hahaha tribbletrouble...U kill me :)) No charge - every week they have a free consultant at my local dulux paint shop :) Question - Do you think Surfmist matches with Colorbond Dune ?

After great thought with the advice given & other researched sites, we have decided to not render our bricks. :) We have begun re painting our pergola from dulux lexicon to taubmans coffee cake - very similar to our window trims. It's a neutral stone/beige colour. We hope to paint our garage doors & gutters monument & probably the facia trims in coffee cake. Fingers crossed for it to look ok. Thanks again.

Scallopini is similar to Dune? The dutch gable's (triangle's) would be better in Shale Grey as would Facia and gutters. Monument gutter ok but could be a bit much. Monument to roof and garage door. Monument to window frames as well rather than black? Depends on builder window company. Scallopini to walls. That way really just 3 colours.

Dulux has about 4800 colours available to design professionals, and only about 10% of these are available as sample chips from your hardware store. There are so many subtleties and nuances with colours that are lost with digital images I would not want to make a recommendation online. The only way to make colour selections is to get paint colour swatches, stick them up, and observe them in different light conditions. Your perception and appreciation of them will change at various times of the day. I would not choose any grey for your home as grey is the mission brown of the future. I would choose one of the colours that is appropriate for the period of your home that works with the white window frames and roof tiles. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls