If you want to integrate warm wood tones, make sure you install the wood (or wood look tiles) in several places for a balanced look. Not sure where this house ids located, but it looks like you might have cold winters, even snow. Consider tile on the entire porch( with some tiles with some texture), a statement front door, in matching wood tone. Wrap your wrought iron with the same color wood . You might want to create the same support column on the left side where your down spout is. Here's are a couple of pictures for inspiration that are

a bit more modern looking. Making the dormers stand out would make it look like an add-on, unless it is balanced on your porch. Get an inexpensive program where you can digital manipulate the color of your features to see if you'd like it. You are wise to consider when too much is too much. Also consider a handrail for assistance up that stair. I realize it's just 2 step ups, but both small children and older folks and people with mobility challenges will appreciate it. To modernize the curb appeal, update your landscaping with either rows of the same plants along the front of your porch. It could be with colorful plants in pots, or something more permanent in the ground. Good luck. Love this house- so welcoming, already so much personality. Have fun with it!

I’m with TruLog Siding. Since you like vertical siding, board and batten is worth considering. I’d keep the warm wood tones concentrated at the garage door and entry rather than repeat them across every dormer and soffit. A creamy white body could tie those accents together. Before choosing the white, compare large samples beside the garage door outdoors in morning and afternoon light.

Lisa, since the siding is still a year or two out, I'd resist locking in a color from small chips now. Get the exact finish name for the garage door and keep a piece of it, then re-check your finalists in the season you'll actually install — winter light in Wisconsin reads very differently from summer light.

I'd also carry that wood tone to the front door — a solid door in a similar undertone, not another paneled one — so the garage door doesn't feel like the only wood on the house. Keep the trim, fascia and gutters quiet and all one color, and plan on simple black hardware and sconces to echo the door's lines. Faux was a smart call up there; just check the fade and warping warranty for any darker color, especially on a south- or west-facing wall, and ask how they handle expansion with vertical siding in freeze-thaw. The vertical direction you're leaning toward suits the house — it will help that heavy roof feel a little lighter.