Hey all,

I am getting a timber pergola installed in my backyard. It is a flat pergola with roofs. Here are the details of the project :-

1) Flat roof timber pergola.

2) Merbau hardwood decking- most likely in red color

3) Black/brown bamboo fencing

4) Natural grass lawns

5) Red brick exterior

6) Paperback/dark cream color roofing on the pergola matching the windows and the fascia.

7) Concreting done next to decking .

Doubts :-

1) Now my first confusion is whether to paint the pergola in dark grey /charcoal completing the exterior or black/dark brown complementing the fence. I don't want to go all cream as the roof is cream too. Neither do I wanna paint it red as I feel it will be all too red (bricks and deck ). Please help me select the color. Should I paint it all one color or have pillars painted separately ?

2) Please help me pick a color for the concrete paint to blend in with the whole exterior. I am thinking either cream ( wall color ) , light orange or charcoal grey.

Thanks for all the help. Attached are the pics. Second last one just off the internet on how the decking would look ( can consider changing the color here too ).

Any inputs are appreciated. Thanks much.