Thanks, for the ideas, Outside. Do a darker sage instead of black? Hmm yeah I could see that! The spouse was a little alarmed when I suggested black. :) Really, everything goes with the roof. It's quite neutral. The bricks aren't so neutral but not too bad as long as we don't do as the POs did and pick the ugliest one and match the paint to it. Yes, the cheap new windows installed by the PO are sort of cream colored vinyl clad (with 80s French blue trim--where's my goose in a bonnet?). In the back they are still simple aluminum framed. With blue trim. We do have a lot of stuff going on with the brick, stucco, cedar, siding...I had to tone down my landscaping materials because it was going to be just too many things fighting.

What a beautiful location! This is what I think would look terrific for your cottage The pic has the colors posted in the comments, I'll put them here for you but it is worth the time to look at the home here on houzz, just click 'more info'. It is truly a nice Florida cottage with great colors SW 2250 "Fjord" - Siding SW 7627 "White Heron" - Trim, soffit, and porch ceiling SW 2821 " Downing Stone" - Steps and brick base And I love how the orange pillows bring out the color. It would be very nice for your home to have these colors IMO. For some reason the "more info" link didn't post so I put the houzz link directly under the photo. [https://www.houzz.com/photos/exteriors-traditional-porch-miami-phvw-vp~15017876 [(https://www.houzz.com/photos/exteriors-traditional-porch-miami-phvw-vp~15017876) Or you could go white - with the trim & front door in this lively color

I just pulled a few examples from my neighborhood of 1920s/30s houses that mixed stone and brick. The first uses just brick and stone, and no other materials on vertical surfaces. The primary material is brick; the stone is a secondary material used to accent the chimney, foundation, and corners. This second house also uses only two materials along with some wood trim. In this case the primary material is stone (which wraps the entire house) and the secondary material is brick, which appears only in the prominent front gable). These next two houses have quite a few more materials, but still establish a hierarchy and organizational scheme for the arrangement of finishes. The first house is predominantly brick on the entire first floor, and half timbered on the entire second floor. Stone is reserved to punctuate the entrance and as accents on the first floor windows. The second house similarly uses brick as it's primary material on the full first and some of the second floor. Stone is again used to draw attention to the entrance. The key elements to putting stone and brick together is 1. having a house style where mixing the two make sense. Tudor revival is based in medieval architecture and is evoking a sense of age. The houses were meant to feel centuries older than they really were and in some cases were meant to look like they had been added to and modified overtime. To some extent you might also find early colonial houses that were built of stone and latter added to with brick or may have been brick houses with stone foundations. 2. that the stone and brick actually go together. (Note that the houses in 2 and 3 use stone very similar to the OPs). And 3. that the stone and brick are arranged in a way that makes visual sense and that the two don't compete with each other. There has to be a primary and secondary material and a sense of balance to the composition. Materials should wrap full forms so that they don't appear stuck on like wallpaper.

Thank you for all the comments! I honestly defaulted to a Black roof because I did one on our last house and it looked stunning, and 'Black goes with everything!' right? Alright, now I need to rethink my roof color. Attached are the HOA Approved roof colors, and a close up of my brick. I am leaning to deleting the Slanted boards, so there are only the vertical and horizontal ones. If the HOA noticed, I can always have them put back up, but I have noticed a few houses in the neighborhood who have removed some of their boards. Attached is my attempt at visual of them deleted... I am not a pro! Also - I can paint my garage door and front door too! (Just can't paint the windows, haha). I want it to look cohesive, and appreciate all the input! Edit: And whole new fence will be going in next year when we re-grade the backyard. I agree it is very unsightly!