Are you painting for sale? Or do live in? If for sale, a warm white all over with a salmon front door as a nod to your mum. If it’s to live in pick a green you like, prob something a bit muddy so it doesn’t look too new and shiny which wouldn’t suit your house.

British paints have Brunswick green. White disclosure has a hint of green Then work up Spearmint Crush, it’s still green …. You need to look at the fan decks to see what works with your Brunswick green

What a beautiful house, why change the colour , it’s so unique and it stands out from the crowd of same old greys and greens etc.. your mum was ahead of her time in choosing that colour, it’s beautiful and honours the heritage of the house, I love it, but of course paint it whatever colour you love.

I agree, we painted our old Federation Shell Pink inside and out, eventually after having sll the floors sanded we chose to paint the interior white. The current owners sadly removed all the FretWork and replaced verandah posts with staight timber posts.

How beautiful siriuskey, so unique and beautiful and a wonderful colour, and so sad that the stunning fretwork and posts were removed, you must have loved living there.

We loved it Julie, and was horrified to see what they did,, surprized that they were allowed to do this in Nth Sydney. But now we love our mid cen house. Is this beautiful terrace being painted to live in or will it be rented.

Many thanks all. Not selling for 5 or 10 years so not painting to sell. I'm really stuck - as although it isn't my colour preference I have loved that I had a pink house that was different. It's not my kind of pink, but has been this colour for about 40 years. It needs painting for maintenance - peeling paint/cracks etc. Really struggling as I don't like the whites/beiges/flat greys. Really love blue greens and blues. The thing is I find a colour I like and try it on the visualizer or image of the house and I don't like it. I've spent hours and hours and hours looking and I just can't seem to pick something. for the interior I had an interior designer but wasn't happy with the colour picked inside even with her help. I don't mind it - it's pretty and fresh, but not quite right. I'm really bad at this. I like too many colours - light and medium. But also worry about picking something that people will think is awful. I'm almost ready to cancel the whole thing - but already paid deposit to painter. I have til 22 Feb to choose. Have to select shed colour today - was thinking of going silver grass half by dulux - soft pale green - and worst case if it's very different from colour I end up choosing for the house can change it - painter charging $250 for the shed. I really wanted it to be the same colour as house. It's currently the same pink as the house - and doors were only painted last year. Sigh. Thanks everyone.

It is very stressful choosing a new colour, trying to get it right, I feel your pain. I do love the colour your mum chose to paint the house, she definitely was a trail blazer , it’s certainly a stand alone, wow! colour and suits the house beautifully. Just a few inspiration photos of different paint styles, while they are absolutely beautiful homes they all seem to blend into one, nothing special like your house, but a few nice colour combinations. Hopefully your choice gets a bit easier.

Of course you could be brave and go the other end of the paint scale, not for the faint hearted but pretty stunning also.

Thank you for your efforts. While these are all beautiful in their own way - none of them grab me. I really don't like neutral colours much I really like blue greens and blues and lilacs and pinks but not so much salmon. I don't know if I can do this to be honest. It's ridiculous I feel, but when it's so expensive to do I fear doing it wrong as it's a very expensive mistake to do. I honestly wish I could cancel the whole thing but the house badly needs the maintenace now. It's held up really well for a long time, but starting to notice cracking and peeling - which it has had for awhile in places, but not everywhere and not very bad. Sigh. Thanks so very much. I wonder if I should get Dulux for an hour but fear I'll just be throwing more money away as still won't be able to pick something I'm happy with. There's a boring colour called spanish olive that has a hint of green but mainly grey. Breaks my heart to pick something I don't really like though and honestly to change my Mum's colour hurts too, but already did change it inside in about 75% of the house. Keeping the teal green study though - love it. Haven't changed the master bedroom from the soft pink either as it's super pretty and still like new mostly.

You might find the dulux consultant can help you and this cost is refunded if you use Dulux paint. As you have mentioned you only plan to keep the house for a few years so a simple choice would be a good idea, the pink would be easier to cover with a grey beige (which we did) and maintaining the white trim would be easier than changing it

Hi. Just choose a colour that has a slight earthy tone. This keeps it grounded. Your current colour appears to. I think earthy tones have a bit of black or burnt sienna (warm brown) in them so not clear like a pastel.