Kenny Lee - That is a good sized bed! May I ask why you removed the trees? I'd suggest scoping out what your favorite neighbors/houses have done with similar landscaping and taking pictures. You could post those and then solicit advice. the only idea I had otherwise was perhaps a central focus point, like a bench?

Agree with Gardengal that the bed is not right for just a bunch of shrubs. But I would take it farther in that the bed itself is not right, if the overall objective is to create a better looking setting for the house. For one thing, it seems to force all the planting to be directly in front of the house, instead of including a setting that frames the house. For another, it seems to invite plantings that will visually obstruct the walk/entrance from the street view. And the "stones" sticking up like that, since they are imperfect in their install quality (uneven top and curves with straights and corner) would be a better looking if set flush with grade, as a mowing strip. They would still create a formalized edge, but without creating the "empty baking pan" appearance.

It's hard to give you good suggestions, though, because your photos do not allow us to view the property more as if were were standing there. To do that, you'd need to stand about 25' from the house, lined up with the center of the scene you're recording, and take about 3 or 4 shots that pan the scene from left to right. In doing that, the camera MUST remain at the same location for all shots, merely pivoting. The first shot should aim far enough left that we see the left neighbor's house, and the last shot far enough right that we see the right neighbor's house. This way we can grasp a contiguous frontal scene. The center of the scene is probably about in line with the front door.

It would be good to include another straight-on shot from across the street that shows your whole front yard.

A comment on the trees that you removed: what were they THINKING! How inappropriate those trees were! You have made a great improvement already.

I'd agree that your empty bed extends farther straight out from your house than it should - it should instead bend toward the house corner more. That would be a good place for a SMALL ornamental tree - the corner. A tree that would reach no more than 25 feet or so at maturity. Preferably less.

Also, the shrubs up next to your house look either overgrown or just simply planted too close to the house. Does that small tree there totally obscure that pretty window behind it? IMO, trees should enhance your house, not hide it.

I would definitely re-shape the bed, pushing it farther back, moving it over to the right and deleting it altogether in front of the entrance walk. As it is now, it almost looks like you're living next to a vacant lot at the right side. I'd spread your landscaping planting in that direction in order to create more of a setting for your house. At the moment, since your bed is empty, the portion adjacent to the walk doesn't foretell all the horrible things it is capable of. But look around any neighborhood and these beds can be seen stuffed with vegetation that completely obliterates view of the path to the door. It's not very inviting and would be better gone.

@Yardvaark Thank you for your input! I will keep you all posted on the results.