What’s the black entrance? Window ? Should be lighter

Hi. Your house looks modern to me, and is very attractive with a lovely garden. Yes, I think you could certainly paint that wall, but rather than a lighter shade of its current colour, had you considered darker, possibly Monument? The beauty of some experimentation, painting it first lighter, is that it's only a small area.

I cannot make out what your front door looks like...what colour is it, or better yet, can you post a photo of it...it may give some ideas.

Is it a screened-in entry?

this is the entry. painters havent finished yet

this is the front door which you cannot see from the street. Entry is not screened in and the flyscreens are getting changed.

will painting the feature in monument make it blend with the roof?

I think it looks fabulous as is, some gorgeous pots on your porch and it will look stunning, you could go white or charcoal, lovely job.

thanks so much Julie Herbert. love these pictures. definateley need pots

Or these Grazz,
I love your house, colours are just beautiful.

thankyou Julie. the driveway still needs to be sealed but we are almost done. I love these pots you have shown me. i think the white pots will bring out my roses and my shutters.

I agree, the white will look stunning

Everything about that entry window is too dark Ditch flyscrens and paint horizontal bar white so looks like part of shutter and Dont put anymore dark colours in entry in fact I’d have entry wall with door painted white and ceiling To roof vivid white to relieve darkness and think that would do the trick

Thank you for photos. What a beautiful entry!

Now that I see your entry I agree it would be too dark if painted Monument or other. I would leave it as is and take Julie's advise about the gorgeous dark rounded pots & some tallish plants.

Love how you said that, co-design!

I love the roof tile colour if you do too, to paint that inlet wall.

Just a further note on the psychology of colour. It appears from the photograph that your fence and rendered walls, the entry and garage frames are the same colour. Being so, all these surfaces blend in to one another and your home loses definition. Colour wise it becomes very flat and relies on shadows to provide any depth and definition. Colours can help with that. Light colours tend to reflect more light and appear forward while darker colours tend to fall back or away from the eye. So as suggested by painting the back wall of the entry a dark colour (not the frame) it will tend to add depth to that area, however it could also make it appear to be a dark unwelcoming entry, so be careful. Your entry also has a dark roof tile and gutter which adds weight and tends to overpower the entry, which is why you are finding it necessary to highlight the entry. I suggest that you select a colour that is strong and stands up to the heavy roof but isn't a dark grey or similar colour to the roof because we want it to be noticed and not to blend into the roof. Perhaps a rich earthy colour may work by adding strength, contrast to the roof and compliment the wall and garage colours. Also remember when you are selecting your colour, look at the colour sample in the sun against the wall colour then go a couple of shades darker because the Australian sun will wash it out a little. You've got fun time ahead.

i would suggest to paint the wall above the steps and the column next to the steps in the monument as you have already used this in your colour palette. this will help to define the entry as well as separate the house built form, from the carport built form to help define the elements of your home. it will also link it to your gate and the flow of entering the house.

I'd love to see you opt for a bold pop of colour, perhaps in an earthy red tone to complement the lovely wooden front door, and augment it with pots and plants as Julie suggested. I love the colours, but it does feel a little one-dimensional as it is. I little drama will make all the difference. Good luck!

Yes you should have featured all the modern elements and also used a contrast for the front rendered wall .

we have painted the front wall four different colours and just couldnt get it right. im worried the same will happen with the feature wall. we are not great with colours. the house itself is Self Destruct. any colour suggestions? thankyou

Dulux Toffee Finger might work

https://goo.gl/images/K83ZEj

Um yeah , pay a professional to help you. Instead of asking for free information in here. You can’t make colour choices from pictures online , the colours need to be looked at onsite in situ. Your going to keep spending $$ and making the same mistakes . Direct email me if your interested in using a professional .

I love self destruct, and it looks beautiful on your house grazz , it all looks perfect , just add your planters and it will look fabulous

Hi Lick Light and Colour. i have paid a dulux colour consultant twice already and she said leave all the same colour. she said only use Hog Bristle half if we were desperate for a feature.

Thats very disappointing. . I actually have a lot of clients contact me post Dulux consultations that are not happy. The services I offer my clients are by no means comparable. Id be interested to know what they charged you?

i think dulux charge $175 per session. i cant remember exactly

Where are you located?

If you might be interested......

My rates are $150.00 per hour + gst.

I would estimate an 1 hour onsite consultation (which is a minimum for me) and .5 hour to type up specifications, specifications include all paint colours and finishes to be used, colour rendering to show painters where feature colours stop and start to avoid mistakes. I would also be looking at front and back areas of property incase there might be other areas that need some work. All exterior finishes need to be considered ie garage doors, powdercoat windows and gates etc, tiles or pavers, fascia, roof and any other external elements.

I've read here to do a color swatch, which is paint colours on a sheet of paper and hold it up to the area to see the effect.

I think you’ve done a great job so far and with a few tweaks you’ll be very happy. My two cents worth is that unless you absolutely love roses ditch them for a more modern planting that suits what you’ve done with the house. The pics above a great but you can also see great examples by Peter Fudge here on Houzz and Pintrest.

Looks good. Before I read through discussion, I had these thoughts. You could look at painting on the front of the wall only, not in the porch/entranceway area underneath, double strength of main colour. So you could as an option get a test pot of Dulux double Self Destruct or even triple. I would not use Monument, or similar to the roof color as it will disappear into the roof.
I also think the front fence would look better painted a stronger colour from your existing but as it seems it has just been painted perhaps you could do that, when and if you liked, to cut down expense. On the Dulux website they also give you colours that look good with Self Destruct. (Picture below).
Another option is look towards going bold like a strong blue or blue green. Something like in the picture. That's my feature wall, Resene Billabong.
...or a dirty purple or a blood red. It's starting to get really personal of what your tastes are.
Perhaps you could Half or Quarter the main house colour in the entranceway so it still flows but gives you more light. Exciting stuff!

Oh, and paint the downpipe the same as the colour behind it, ie. House colour so it blends in.

I love all the advice from people with no clue at all . Follow their advice and before you know it you will have wasted another $100 on sample pots .

Maybe grazz you could simply nail some lovely cedar or merbau wood strips to match your door to feature horizontal bar above entry and garage as a feature as this would give nice texture or maybe a climbing white rose as your white roses look lovely

I’d go light. A white or very light cream.

I like girlguides' last comment. If you wanted to spend a little extra and clad the entry portico exterior in timer, it would look really organic, especially with some plants against it. Then lighten up the interior space to draw people in.

Hi Grazz,

Agree with Julie - some natural elements could really bring the space to life. We’ve had a lot of customers use our artificial green wall panels at their entrance ways for a visual feature - check out our site for some inspo!

www.evergreenwalls.com.au

Richard