And in a supporting role...

One more decision down! We picked out the exterior stone this morning. It's actually a manufactured stone that 'sticks on' to the side of the house but looks very realistic. We picked Michigan River Rock. In looking around the neighborhood after we made our selection, we noted that most of the houses actually have brick. The big blue house though has the same stone we chose. It works well with our house because it's light and actually has some red stone mixed in with the lighter grays. There were a couple others we liked in more of a stacked stone look but they were too dark given the rich red of the house. Neither of these pix is completely color accurate but it gives you an idea of what it will look like (the one above is probably closer to what it looks like in person).