I don't have any ideas right now, but if you let me live in it for a few weeks this summer I'm sure I can come up with a few.

The summers are lovely!

No answers - jst some questions, what side faces the road, is it visible by people passing by on the road. I think the exact definition of "curb appeal" has to do with the public face a house presents to the world. Around these parts plenty of rural houses both old and new have the functional utility door (usually to kitchen or rear entry) that everyone uses and the more formal front door facing the road that rarely is used.]

Does that little road or path on the left side of pic go to your front door? Where does the little path to the right go? I assume your guests would park in driveway in front of the doors - where do they go from there? if its that little road on the left or that little path on the right - then how can that be made more appealing/welcoming?

A common recommendation is to never do anything major to a house the first year If you live there a while eventually you will know what you can live with, what really bugs you, and by looking at pics, talking to people eventually things start to make sense. You may discover some reasoning for why house was built as it was. Or not! By living with it you start to know how you use the house and what things if any you need to do to modify it to make it work better for you.

The garage side of house is the side facing the road on a curve. The path to the left leads to the front door (in the second photo). The entire front porch area is below the road about 25 ft. We have rock retaining walls to retain the slope. The front porch is where guests enter. The path to the right goes to the patio under the deck. We have lived here 2 years. The slope of the lot has a lot to do with the house placement, so not much can be done about that. :)

I would like to improve the way the house looks from the road. Trying to come up with ideas! Thanks!

We enter through the garage mostly. Or front door, as there is no entry into kitchen or a rear entry.

Add a few windows to the gable end

Thanks for the suggestion on windows. Unless the windows were decorative only, the interior spaces and ceilings would not allow for additional windows. Do you have any photos of windows that would look good?

You could wrap the porch around over the garage. Your painted trim is diminutive to your stone and timber frame details. Check out mid 1800's farm houses. They have gables facing the street and beefier trim with a deeper relief that would make the house look a little more substantial. Its ex$$pensive, that's why they didn't do big soffits and crown in the first place. It looks like you have a lot to work with already. I see real wood siding and proper trim details.

I was thinking of adding a gable to the peak. I agree that the facade needs to be more substantial looking. The suggestion to add stone veneer around garage doors is a good idea too! Any suggestions on paint colors?

If you were to take it in a more solid, lodge-like direction then that would call for a browner, more woodsy green. Or take some earthy browns/grays your stone and wood. Stained wood siding would be nice but I guess that ship has already sailed, ie its already been painted.

Siding has a wood stain in the green and cream shades. That is a good suggestion to pick up on stone colors. Thanks1