What did you end up choosing Sanyukta? Would be interested in seeing what you chose to go with the greeny-white.

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Hello Of course it depends on the 'mood' you wish to create in your living spaces Colour is returning to home decorating now to add interest to neutral spaces I wonder if you would be brave enough to try a beautiful pastel turquoise to your spaces??? Like this I especially like the last one as it has grey in it

Two main points -- the inspiration pic is a modern build ; and it actually has quite a lot of off-white . IMO those are both important -- a 70's or 80's brick veneer painted or rendered dark won't have the same proportions to the windows , even the roof overhangs , etc -- it may just look like a tarted up brick veneer place . By doing the extension in cladding , especially if it doesn't include some of those design features in the 'original' area may even emphasis that . Quite possibly you , or your designer , have allowed for all of that , and done an integrated upgrade , but when I read your outline , it isn't clear , So to get back to your question about colours , I'd make sure I had at least some off-white ( a fireplace rendered to a sharp square look as per the inspo pic and/or a shorter wall done the same ) ; some battens in similar tones to your deck , etc . Even the inspo house IMO would look better with brighter furniture -- the sunny tones like red , orange , yellow , even green would all add to that place IMO ( probably just 1 colour , a mix is harder to get right ) .