blues and earthy tones can be beautifully complimentary (think the beach ;) )...trust your instincts and this type of thing can be adjusted to a certain degree....just get some samples and look at the combination before you lock anything in...good luck! PD :)

something to complement the rammed earth and avoid anything that infringes on the interesting look of the uneven windows and nothing that needs extra finishing or painting and maybe the same colour as your windows and/or similar tone to the rammed earth: consider steel cladding in a flat profile installed vertically eg Lysaght Multiclad or similar and hope you'll post some more photos of your exciting house

Kim, where do the rammed earth sections fit into the building, in relation to the Colorbond and rendered exterior walls? Can you post a pic of design? I envy you your use of rammed earth...our house was originally designed with a rammed earth section, but finding a builder happy to contract out that portion was an insurmountable problem, so we went with recycled brick instead.

I was just looking over all the advice and the drawings that have been done for me showing how paint would look in various places. Thank you so much everyone for the time and help that you have given me - plus your honest opinions. I have decided that over the long term, all of the raw timber on the walls will go, but I may also remove a section of the wall joining kitchen to loungeroom. I am not sure whether it will be removed and sheeted or whether it will be sheeted over in some places, and painted in others. What I decide is going to determine what the architraves and window frames look like, because to sheet over the timber means that the current architraves will not be thick (deep) enough. A carpenter has already suggested just using painted MDF due to the difficulty in getting timber architraves at present and their cost. These are decisions that I am not ready to make yet. I have no idea whether it would be best to keep timber window frames and door frames or whether to just have white. Your opinion on this would be appreciated too. For now, the lounge room and entry wall will be painted. The undercoat will start to tell me whether all white or black and white is better. I have a painter coming tomorrow to start. I will be doing some painting too, but I know he will prepare it a lot better than me.