I wonder if @OKLOUISE is about?

Are the timber slats going to stay the stained timber colour,or are they going to grey overtime?

Could go either way

I would get a door with a glass panel in it rather than add the small side light. The part you want to feature should have the colour to highlight it. Is the portal frame going to be dark?

We were going lighter for the portal frame. Surfmist...

2nd last with nice timber and glass door

https://www.jameshardie.com.au/looks/modern/scandi-barn

I think this facade, with glass door.

What is the rest of the floorplan and facade like, does it have similar lines?

A- Frame Rear on North West with a slightly enclosed deck and a north east courtyard.... Hardie iniquity staggered all the way around and a few rendered sections on northern east and north west for a bit of thermal mass

yes I just pulled up your floorplan from an earlier post, seems to me that you could possibly go for a two tone, black/ white with a touch of timber

Thanks Siriuskey. We are going down the white Oblique and Stretched seam look... more like this....

And... other ideas...

With only door rececessd and garage and living in line plus a blade outstanding between garage and door sitting proud I’d keep it all simple with the entry rendered and rest in cladding. Timber is used to add focal and I don’t think garage should be focal point. The last image the left side has no windows so is being recessed and garage used as focal to present as a type of window

Thanks Kate... that's what I was thinking... the wooden slats made the garage the focal point and I was thinking the front door or area on the left should take that role. I agree... simple seems like a better option.

Is the front door set back as shown on the floorplan, this is a lovely example

https://www.dijones.com.au/property/house-nsw-bowral-1p67400

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No Siriuskey. We needed space and the whole front is in line

If you don’t do the garage door in timber, which I think would be wonderful, and you do the right side, including garage door in cladding, would that look boring?

Can your builder give you a render drawing of the options you have posted on this thread? A render would give a better indication of end product, instead of the 2D plans.

Unfortunately, no renders available

Just a word on the panelled garage door.. I am renovating and had this specified in my plan by the architect. The quotes came back between $16,000-$22,000. The weight of the door would be over 300kg and the motor would need to be replaced in 5 years. Additionally, there was extra work to be done on the newly built carport to cope with the weight. I was devastated and tried for weeks to find a way around it. The architects love the look but it does come at a hefty price (Standard BnD door was just over $4,000).

I'd prefer to make the focal part for the human side, rather than the car side. Eg an attractive front door. Even if you do enter via an internal garage to house door.. a nice entry is nice for visitors.

I can't quite understand why you seem focussed on only Oblique cladding , and timber battens , especially on the garage door ? One other slight thing I can't understand is the two windows on the front lounge -- it doesn't appear wide enough between the two windows to do anything 'useful' ( like having a big screen or similar ? ) .

To look modern , I would --

-- have one large window in the lounge , and render that whole front external lounge wall in Surfmist or similar .

-- THEN , I would have vertical battens 'full height' over the window , in a nice cedar or similar tone , or maybe a charcoal . The light render would be 'solid' either side , and also you'd get a glimpse of it through the battens .

-- the entrance door would be timber and glass , the same tone as the battens . If you do the timber in charcoal , then I'd have that whole area in surfmist render , OR possibly Surfmist Oblique if you really , really , really want that on the front ( I assume it is on the other 3 sides , which is fine , but personally I'd go render on the front ) .

-- the garage door I'd also do in a cedar or monument panels . No slats , no extra weight . Personally , I'd probably do the garage door in the opposite colour to the battens and entrance door though -- so a Monument garage door if you have cedar entrance and battens ; or versa vice haha if you have dark battens . I feel too much timber the same tone will look boring .

Hi Pottsy, interesting ideas...we are open to all kinds of ideas. The front room is a bedroom. Thanks for your thoughts.