Bonnie - which LVP did you go with (brand and color)? I'm in south Florida and desperately in search of the perfect LVP for my home. Yours looks great. Can you share the details/specifics on the product you used?

Still no definitive answer on the house color. I've been playing around with an online color program and have been able to eliminate some colors. Grays don't look right, Darker Tans and Dark Beiges blend too much with the roof. Blues didn't look right. Not going with stone, but shutters are an option. What is the opinion on this option? Kilim Beige Exterior, Alabaster Trim and Shutters in a shade of blue (Slate Tile pictured)? Open to different shutter colors too (seal skin, . Am I on the right track?? ANOTHER option that I just put together is Downing Straw, Alabaster Trim with Studio Blue Green Shutters (or a similar look). Only problems I see with going this route is the house diagonal from us is very similar to this color (minus the shutters) and husband is saying no to yellow again (2 of our previous houses were yellow).

I was thinking shingle roof when I mentioned the mix of light colors. While a shingle roof would have multiple shades of gray, metal roofs would be, as far as I know, one solid color -- some light colors and some dark. If you have decided on a metal roof -- great idea -- then, see if you can find white metal roofs in your area and see if they look good on the roof to you. Personally, I'd rather have the house painted white and then choose a light colored roof -- a light gray or tan (but not a white roof) ... especially if there are any trees anywhere near the house. Some trees are worse than others for dropping sap and some show bird poop and such worse than others -- things that would actually wash off a metal roof in the rain better than they'd wash off a shingle roof. If, however, you like the white roof that much better, you could always take a hose pipe to rinse off anything that shows enough to bother you. While there are light green an light blue modern metal roofs as well as the light gray ones -- and medium and dark gray roofs. Either white or gray would be more neutral should you ever want to change your house color again or sell the house to someone that might. Consider taking the time to actively look for a few in your area and see how they look once they've been installed for a while. Perhaps they don't show stain as much as I suspect they would. Perhaps the local Lowes or Home Depot could give you the general location of some where people that bought white metal for the roof and had them installed.

I would stain the wood beam and corbels a dark brown. Here are some Benjamin Moore colors I think would be nice. I found that the darker colors seemed to look better than some of the lighter ones I originally picked. With any one of these, there is an opportunity to add more color in the soffit and gable ends. I sampled Storm Cloud Gray on the garage.