Hi did you end up painting your house snowy mountain half with snowy mountain quarter on the trims? Are you happy with the colour? Does it look white or does it give off another tint? I'm considering this exact colour scheme for our Hamptons style house.

As I suspected it is not yellow, but already an earthy colour. The windows frames, roof trims, front door and frames would all look good in one of the sample colours given. They all definitely need maintenance and painting. Adding a stained timber porch deck and squared off timber support posts. The back balcony balustrade could be either painted or replaced with a stained timber balustrade. I would ask a painter as to their thoughts as to whether the render needs painting again, or is it in good condition. But if you have the budget to paint the whole house, then go for it.

I look at the first picture , and the most noticeable thing ( in a good way ) is the letterbox -- its an offwhite by the looks of it . So I'd do all the trim in that , and it even works with the roof ( sort of ) . The garage door is okay as it is -- the lighter tones elsewhere will balance that IMO . Ideally , I'd look at changing the garage door to a cedar timber at some stage -- again that would work with the roof , bricks , trim , etc . Probably just me , but I'm with you about going darker -- it may look 'dingy' , but none of them seem a fit with the roof IMO . Even something like surfmist ( off-white with a slight blue tinge ) doesn't gel in my mind . If you had the budget , and did want to look more modern , THEN maybe go a charcoal like monument , BUT with the cedar ( or cedar stained ) garage door , and 15 or so 40x40 battens , again cedar stained , basically the length of the 3 right side poles , so there's still that 2 metres or so in the middle that is 'open' . The cedar door on the left , and battens on the right , will visually look reasonably balanced and modern , without being too symetrical . The downside is it will cut down the light a bit , so depends if thats worth more than looking modern .

I think your idea of going all white would look fabulous, even your retaining wall at the front, add lush landscaping, gorgeous planters, it will look great against the white and give that beach look you are after, check out 3 Birds renovations for inspiration