Since most monitors are different I'll give you a link from CIL, it might be Canadian only product but color is color and most stores can match anything now a days : ) I like sweetwood and mushroom cap. Glidden site http://www.glidden.com/colors/color.jsp Here is a link that might be useful: CIL

If you could afford, extending the front porch in front of the windows could really be nice. Since you have construction in the back, maybe a change to the front could be added in? One of my neighbors has a dark green ranch, and I think it looks great. Wide white trim on the windows gives a custom look. And the time to do this is when you are changing the siding.

@cat_ky It's been 3.5 years since the house was last stained, by the previous owners. We live at the top of a bluff and the weather can be really intense - driving wind and rain. The painters that bid were all happy to stain the house for us but just said we would have to do it again in 3-4 years. I don't think they cared one way or the other what product we used but warned us that it would be more expensive over time.

We are having our house painted next month. Here it is currently: I would eventually like to have the roof replaced (when necessary — not for many years) with cedar shakes, and some day I’d like to have copper gutters and a black and creme color scheme. I’d like to move in this direction, but not sure whether dark half-timbering would look odd with a brown roof, or if creme would be too light for the stone. I’d love feedback about either of these options: Second, can anyone suggest a nice bedroom ceiling light fixture with 2+ bulbs? I like schoolhouse lights, but they seem to use only one bulb, which I think may make the room too dark. The bedroom ceilings are only 7’6” high, and I am looking for something approximating an original 1930s fixture. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!