Beautiful Are you up for a red front door? I like the nimbus gray exterior house with white trim, too. Gray & white also looks good with touches of brick (chimney, or landscape) and touches of black wrought iron (lights, fences, decorative railing). A tree with red leaves can also enhance (miniature red maple?) Here are ideas for cape cod styling: http://www.houzz.com/exterior-cape-cod-style Here are ideas for No. Carolina style: http://www.houzz.com/exterior-house-north-carolina-style Attractive house numbers, or house numbers written out in script and placed in the right spot look good or an old fashioned stone-type number

Using different strengths meaning you can have the colour but it isn't as dark. this allows you to use a couple of strengths also depending on your lighting too - in some instances looks like same colour throughout but in actual fact it isn't due to the lighting. I used a couple of strengths to define rooms but it doesn't look like patchwork. You need the paint company to make up the paint - don't thin it half strength (if that's what you are thinking). Paint companies have colour swatches usually with 2 or 3 strengths - especially Dulux usually show full, half & quarter strengths on their swatches and then you can obtain a slighter bigger one with only 1 colour.

Hi Kathy, based on your pic I'm thinking your roof might be Dulux Traditional Colours Crescendo Green or something very similar. Crescendo Green, Cream, the dreaded Mission Brown, Indian Red & Brunswick Green were all heavily used in the 80's when painting everything in heritage colours was 'on trend'. If you are not changing the roof colour I would suggest working with the colour and balancing it out, rather than trying to disguise it will give you the best outcome. Dulux Traditional Colours Silver Grey could work with your green, perhaps picking out the trim in Colourbond Basalt to tie everything together. I would avoid blues with that roof colour, but it's your home so find a colour scheme you love and enjoy your home.

Great timber cabinetry work but it does need to lighten up. You want modern function whilst retaining unique character. Agree new range. Sink looks good but an updated tap would be useful. Lighten the walls, Dulux Natural White works well with wood. Pair with a light olive green colour . New splash, a quirky tile to keep the individual personality. new light fittings as it seems a very dark in that room, any natural light coming in? New floor, a light concrete ceramic/ vinyl tile to contrast the timber. Can the overhead shelving swap out ? Replace with a floating timber shelving that is completely open? Paint walls behind the open shelving. This won't restrict stage basket size and will appear larger. New cabinet handles , again something unique. A great project.