the hardie board grey would be a wonderful choise,,,.possibily installed on the horizontal.choose a behr slate color to trim out the forest green on your existing facia boards and windows and copy that on your extention..i cant see your front door but a cordovan brown or black would draw people to your home..colors are in the behr exterior brochure and can be converted to an exterior paint...use paint and primer and you will have an easier job..good luck wendy

I love redwood and would not paint it if it is natural. Nautural redwood homes are making a comeback because everyone loves nature and earth, being 'green', etc.. For your trim, I would choose a dark dusty midnight blue but not so dark that you can't tell it is blue.

I am not that fond of forest green either, but was interested and surprised at how great it looks on your house. We have the same wood (or looks the same, ours is cedar), general siding color, and the board & batten siding. I was planning to paint my trim a muted teal color, but after seeing yours, am considering going with forest green.

Don't stress, just relax -- you will get the right color. Love your house!

Red ... plain and simple, seriously !!!

Moss green with the same color trim +- as the other unit. It would look nicer to blend with the surounding tree's vs. attempting to make a statement ? PS I would consider painting over the brown building also? Colors are just opinions, whatever you like would be the best color..

Benjamin Moore's "Cottage Red" and use same forest green trim on windows

Don't clad it wood. From the picture of your home it lends it's self to a farm like exterior. I have used traditional wavy metal shed roof for siding on two different sections of our "brown box". After the appropriate framing, insulating, house wrap (tyvex),and diagonally (to create a rain screen)placed furring strips you can attach the metal with the regular screws. My neighbor said it was like a new house. The other neighbor asked when I "painted the house". LOL

First off, you don't want to make any addition look like an add-on so duplicate present exterior ( even remove carefully the exterior where addition is & use it to match back wall and outside wall only ) now use the grey stone on 2 remaining walls - I suggest you paint the roof charcoal or darker grey to your lighter stone - use Minnesota blue stone for all exterior transoms - create large trellises with matching stone base and/or flower beds for climbing greenery on 2 to 3 different walls - this will blend in nicely with the natural landscape ... Should look really awesome ...

I agree with solarbilly1! I was going to say the same thing! Or even if you went half way up with the corrugated- sort of like a wainscot. Try complementing the original house with contrast instead of trying to match. Plus, I'm unsure how well gray and brown will go together, esp with the green thrown in, too. Best of luck!

Consider a lighter shade of green for the siding of the new addition -- maybe a muted but not pale color that, beside the original brown could, look faded): perhaps a sage green, which would go really well with the natural wood look of the original part of the house.

If you cannot match the original roofing, then consider deliberately using darker shingles or even black shingles for the roof -- or even go with a different (modern metal) roofing material.

You could try to match the new trim with the existing trim, but if it fails to look the same once you've painted it, you could then repaint the old green trim w/the new trim color. Better yet, decide beforehand to paint/repaint all the exterior trim on both the original home and the new addition, including around the windows, with a new color, perhaps a dark brown or even black.

How about a field stone façade? It would tie in with the natural wood color of the home and the surrounding area.

Didn't mean to send yet(sorry)... field stone façade as a Wainscoting, then the gray hardboard in horizontal. Then going with a natural stain for the window frames that match the existing house color, add a slate roof , and no one would be able to tell if your add-on was the addition or the other way around.

It depends on the interior style. If more contemporary or modern, I might do the new edition is smooth stone colored concrete or wavy corrugated steel laid in the opposite direction as the redwood.

The brown and green look GREAT. What about reversing the colors on the addition! Put metal forest green siding with brown windows. The house has a modern clean feel, and this look would just add to it. Same color roof.

Paint the electrical utility box forest green. It's there so highlight it!

Hardieboard is a great external siding and can be bought in sheets and cut to match the board and batten you have now. Plus Hardieboard does not need to be painted....ever. Low maintenance.

Horizontal Iron Gray Hardie siding would look wonderful on the addition. And as for the trims go, if it is possible, would you be opposed to red trims all around? (see picture)

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