Can't see any sage. You might do better with a medium gray or taupe.

Ivory/cream/tan/taupe would be my choice.

Pale yellow or warm off-white would look good as well

I don't see any sage that's been painted. I suppose red and green can look Christmassy... If you want to get away from the brown, I suggest a dark gray, white trim (white & black around the windows), and a nice rich dark brown stain for the railing and deck. I see you have an awning, a black & white stripe one would also be nice.

Brown and red was lovely. Red and green meh

A serious dose of red would help; not sure about green. I like the original color better.

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I have to agree green was not the right choice . I don't even like brown but to me that is the best choice with the red. I think dark gray will require all that wood to be painted. What is going on under the deck to me this would have the perfect spot for a multi level deck.

Original is the best. And why paint? When stain is so much easier?

Since you hate the red roof, that is the obvious thing to change. Because there is absolutely nothing that you can do to the cabin that is going to cause that red roof to recede into the background.

Do you hate the roof because it's red, or because you don't like the way it looks with the green paint?

We have a cottage with reddish-brown siding and sagey trim. It lolooks great! You might consider a neutral brown between the roof and the green siding.

Here's the house in green (there are many greens and I don't know which one exactly is yours).

But I still prefer the house in brown stain or the dark gray.

Not sure if this is an answer but can you paint the roof?

This taupe-y gray could be a nice option:

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Or even a darker, charcoal gray would be nice:

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Leave the trim. Your body color choice was off. You have a bright red roof and it needs something dark (brown or gray) to balance it. The white trim might work after the house body is a better color. Decide that after you've painted the main part of the house.

Same as what's already been said - a stained dark wood or charcoal tone with painted red trim would be so much more appealing and it does need to be a color with enough visual weight to stand up to that red.

Exterior stains come in such a beautiful array of woodsy tones and colors now, not only browns - lots of grays, gray-greens, blues, etc. SW can mix custom stain colors in any of their paint shades. Any color in a semi-transparent or even semi-opaque wood stain would work better than a solid opaque paint color because youd get enough wood tone and texture showing through to soften the effect.

Think carefully though about what stain colors go where - you do have a lot of wood there so you wouldnt want it to be all one monotone. Perhaps siding and deck posts get to be dark gray-brown or charcoal, decking in a natural cedar....? I dunno, lots of possibilities!

The darker charcoal (last photo posted by @Sabrina Alvin Interiors) is the lightest gray I would use against that strong red. You need to get samples (Samplize) to see what works.

You can see how charming a red roof will look with the right body paint. Don’t get discouraged and hate the roof. It’s a great roof! I wish we had one on farmhouse!