I am with Julie. It would be good to see some more photos but from what can see I think mosaicing one pole would look great. Possibly mosaic your floor pole then tin sheeting or mini orb on your kitchen bench pole??? Alternatively mosaic the kitchen bench pole and paint the other pole in wall colour???

I'll make a different suggestion -- go and buy a litre of crisp white paint , and paint 1 of the columns , and see how it looks . I reckon its the colour that is the main problem -- match the colour to those screen doors and it'll look better . Mind you , where do you stop -- personally I think the gutter colour doesn't help either , those tiles are dated , even the bricks are of a certain era . A row of square columns may help , but I think embrace what you have , go crisp white columns , maybe charcoal gutters , waterblast the concrete , make the most of what you have .

Is that pic your actual place , or off a brochure ? The door is beautiful , the glass is great , I can't work out if the steps are polished concrete or marble , but basically it all looks classy ! And then that stacked stone looks like someone has run a picture through a black-and-white photocopier , and glued it on -- it looks fake ! Just a hint -- stacked stone doesn't have uniform crisp sharp corners -- and the grout lines should follow around corners too haha . Any sort of tiling may look as bad , or maybe better ; likewise powdercoated aluminium panels will look corporate ( not a good thing on a house IMO ) . If it was me , I wouldn't care if the 'allowance' was $60 -- I'd happily spend $6000 to go genuine ! It will make the whole place look better -- you only have 1 chance to make a first impression ! BTW -- is that $60 in total , or $60 a square metre -- neither will go far ? If budget really is that tight , how about just a plain render . Even thats probably more than $60 ! If thats all you can afford , so be it . But either at build time , or in future , if you have the $$$ , you could add 5 or 6 vertical 40mm x 40mm battens across the front of the column , same style and tone as the door , the full height ( maybe $600 ? ) and obviously referencing the door .

Has anyone used or aware of any pros/cons of Natural Stone Sheets for internal walls and external feature column? Is it common usage for internal and external? Eg : https://adalhome.com.au/compare-products/