Live in Texas.

I personally need pictures of exterior and samples of what you are thinking of picking.

What a beautiful home. The eaves along the rooflines that seem to be almost purplish in color should be painted brown to match the garage doors if you paint them brown, which would look nice. I think all the window frames need painted brown, the white is too stark. You could paint the front door a cranberry or go a light beige like what you have now on the garage doors, and hang a decorative or seasonal wreath on it which would show up nicely on a lighter background. I would rework the flower bed and walkway in front. You could have a much wider and more welcoming walkway, one that widens even more as it meets the driveway. Your current flower bed and brick post with flower pot narrow the area down. The shrubs are overgrown and block the view of the door. To the right of the garage, consider removing the trees growing along side of it and put a bench there and a little landscaping around it. I would seek advice from a landscaper. Your house is very lovely, and I don't think you would have to spend too much to perk it up and tweak it here or there.

In your case, you may as well match the color of the tree sap/aphid expelled goo. You have no prayer of having a pretty light roof, unless you want to remove some trees, and for the cost of that, you probably could move to a treeless lot.... Get the dark roof--darkdarkdark gray(or black if that is the color) so you don't have striated roof in 4 months.....and than, take your shutters off, and replace them with the perfect color the birchwood shingles are that you love. Than you can cut that bush off by your driveway to a shrub size, and when you get the notion, make that bed into a sitting area, and widen your sidewalk with bricks or pave stones at the same time. Trim back the porch window hiding bushes too.. That will open up your pretty house and soften the appearance of the roof and show off your pretty large white(more light colors) window. I love your brick color! Such a pretty home, just hidden by the semi-painted roof and some landscaping that is easy and cheap enough to accomplish. Landscaping is an easy work to type but we just never can get ahead of it. I don't know why? LOL It is just alot of work, expectedly!! :D