever you like, and see how they look for your house. But I'm with you on the deep gray.

Thank you dianahb. I'm having such a difficult time with this and need to make a decision ASAP. I've never had to plan a colour scheme using existing ones that I didn't choose myself. Picking the garage door and colour will determine the rest of the colours I choose so I need to get this right. Thanks for your input I really appreciate it.

And the shingles on the house are a dark brown but we are redoing the shingles next spring. Would a dark grey shingle be a good pick or try to find a blend of grey and brown ?

With regard to the shingles, I could see doing either a deep rich brown or a deep gray. With your brick, the deep brown would seem to mesh really well -- and bring in the edging you plan on doing in deep brown, too. But then you also have a mid-gray mortar it looks like, in-between the brick-- and if you choose deep gray for the house-- that would seem to go as well. So, to my eye, either would work. Right now, on my screen, your roof actually looks like a deep gray, and that's part of why I thought deep gray would work so well on the house. But I honestly don't think you can go wrong with either.

Thank you for all your help !! I don't feel quite so lost.

Hope this helps.

And a black and white; moving parts black, trims and roof/ceiling white, siding a few shades darker than the upper half.

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Clopay Cypress Collection image flush panel steel door with woodgrain print.