Spenard - thank you for the information on stains! This is actually cedar siding! The original deck has all been removed - a great deal of rot since 1994! We are considering composite decking going forward. The entire house is subjected to the harsh elements of living at 8500 ft in the CO mountains, so all things need to be considered. And heck no, no DIY here - we would destroy the place!!! LOL!

You guys have similar climate as Alaska. With the mass amount of windows, things to think about when changing the color of the house is how the sun will affect it.

However, I think you Colorado has figured out that you need air conditioning- We had several days this summer reaching 90, which is unheard of!

Colors on the exterior will add to the absorption of the heat from the sun- a lot of homes here are lighter colors on the walls and a darker roof for that purpose.

So there may have been a method to the madness in the colors scheme outside.

From experience I can tell you that composite decking is great for not having to keep it maintained, but what sales people wont tell you is that it can become slick in the rain or ice, and if your using a shovel to remove snow- use a plastic one because a metal edge one is more likely to scratch the surface.

I wish the roof was darker on this one! But it is only a 5 year old roof so sticking with that! The Southern sun exposure is nearly unbearable in the summer in this house which is why we are adding that back deck cover - that will really help as we have no AC in this house! We love the sun during the frigid winters though...there are many days in the winter when our heater doesn't even run because of the ambient heat!

Alaska in the 90's eh? Sounds off to me!!

What color/material are your windows?

I really like Maria Killam's blog, and she just had a post about exterior colors for a house similar to yours. It might give you some ideas?

https://www.mariakillam.com/nature-inspired-modernist-exterior-before-after/

Kristin - mixing in some new windows with existing...new windows match existing pretty well

Hard to tell on my screen, but are they a taupe-y or brownish gray? Between that and brown roof I’d stick with a gray, brown, and taupe color scheme.

Will you be using your fireplace stone as your exterior stone? If so, put that with your roof and windows, and there’s your palette.

Not sure about that stone for exterior...might try to find something with similar tones in a larger format? I would call the windows dark bronze in color?? The roof color in the picture is a touch deceiving...not as much brown as it is grayish/brownish, I can't define the color...wouldn't have been my first choice!

I think that I should have added this post under "paint" and perhaps I would receive more input...is there an easy way to do this? Clueless over here!

I think I would look at a green that leans towards the sage family.

I don't have experience with exterior stains but a sage green paint would look good. I like your stacked stone and could see it as column bases around the porch and deck posts. Or you could use river rocks to match those in the landscape. Not sure I like the steel in the middle of the chimney or the mantle overthe top of the TV. They break the lines of that soaring fireplace and the mantle will be too high to set things on. If solid rock to ceiling is not an option, rock to mantle then wallboard with timber trim to ceiling. Solid rock would be good for passive solar so you might get a tax break for that. Once you rebuild deck consider sun sails instead of roofing which could block those windows year round. That would cut your winter heat gain and ruin your views. Use lower deck in the heat of the day and upper one for evenings. Gorgeous setting.

Log cabin siding.