white washed brick looks great with a tin roof and very country - think tuscany. Reclad with brick. Other wise just change the supporting poles from green to timber to match the verandah and stick with what you have. It's probably worth saving your money until you can afford to repaint the roof too and make it all work together. Work with perspectives too. Right now the focus appears to be on the roof because there is nothing drawing your eye away from it. Maybe planting coloured flowers in the front garden or great outdoor furniture like the cane lounge but with different colour cushions etc.

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.

Check out this dilemma. They have posted a colour consultants scheme using woodland grey https://www.houzz.com.au/discussions/6070382/exterior-paint-colour-dulux

Hi Jared, I too like your colour choices. I’d suggest though painting a large swatch on the boards before ordering your paint colours and viewing the colours over at least a couple of days, at different times. Maybe even put some paint on each NSEW aspect. Recommending this as one of the colours we’d initially chosen was much paler irl and one threw a bit more green than blue. I love surfmist, we have it on our gutters, but just check that the sun shining on it won’t reflect directly onto traffic if the roads about you are sloping or raised.