Dress designers first make a trial copy before they cut up their expensive fabric. You might try something similar yourself. Before you start replacing columns and garage doors and shutters... Try painting. I always think front entry garages look better with the door disguised. If we could make it disappear, even better. Pick one of the colors in your brick ( which I don't think is yellow, I think it's really a nice beige with some good dark accent bricks), and paint the garage door that color. Those round pencil columns are attractive. If it were my house, before I did anything to those columns, I would paint the shutters just a little bit darker than the dark brick. If the brick is chocolate, I would mix chocolate with black paint for the shutters. Then ignore it for a few days, and sneak up on the house and look at it with a fresh eye. That will help you decide what color to use on the front door. My first impulse is often a deep lacquer red. It's a beautiful house. Have fun!

Go with cool colors for the walls, not warm ones. A very light gray-white would be nice or a very, very soft blue. Try these on for size: Marilyn's Dress: BM 2125-60

Did you pick up how the one video showed how the orange toned floors turned a gray blue. That is a concern I have too for you. Quality of light is key to architectural coatings. So, where does that leave us. Well, it depends on your light. Darker colors tend to be easier to work with it’s the lighter shades that are more sensitive to quality of light. I think you are good with Cyberspace, but your other choice scares me because you plan to use it throughout your home. Obviously, the quality of light in each space will be different so even though you are using the same color, it will look different in each space. Your orange tone or whatever flooring you have will also impact how the color is perceived. Does the Sherwin Williams store have a Color Specialist you could hire to visit your home and help you make a good, intelligent decision? In your case, I think it would be well worth the small fee they charge. Usually, $250-400 US dollars depending on the complexities of the home.

shouldn't be any drywall. Durock (cement board) should be used. (did the contracter use any lath to help hold the stucco mix?) Do you have one of those inserts that gets very hot? (another poster had a smiliar dilemma) https://www.valorfireplaces.com/media/L2/english/1700J-Cement-Wall.pdf If you want the smooth look, do a proper stucco overlay on the cement board, smooth it out, and paint w/propper paint. You could also do a skim coat of a cement overlay. YOu can read the info on this one to avoid further problems. https://www.contractortalk.com/threads/achieving-a-paintable-fireplace-surround-with-cement-board.110664/ what he didn't do was mesh (lath) stucco mesh. Like field mesh. Embed the whole thing with sheetrock. Your cement board is cracking at the back. Cement board is notorious for cracking, its very hard to finish simply with mud. I would use a roll of field mesh and mesh the entire thing with sheetrock. Almost like a stucco. Im doing a stucco application this weekend around a fireplace and im very excited to start it. But thats what we do with stucco. Mesh it all. That always holds. Maybe a diff cement board?