I would stain the
front doors a little darker, and repaint the
wood on the porch and rest of the house (trim) with «better» colors — like maybe go towards a
pale olive green with dark gray accents — even the window sashes.
As soon as you come through our
pale blue
front door, you are greeted by this: You can see straight through into the kitchen from our entry and to the right is our living room: Here you can see more of the entry from the living room: One blog reader wrote to me shortly after we moved into the house and politely said, «I think you should paint the dark
wood.»