...you can see the roof color on this one

Back of home faces North

That's a beautiful home, congrats. Are either of these the look you are trying to achieve? I like the darker green a lot, it's not as common as a lighter green so to me it adds a little something more unique. Also, have you considered anything in the blue/grays?

How about blue in two tones? I'm seeing more and more houses being painted dark blue here in my corner of Connecticut. It looks fresh amidst the acres and acres of gray/beige/clay/greige houses.

Working on the other pics for you... will post those in a bit.

Funny, but after posting, the dark blue I was trying to show you looks much brighter. It was deeper & smokier on my computer -- more formal, not as cottage-y as the bright blue.

i love the thunderous and connected gray swatches you painted. i live in a similar area, on the other coast, Maine. My house has an eclectic shape like yours. I wanted a color that would look good in the winter landscape- lots of white, leafless white birch, dark pine, as well as with the summer's intense green. We were using a solid stain from SW and I love my choice, River Birch. It is a dark greenish gray and we get compliments all the time.

blue on the back side

Thanks everyone! Looking at awm03's photos has me thinking that darker and two tone is the way to go. I love the blues. SW makes a Naval that is pretty. I wonder if that on top with a smokier blue on bottom would work?

Lukkiirish I like the darker greens too. SW has a Ripe Olive and a Roycraft Bronze Green that I'm in love with.

Localeater, the thunderous and connected grey are still in the running! They are beautiful.

Thanks grapefruit1_ar..that combination sounds lovely.

Thanks again!

I love the both the lighter and darker greens.

I love the darker greens and blues too.. Especially in your setting. Do you get snow? A dark blue / green spruce color would be beautiful in the winter.

another vote for thunderous and connected. We painted our home a very dark brownish charcoal. Everyone warned us against it, but strangers constantly stop by and ask for the name of the colours. We did our trim white, but did an accent of a dark gold yellow. The painter said it wouldn't last and would peel because it was dark, but it's been at least 4 or 5 years and it's holding up just as well as the previous light blue did.

Also look at lauren liess's blog. She did her first home in a dark grey with orange door that looked stunning.

Gray is not a popular color in the PNW. Long gray winters, little snow, dry summers.

I like the clean green with the red door that lukki posted.

I believe the colors in this picture posted above by lukkiirish would look the best. Of course, you select the right tones of those colors to suit you and hubby.

I love that house. That green isn't grayed down nor does it have much blue, if any. It's not a sage. Your roof reads brown, so I think the brighter green would be pretty. It's also a good background for flowers.

But that house has a black/deep grey roof. What will that green look like with jennieroad's roof?

I love the blue awm posted. The light green looks good on the style of home it's shown on, but it seems more suburban. I think a darker color would look better on yours - for the style and it seems to be more suited to your setting. I love how the color awm posted, especially in the back view seems to blend in with the conifer colors. It's just much more NW looking to me.

I'm glad some of you all like the green house I posted. I posted it to see if it fit what the OP is inspiring to do and is solely based on her post and the color samples.

I think by eliminating browns, you are really limiting yourself to the different possibilities. Brown doesn't necessarily have to mean blah or boring. Here are some more color combinations just to confuse you even more. I hate to say this but the blues are my least favorite.

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Thanks again for all of the suggestions. Lukkiirish, I like brown. The home I'm living in is painted BM Alexandria Beige with Clinton Brown on the gables and Linen White on the trim. And even though we're on 3 acres, we do have neighbors on either side with brown homes, so I wanted something different.

It changes hourly, but right now I have SW Connected Gray for the body, Garden Gate for the gables (I'm thinking the grey in Thunderous wouldn't look good next to the metal roof) , Alabaster for the trim/posts/eaves and porch ceilings and Gambol Gold for the doors.

But like I said, it changes hourly...husband is now liking the svelte sage, but it's too light - I think.....

We did pick up some blue samples- Foggy Day, Granite Peak and Naval. They are beautiful, but at this point I like the darker greens...but it might change!

Thanks all!

Hope you don't mind an update. Not quite finished, but I thought I'd show you how the colors turned out. We ended up going with connected gray on the lap, thunderous on the shingle with alabaster for the trim/eaves/posts. Thanks again for your help. If the garage door ever gets installed we'll paint that connected gray also.