You can put solid stain over the paint and never paint again. We have a similar lakehouse and we did ours dark wine color, I love it. You can put any medium to dark color. We first used a red barn color and we loved that for years but then I saw a place done in the darker color and we had to restain after 7 years as we are surrounded on three sides by water and the sun faded the red in some spots. I suppose it will do the same on the new stain but I wanted a change.

Thanks for your suggestions. So what do you think about a trim color? I would like to go with something other than the matching green for the roof.

You may find this current thread of interest,,, https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6074706/black-exterior-paint-in-vermont

Thanks! I like the natural look of pine, so I'll clear coat the front beams and the tongue and groove under the porch wall and ceiling. How about adding rustic looking stone on the 4 pillars. I am trying to avoid more long term maintenance and am thinking on adding stucco to the two sides and back of building-- but I have no idea what color stucco would go well-- they don't have clear color stucco. Lol.