Hi, We are planning on installing 2 new windows in the living room either side of the fireplace and 2 new windows in the dining room on the same wall (you can walk from living room through glass doors to dining room so you'd be able to see all 4 new windows along that wall as soon as you walk in the living room). We want to put sash windows in there but wondered if this would go with our current large living room window (please see photos - excuse the mess!)? I like the simple 4 pane ones and my husband likes the 12 pane ones. The wall they would be going on is west facing so we'd get lots of light (800x1200 living room windows and 800x1526 dining room windows - planning already passed) and that wall is on the side of the house that has no windows currently so wondering if we could get away with it! Our builder suggested it might look too busy for the 12 pane ones. Living room wall is 4.5m (room 5x4.5m) Anyway, please let me know what you think (current living room upvc window will be painted white to match new windows). Thanks for any help (I've been trailing pinterest for literally hours trying to find a way to work out if they would go!).

I'm repairing and refurbishing the timber windows and gutters on my home. The paintwork needs updated and I'm thinking of black or grey. The photos don't show it too well but everything is currently brown/rosewood. I'd rather choose something classic rather than too 'fashionable'. My current preference is for dark grey or black. Any thoughts? Also, are there any easy to use tools to help me visualise potential changes? Many Thanks.

I agree about sticking to the white window frames, especially with the green & grey. Could be way too much going on if not careful. I like the windows in Sonia’s picture, they suit the era of the house and the equal sightlines are pleasing to the eye. There’s a row of cottages on my road that have pebbledash on the upper half. When we moved here none of them had painted it but then someone took the lead when renovating years ago and then every single one gradually followed suit.

Thank you all for helping as we were very stuck. So it seems that the Marley Dark Brown (4th from the left on the 1st picture) will work. It looks grey but according to the builder it is called brown🤷🏾‍♀️. We had thought the red old english marley 3rd from the left. Should I then have the sliding doors at the back of the house in white too? What colour front door? The back of the house will be rendered as will half of the front (first floor)? Thinking white render.