Hello, closing on our home next week. She's clad in vinyl, and had most of her windows replaced with vinyl. When they did that they added the injection molded fake shutters. I don't have the budget to attack the siding right off the bat, but I'd like to remove the shutters and alter the trim to look more appropriate. Do I add some trim in-between the windows to cover the tiny bits of siding? I assume I cut down the top peice, leave some overhang? Is the keystone even make sense here? Maybe paint it all white to blend?

While I'm here I'd also love any suggestions for the front door color, right now it's gloss black and also not orginal.

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Very cute house. As far as vinyl goes, it doesn't look too bad Not what you want to hear, but if it were me I'd wait on the window trim and do it all at once. I've found that step work inevitably lead to a lot of rework. Just my 2 cents.

Front door - have you thought of a different shade of yellow?

A lot of trim on bungalows was fairly simple, that is just flat boards butted together rather than mitered. You could do something like 3-4" trim for the vertical boards between and then a wider board, 5-6" across the top that sticks out an inch or two on either side of the side trim on the end windows. The trim along the bottom should probably be the same width as the vertical trim. For the trim between the windows you might have to pick a width that would span the gap between the windows. I think your idea of removing the shutters and putting up trim is a good one, and shouldn't be too expensive. I'd look at using cedar as it is pretty durable, easy to work with and not too pricey.

As to the door, I'm no color expert, but how about a darkish green?

Good luck.