Coastal? New England? Atlantic Ocean? Hardiplank shingles? What is Hardiplank? We use white cedar shingles for siding, and roof, pre dipped, before install, in a Cabot bleaching oil. Trim? Azek…you can paint it…white. Front door? Anything hubby wants. Keep your home simple in exterior. Let siding/roof weather naturally. For any metal…copper which will oxidize.

I have a stupid question to ask (I live in the cold, flat part of Canada, so forgive me) - if hurricane Harvey is 'gifting' you a new roof, isn't there a risk that the river rock would one day be picked up and thrown at your windows??? It's too bad the driveway likely cant be adjusted - currently you drive up, park, and cant see the front door until you walk around the garage, that's less welcoming than ideal. The back of your house looks like an oasis - lovely! The front seems to be lacking the large windows that the back has (perhaps due to privacy)? I'd suggest - paint that garage door to match the trim color, and if you can afford it, contemplate a garage door with windows to make the front look less like a 'wall' (is that a window on the right between the two stone columns?) - change the front door to one with more glass, possibly enlarging the opening to make it taller, using similar shape/muntins as the rear windows - since you have a fairly 'island/nautical' theme going on in the back with the rock+faux-dock-path, I'd suggest replacing the 90deg square path from garage to house with something more natural-form, and possibly in similar materials. I almost wonder if a post-and-heavy-saggy-rope-fence along the edge of the driveway would help carry that same feeling (and then break it to have a gap where the walking path would be)

Need help with picking out paint colors for home. Please no gray(we have many gray days in Portland). Also I am thinking of adding some windows on my garage doors. Perhaps square row stacked on left side. Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks for the responses. Decoenthusaste,Can you explain what you mean by "The portico looks undersized for the volume of the house and the entire new entry looks quite craftsman; not a compatible look for the style of the building." How would you increase the portico? I did not want a flat roof as it does not keep with the country feel of my home. Do you have a photo of what you had in mind? What do you mean by craftsman? thanks