We are also building a mid century beach house. We have chosen concrete tiles upstairs including the bedroom and timber look tiles downstairs. Tiles Expo, absolutely realistic tiles. We are tiling the bedrooms and adding rugs.

I would go different again , and do the deck on one level , BUT go over the existing step , the 'terrace' and the footpath . I'd possibly do a built in seat along 'this' near end , and you'd step off the deck down onto the grass , or the path on the right hand side . Brown is the traditional colour to paint your deck obviously , but looking at your colours ( I assume pic 1 was when it was rendered , pic 2 is the painting completed ? ) I'd be tempted to do the deck in a charcoal or even a darker silvery grey , AND the window sills in the grey too . Just my take .

Where did you get it, by the way? I am actually looking for some doors for my terrace. The thing is, I don't want them to be opaque. I would like the same design for the lines to be a little more subtle with more transparent glass. Actually, I think there is no need for ornaments on the glass. Just a little shading would be more than enough. I am also curious about the prices on this one because if it's triple compared to a simple door, then I am not even considering

It looks like even the footpath is done in an orange ? Anyway , my first observation is about your 'update' comment -- it is 'of a certain era' , I don't know if you mean you want something that looks more modern , but I'd embrace what is there -- most materials and tones and even the window styles are all the same era -- you'd risk making a messy look if you only update 1 or 2 -- thats part of the reason I wouldn't render or even paint the bricks ( other posts have outlined the maintanence issues too ) . I'd offer a twist on the above ideas -- get up on the roof and paint the timbers on the gables in charcoal , and also the window sill under the angled window . I'm also assuming there is at least 1 more window to the left of the entrance , that we can't see . Similarly , whether it is flat or angled , I assume it has a window sill , so paint the sill there too . The garage door would look overdone if you paint that in charcoal ( monument etc ) , you want to keep away from apricot or citrus or even reds IMO , and it does look a bit too understated as it is , so if the budget extends that much , maybe replace with a nice stained timber in a mid brown tone -- too dark will get back to the cliched 70's look ; whilst cedar or similar is trending back towards the brick and roof tones . And one thing that grates with me -- the letter box looks to be in a slightly different brick , veering towards a sandstone -- thats annoying in itself in that it doesn't match , but doubly so because it probably would have been a better brick to do the whole house in hindsight . I can only guess it was added several years later , but still grates with me , I'd probably redo that , even though it seems a bit of a waste , but maybe thats just me .