what about a bright mustard color

Thanks for your sage advice. I think you are right. The painter has nearly completed the front of the house... We have opted for a slightly lighter versioin of the original, but it definitely has the sage tinge in it. It was colour matched to the original plaster - so i cannot give a 'name' to the colour. I will post some pictures as soon as the scaffolding has been taken down. Thank You.

more of a yellow based cream to tie in with the bricks, dark yellow based sage, grey navy

I would paint the bricks the same color as the house.

I don't think the colour of the house needs to change - but if you do wish to, I would go slightly lighter. I agree with the person above the bricks do not match the house and they should be painted. If you do that first you may find the rest of the house, doesn't require a drop of paint and that will be a huge saving.

You could take inspiration from the roof which appears to be charcoal and go light grey.

Or pick up the red of the bricks and paint it red.

Thank you all for giving us some advice.

the house is now finished being painted, looks really great.

we decided to keep it a cream - slightly lighter and a lot fresher and not so green ( blue skies make a differnce :)

Take a look at the photos. , feel free to give any feedback

An old post , so sort of sorry to revive it ! The lighter shade looks a lot better , but something doesn't gel with me -- it looks like a beautiful Million Dollar house , let down by someone trying to save $10k .

IF it was my place , the 2 things I would do is change ( or hide ) the round pillars , and the relatively cheap looking brickwork . I'd go for quality stonework in place of the brickwork , and carry the theme through to the pillars -- probably 'squaring' the pillars . In fact , I personally don't like the slightly strange 'extra' pillars -- I'd try to 'cut back' to 4 pillars , in a quality natural stone .

Once I had done those 2 'improvements' , I'd sand back and restain a darker brown the entrance doors and surrounds -- that golden look screams 1980's IMO . I realise they tie in with the existing colours , but I'd want to get away from that look . Maybe I'm strange . . . . . . .