Thanks Julz In2Design for your effort to do that demo, we have a window maker chosen as we are so remote we have fewer options, we will go with http://www.tabernerglass.com.au/ as they are in Orange. I don't want to go creams, much prefer cooler colours for majority of elements

This is quite nice I must admit.

What about something like this with your river view and trees

wow, siriuskey, the one with sandstone is perfect, showcases that match - where did you find it? I keep googling but running out of image pages!

I love that one, didn't really expect you to, check out.

http://architecturerepublic.com.au/project/rural-australian-homestead/

Cheers

here are more photos of the farmhouse

what do you think? roof, gutter, fascia and columns are surfmist, wall - i tried to reproduce galvanised iron, window frames - wood look , it will be on a concrete slab and because the dirt is really red out here it will definitely stain yellowish quickly.

agan_38 what is the roof colour, it looks greenish? Looks like a large house!

If you polish and seal the concrete or even just use a concrete sealer that won't allow stain, house is looking good

yep, lighting is everything, looking good :)

I googled Australian farm house/ sheds

the lovely architect design has used all the same natural tin/metal, with stone & timber, likened to old shearing sheds.

Not sure about using something that looks like timber, better you use a matching door/window. You have a great tool to work with for showing house colours

Can you put a tint into your concrete floor and then seal it.

Where about in NSW will this be built. cheers,

there are aluminum frame windows and sliding door that have wood finish in their range. I am not too keen on real timber as we want everything extremely durable and easy maintenance. But I will research some timber options anyway, maybe grey frames but some timber trim around them like here:

It will be on a Lachlan River near Condobolin.

I can share my photoshop project where I easily swap colours around but you would need Photoshop to open it.

Here is a quick mockup for timber columns and window trim

Cheers

Love your ideas Ania, my son has Photo Shop perhaps he will let me use it, I only have Paint and I'am not very good at that

Hi Teeza, I prefer roof gutters and fascia all the same colour, windows framed with one colour cheers

i can send the file on email, it is 12MB.

This one is safe option with white window frames. Roof, gutter fascia and columns in surfmist.

I will check with my son, love the entrance with the stone and timber frame, try black for windows and doors. The doors and windows are under the verandah so are subject to some protection, what do you think

would love to see the columns in timber, natural recycled would also look good and is cheaper from a second hand timber yard, they will clean them up to whatever standard you like. I will send you a price list from a yard in Taree NSW

A bit of timber really works well and would certainly use them for the posts, metal of any kind would most likely dent and not look so good where as timber wears better.

yes, my initial like was to have dark window frames but I got put of by this example photo, I dont know, it looks dated? what do you think?

Here are black frames in my house

Initially we also though about exposed steel channel that is unpainted to rust naturally to go as a main door frame. I can't find any sample photo of this effect unfortunately.

I think you idea of the stone surrouding the front door looks great.

Don't know how wide your verandah will be but if you plan on Al fresco dining make sure the verandah posts are spaced enough so as to fit a table and chairs, perhaps between the two sliding doors, they can be a nuisance other wise.

I think this house looks great, just keep referring back to the architect designed farmhouse for any additional ideas and you will have a winner

good point about posts siriuskey,
i need to check that but not sure if anything can be done with how it is designed right now. We plan to extend the veranda into a
entertaining deck that goes towards the river (I also imagine steps down the bank of river, we are that close to it). On the other side of the
house. Veranda is only 1800mm. That will be stage 2 though :)

thanks for sharing E L, what windows will you use?

Your design looks fantastic, I'd go with something different like this but we were sold on traditional verandah in early stage and it makes sense where we are. I like your vertical cladding because it feels more modern. And that part of the brick wall will look really good and will give nice impact - I can imagine it.

Your house will look amazing Ania, it's the details that will count and being right on the river, Wow, hope it doesn't flood!!

