kristinamaria and teacats, you are on the same wavelength. I think I will do that... find the fabric first. And teacats, I absolutely LOVE THAT FABRIC. Seriously, I LOVE it!! I am going to go back to that site in a minute and see about a sample. Thanks for linking that. I luv my GW friends. :o) You all are so helpful. Each person has something to share that I had not thought of/had not realized. Thanks for sharing all of your advice. I'm going to find the fabric and see if I can get my green in the fabric, and then I think I'll go with whatever blue the "experts" have put in the fabric. I'm just not the best with paint colors. Thanks! ;o) mrsrose, I am headed out the door in a few minutes, but will post a few kitchen shots on here later today for you to see. Thanks for the compliments from you and lindybarts too. ;o)

I'm in agreement with you that for your situation something of low contrast would be best. You could have the shutters more or less match the house color (or even go ligher, say a cream color) or a soft green with yellow tones to it. I would let the landscaping provide the color (and I'm so hoping you're not doing grass in your tropical environment) and let it be the lush counterpoint to your cool-looking light colored house. I think it would be beautiful.

estreya- This is going to sound super stupid, but is the trellis the white structure outside the front door? If so, all of the houses in our developement have one and it is attached to the house and made of wood and painted white. I unfortunatly live in a cookie cutter community and ALL of the houses look the same in my development. I live in So Cal and this was supposed to just be a starter house but 7 yrs later with housing having gone up up up we could not afford to move and are still here. Hopefully with the market going down we can finally move to a larger home with an real driveway!! lindybarts- I really love the one with the choc. brown door! My fav so far!!

it's only a thumbnail size pic. can barely see anything. I don't mind the gray w/the black, but I'd want to see more black trim (or maybe a dark charcoal trim). something on the dormers. the other advice is landscaping. those large round shrubs do nothing but block your home, (off to the right). I'd remove those and plant some type of flowers or something w/interest. Ditto for the left side. match the gutters to the house color. you don't want them to stand out