We just moved into our home and all the buildings need to be painted. We thought we should take the opportunity to look at different colours. Present is a sort of cream - do not know name/brand of paint they used. We were thinking either a yellow (Benjamin Moore Straw) or green (sort of sage?). Roof will eventually be a steel roof, thinking black. Looking for ideas to best suit this lakeside property, natural retreat. We have a 3 car garage, potting shed, workshop (seen on left of main house photo) and main house all to paint, so choosing the right colour is important. All buildings have wooden board and batten. House is made up of 2 parts, original cottage (bungalow) with 2 story addition on back. Thank You.

Thanks everyone - the lower half is unpainted and the top half is freshly painted silver cloud. My trim throughout the rest of the house is white, and the banister will stay stained but the stringers are being replaced and will be wrought iron.

The red door and the dark trim around it look great with a nice contrast to the lighter field color. You could try painting the window trim to the left of the photo in the same dark color to see how you like it. It'd be easy enough to repaint in the field color.

I would not paint all that brick, which looks great. Have you considered using a charcoal gray for all the siding, including the new portion? It would look great with your roof, and the darker color would minimize the siding. Then paint the door khaki or white.