What a wonderful project. And how nice that the house is set back so that different areas of transition can be created. Will you be growing tall trees so the home is eventually sheltered in dappled shade? Lower landscaping so the house rises above washed with sunshine? Do you want a rather mysterious look with a narrow area of accented house intriguing and drawing the eye in , making people going by try to see more? Do you want an open look with the property lushly foliaged but the house very much on display, serenely or exuberantly? If you have a image in mind of what you want, style, mood and light included, you could then drive around both creative older and expensively landscaped neighborhoods looking for ideas to realize it. Color choices made then? These mostly lack the rich color you want, but I was mostly thinking first of how it might be dressed with garden. :) Lush elsewhere, perhaps, but close in as open and airy as the interior? I'm really not crazy about brown in general, but even I think a brown reminiscent of wet tree trunks works wonderfully to accent and tie inside, transition areas, garden together. The previous property uses it also.

Thanks, it is true that the sun in Florida influences the color palette! We live in the city of St Pete a few blocks from a lake, so it doesn't necessarily need to be beachy, and the houses on each side of us are yellow brick and light khaki. We do want to find a green-blue-gray for the body of the house, but a shade that is lighter than Restorative may be better given the heft of the house as you say. We are thinking the Sherwin Williams color "Valiant Blue" might be a better option. We don't want all of the window trim to be white, but instead want to find a color that will go well with the white sashes and grilles. We do like the haint blue porch ceilings, and if there is a way to incorporate this without it becoming too busy that would be great. Thanks again!

Here is a picture of our house

Are those some kind of storm shutters that close across the windows? Are you sure they are paintable? If you search this site for photos of "red tile roof" you'll see lots of inspiration pix. You'll be able to narrow down the possibilities by seeing actual homes with your roof color and the various ways they've been painted.