Thanks Sammy! I like the idea of using subdued bush colours. I was thinking maybe dark greenish/grey for the roof, but I'm not sure about co-ordinating gutter and fascia colours.

I haven't seen "Streets of your town" I'll have to look it up on iview!

I may be crazy, but I'd love to get a screen door with a bird on it...

Chris, so glad to hear that you are not rendering the brick. Secret Design Studio specializes in retro houses of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's for people who like the original charm. If you look on our Pinterest boards there is one dedicated to mid-century colour schemes which is a great resource: https://au.pinterest.com/secretdesign/colours-for-mid-century-modern/

Chris Pozzi, I am also very happy that you are want to keep the character of the existing home. Totally agree that render is the wrong decision... and is the wrong decision for most brick veneer homes that have it done.

I also agree the gate should speak to the original railing detail.

Replace windows with black commercial type frame and paint rails and everything else black except roof. Tile the steps and veranda with light grey tiles. Black goes very nice with light colour brick. You can extend it your gate and fence .

Hey Chris, I'd do your gutters & fascia a couple of shades darker than the roof or possibly the same shade. Love the screen door!

Hi Chris, we had a similar house, left the roof a very dark brown as you couldn't really see it and replaced gutters and painted the fascia colourbond monument. I can't remember the colour of the downpipes but was the closest colour to the bricks we could find in the colourbond range (at a guess paperbark). I also can't remember the colour of the eves but it was the same as the front of the house above the brick line in this photo. Kept lovely timber Windows whiteish and had a monument front door.

I wouldn't go monument which will eventually date. Basalt is timeless.

Greys, charcoals, blacks & white... some examples

Think I'd stick with the roof colour you already have and go with a "night sky" window frames.

Dulux Domino is a nice charcoal/black

Then add greens and colour through the garden plants.

Thanks for all the input. I think we will probably stick with white for the window frames, it's a much more classic 60s look than black or grey.

We need to choose a colour for our roof, as having it sprayed is part of the restoration process. I'd like to keep it close to the current colour, although my husband has discovered an original tile that hasn't been exposed to the elements for 50 years, and it is green.

Colorbond woodland grey is the dark grey green you mentioned. Their best selling roof colour

You have a home of character. Currently the whole external picture is unbalanced. Everything on the right is dominant, and falls away almost entirely on the left.

From way off left field I would
1. Make the entry to your driveway from the letterbox point. The existing entry point would become garden.
2. This driveway would then curve around to the left and then join the existing driveway up to the garage.
3. I believe that there is too much brick and if finances allowed, would remove the brick driveway and replace with a base and grey gravel aggregate. The grey would have a remarkable softening effect, and would enable all rain that falls on the site to be utilised on site.
4. The area now reclaimed from the start of the existing driveway I would make a garden. This garden, with a tree within, would then balance the whole front picture.
5. I would remove the boxed area and dumpy plant keeping the colours and gravels all the same.
6. Don't use coloured bark - it could have toxins in it, and it looks awful.
7. The row of rocks in front of the house should also go.
8. The garage needs a colour change - the same colour as the brick of the house. This will make the whole front presence appear wider.

Your home, as mentioned by others, and repeatedly by me in other posts, should retain the original facade in keeping with the style of home. There is nothing at all wrong with this facade, and it looks like a solid brick home.

Cheers
Alison

Hi Alison, thanks for your detailed input. As mentioned in my original post, we have no intention of changing the original façade. We are currently just trying to work out what colours to repaint roof and trims to retain the original character.

The garden and driveway as yet are untouched since the previous owners (we've only been here since January). It's a hodge podge of a mess at the moment, but unfortunately we need to leave it until our internal repairs and renovations are complete. I'll revisit your comments when we get to that stage, thanks!

I would make the front porch a large deck as it looks like it gets a lot of sun and then you will be able to spend plenty of time out side with a table, chairs and umbrella. If you can afford to I would then take the large windows and change them into French style doors so you you have indoor outdoor flow.

We seem to have made some decisions about colours - we will be painting the fascia boards white, or possibly Colorbond SurfMist, with matching gutters (gutters will be Colorbond, which doesn't seem to come in white). Still to confirm roof colour, probably brown or green, but exact shade still undecided.

Front door, I am still pushing for the bird screen door, which will be powdercoated white.

Thanks for all the input!

I too commend you on embracing the original style of the house! I personally think Surfmist is the best choice for a roof colour. Maybe put the green onto the fascia instead? Surfmist is the best choice environmentally and for your power bills as per this article: [https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/white-is-the-new-black-in-eco-friendly-roofs-stsetivw-vs~73682411[(https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/white-is-the-new-black-in-eco-friendly-roofs-stsetivw-vs~73682411)

A further consideration to keep the house cool over summer is to opt for a sheet metal roof. A metal roof is much better than tiles if you can possibly find profile that is complimentary to the architecture. A tiled roof stores and radiates heat back into the house on those hot summer nights. By contrast, a metal roof cools off almost instantly.

Colourbond roof profiles might be a limited, but there are custom made ones out there that might avoid "the shed" look.

If you are converting from roof tiles to metal, you will need probably need to look at beefing up tie-down of the roof frame for wind loads.