My exterior house color eludes me.
This house was built in the 70's.... Was first painted fairly dark green, with white...... then changed to this pinkish color. . . I like it, but would like to have a new color for the price of painting..... It has the faded brown metal roof, and ginger bread scallops on the eves..... Am told I should go light brown, , , but I live in Pine tree area where all the tree bark is gray not brown. . . gray and green and blue spruce. There is a gray, beige field stone fireplace. . . . The windows are going to be almond. . . . so what do you think???? Planning flower boxes, too......please help;;;;;;
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My husband's house before we were married was in pine tree country. It was painted a color very close to the needles on the trees. It worked perfectly and always looked beautiful. There was no landscaping...just the pine needles. Everything had a very orgranic feeling.
I could see a shade of grayish green working on your house - particularly with the surroundings and the fieldstone fireplace.
trim around the windows and all of the eaves would be http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6190-filmy-green/
and then you would do the garage door and the front door (s?) / The whole front door screen porch outside low wall in the deep accent tone http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6195-rock-garden/ Inside the screen porch entry enclosure - coastal plain on the walls, filmy green trim on the window, paint out any funky trim or element that doesn't go around a window or door the main body color to make it less important.
Almond windows will make a wonderful counterpoint and echo the roof tone to tie it all together. It is a good look when the windows contrast a bit with the trim, and then with the wall. It will bring out the best in this place.
Modern trend is to trim lighter than the house - it will make this fresh, and as a mountain cottage, it will bring a great deal of charm. Definitely green - it is just finding the right shade - shouldn't be darker than the roof tone but needs to hold green (not a green looking white) in the mountain sun - that is why the chip will look dark to get a color on the house.
Add a planter on the ground under the entry screen porch windows - you have a lot of concrete there / hard surface against vertical wall. Flower boxes there should be painted like the trim of the windows above too.
Flower boxes up under those high center windows under the peaks would be really charming - painted in the trim and eave color. But looks like it will be hard to get one in with the shed roof line coming in there - you could do a false notch at the eave so it looks as though the shed starts below it there, but if you don't, it won't be worth it to do it at all - they need to run the width of the windows and trim.
One more thing. If you haven't ordered new windows yet, then a big positive change would be to buy double or single hung windows instead of sliders. This is a classic / original window profile, adds a great deal of charm and won't cost anymore than what you have now. Where you have a split around a picture window now, make the outside operable elements casements. You will actually add airflow.
If you want a very expensive high end look, buy the internal divided light grilles (the cottage looking even square classic ones) but JUST for the top light in the single or double hungs / full window for casements - will add $15k value out of the gate. p.s. The screen porch area would be more charming with three evenly spaced windows with grilles.
Before the painters start, I suggest removing the 5-foot high junipers along the foundation. Clean slate and better security.