More photos of the exterior siding.

I like the dark but really how can people live in a place where someone tells you waht to do with your house I live in Canada we have few of these areas and if we do the rules only apply for a finite amount of time not forever . The first thing I would do is get a new door with some glass but I guess everyone else would need to do that too.Such a cool looking house until you get to the cheap out siding on the back

Thanks! thankfully our HOA is not too anal about colour etc, we just want to reach at a decent consensus. so nothing too out there :) Agree with the siding/ it is redwood which has held up nicely for 4 decades but needs some repairs. It has so much potential! Should we go with a different coloured trim, and would someone be able to provide SW color names to look into. I have never had to do this before , thanks!

I would use bronze color for trim.

Any suggestions on ponting the exterior during winters , we have temps between 50 to 80 here.