I just had a new side fence put up in Ironstone and added a fence to the house in monument. They blended really well. Yesterday started spraying the back fence with Ironstone and it looks great. The greenery of the shrubs looks so much more accented and the fence looks further away than the o,Der section in river gum. Can't wait to finish it. Hope this helps your decision making. Lyn

If you do light fence and dark posts , what colour will you do the wooden section ? I think that if you did the wood in charcoal , which is the logical colour , it is going to look funny with the posts also dark -- it will look like you have done the whole fence dark , think it is too dark , so have painted the lower panels lighter to try and lighten it . And when you say about changing 'the doors' to match , I hope you mean the garage doors ? I was nearly going to suggest in my earlier reply , but I had made enough suggestions that didn't relate to the fence -- but I love the warmth but also lighter honey tones of the entrance door , and was going to suggest changing the garage doors to a similar warm honey wood . Doing the entrance door darker would be a mistake IMO -- it will darken the spot you want to be light and welcoming ! My 'it wont be cheap' suggestion ( aka money doesn't matter too much ) would be the fence the same as the house , the fence caps and house trim in charcoal ( both being horizontal lines ) , the entrance door as it is BUT change the garage to match , and the fence timber too ! That way , you get the roughness of the house and fence , but toned down and warmed up with the honey toned wooden highlights . Again , you don't have to agree , just an idea .

Hello .. why not grey but not too dark. A neighbour paint their fence (beside a 70's but lovely yellow brick home) a dark grey. I wondered if it might be a little too dark even tho that appears to be the trend. I have too, a 70's yellow brick home and deciding what shade of grey I might paint the paling fence in a courtyard area. I think maroon (trim) and grey would work nicely and it's surprising what a new appearance does for the surroundings. I'm often amazed.

Hi Dinusha, the answer very much depends on what purpose and look you have in mind. I’d agree with dreamer, incorporating your roof colour would be a good choice. There are so many options, from a garden bed if you simply want to delineate your boundary to person height metal options for privacy and to keep an escape artist dog safely enclosed, should that be a consideration. Colour sometimes shows differently on individual screens, but a merbau timber fence could look good too. Or if you’re looking to introduce a new colour, navy perhaps, many retailers have samples or return policies that would allow you to see irl what works for you and your budget. I’m not a fan of brick and I like the hip height paling below, although not that colour for your home, but it’s your space. Go with what speaks to you.