In addition to legendaryflame, you could do add the red front door too !! would look really good. If you painted the house white I don't know about the red door, might be too stark , possibly a deep creme with the red roof and door would look good. Good luck, post what you do I'll be curious what you go with.

Sorry to dampen your ideas about changing your home but I think it is a beautiful home, in no need of any changes at all, in my opinion! It is a picture perfect home with a lovely low maintenence garden and beautifully presented. I would not have bought the home personally, if I wanted to make the amount of external changes as you are thinking of, perhaps instead, use this home as a stepping stone and buy something already more like what you are dreaming of owning or accept the beautiful home you already have, again in my opinion of course!!

It's a little hard to judge without seeing more of the home and garden. However, a dark grey or charcoal would visually recede the home and allow the garden and additional plants to 'pop'. Instead of painting your home a light colour, which attracts attention, a darker colour will allow other aspects of the home to shine. Are the doors red cedar? I'd leave them natural but coat or stain them to bring out the wood features. Add a couple of large pots with trees, such as a Lilli Pilli or Plane Trees depending on space, so the foliage will frame the doors.

So good to have everyone's input...thinking at this stage,to try to colour match the 'paperbark'coloured pergola roof with the main part of the roof .then a mid grey, in tone with domino(or even just domino) for fascias and barges. Our bricks have black highlights, so should work well. Then, a lightish grey like Surfmist under eaves(as suggested). And finally keeping domino posts.I did also like the look of the photos and the Magnolia house with timber features.