What about these shutters for the verandah Ania

Here is another example on marrying stone, wood and colorbond - jasper colour here. (too dark for me) It looks modern but it helps me visualise that match

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Here I tried to recreate the house where both roof and walls are zinc and window frames are timber-like, columns and frame around the main door may be made of self-rusting steel. Does this make sense?

siriuskey I like them a lot but they would cover in spider webs in no time :) That will be stage 2 once I know how much light I am getting inside and how I tend to live there. Fly screens are probably more important :)

uilding Features:

• Rammed earth walls and colorbond cladding
• Local and recycled timber elements
• Polished concrete floors with hydronic slab heating
• Solar-passive with double glazed timber windows

Our current house has the double front entrance painted in Jasper
The shutters a just lovely but perhaps not for out your way, A must to have the verandah and extended outdoor fully screened. The large architecture designed house appears to be using colour bond, is that the best lasting cladding for your house

E L, you worried your house may look like a tin, maybe it will a bit, something that may give you idea, similar to yours:

https://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/24/the-tinhouse-rural-design-self-built-corrugated-metal-dwelling-isle-of-skye-scotland/

Actually I don't mind this, you have the advantage of verandahs to add interest, the wood and paving on this house warm up the metal and remember it's still very bare being a new build, I keep referring back to the architect farmhouse. They actually list on Houz, you could call or email them and ask exactly what they used and what in their opinion would weather the best for your area.

My house is painted weatherboard in suburbia, but it is painted Blue Ridge, a superseded Colorbond colour. The closest match would be Insotone (so long as it is a bit blue and is not grey), or, maybe, Deep Ocean. The roof is white colourbond.

The combination works well. By nature, I like bright colours. But I like the wall colour because it contrasts with the roof, has a bit of colour and not too much. I know that monochromatic decoration with various shades of the same colour is in fashion at the moment, but I think those houses will look insipid in years to come.

If you have a white roof and white window frames and/or white other stuff, I suggest that you make sure that the whites all match. People who say that white is not a colour are full of BS. If they don't match, it is as jarring as anything else you could do.

Also, the sandstone will contrast with the dark colour, so that will work too.

One mistake to make is to make things more formal when what your are really trying to do is make them higher quality! Sandstone is inherently pretentious (no delicate way of saying it), so I, myself, would make the sandstone rough-hewn and therefore less pretentious. You will get more contrast with the texture that way, too.

If you want to sandstone stuff up a bit, you might want to use sandstone pool tiles that are rustic and pave with them. If it is "himalayan" sandstone, it is not pretentious, I don't think. But local rock (even if not sandstone) is a good ideal. You might even be able to quarry a bit yourself. Or, cut down a tree, cut into boards, store for a year, carve and install in a pre-made gap. Doing a small feature yourself, esp since you want rustic (because build dates are pretentious) is VERY doable, and would increase your involvement with the building. Or copper sheets with your own enamel. Or locally obtained clay fired in the back yard.

If you go with galvanized iron, you MUST have the grooves running vertically: dirt and dated, otherwise.

apennameandthata i don't know... vertical is more shed like style, while we still have a colonial style base and veranda. Dust will be an issue here (although its not so bad in that particular spot on a river, good protection from trees) but pressure wash will be regular practice anyway. Thanks for all your suggestions and I will take all on board, especially sandstone ideas. I don't this I want this house to look pretentious, but how can I describe that, I am after some subtle "wow" factor or something a bit different, but it must look like we knew what we are doing and YES, I want it to look like high quality build and not a transportable house or kit home. The house rectangle is so simple that I worry it may have that boring factor in its looks and that is why I am looking for some ideas. My problem is a tendency to overthink but I hope I will find a balance at some point :)

At this stage I think: galvanised tin everywhere (or that zincalum), rusty steel posts, aluminum windows with timber look, sandstone features around main door and sandstone chimney.

We had a big flood last year and the spot never goes under water, its on high grounds even though it is only meters from the river.

Your ideas seem to have come together,

(At this stage I think: galvanised tin everywhere (or that zincalum),
rusty steel posts, aluminum windows with timber look, sandstone features
around main door and sandstone chimney.)

You can add other features like Timber/stone pergolas down the track but keep it simple as an Architect would.

A modern farmhouse Shearing Shed. good luck

Hm, maybe vertical cladding would work? Maybe it looks more natural with large sliding door openings all around.

Yep

cleaned up the project so it shows cladding a bit more realistic

and horizontal

Hi Ania & EL, you are still deciding, Ania your building is a classic Colonial Australia style not sure about EL, it's not a modern look. The Isle of Skye house and the Architectural Australian Home stead don't have verandahs which changes them to a more simple design. The homestead has a chunky pergola and over hanging eaves instead. Both of the houses are also in entirely different environments and don't have the need for verandahs to protect them from extremely hot weather and dust. Does your house have verandahs on all four sides, if so perhaps you could replace some of this on more protected sides and fill in with a pergola structure.