where did they come up w/blue for that door? lol. colors look good w/the leaf color on the tree.

do you hate the brick? painting it brings on a whole other maintenance list.

here's a whitewashing

similar to yours w/brick and siding. all done in a light gray

Landscaping will bring you a huge change. huge. that and the driveway. That huge swath of concrete does nothing for curb appeal. I would enlist the help of a pro landscape designer to come up w/some ideas for you. The shrub by the front door is just so out of place all by itself. that could go.

perhaps doing a porch of some sort along the entire front of the house? or maybe some type of portico option? anything to change up the flat front.

of course the blue garage door needs to go.

try looking at some before and afters to get ideas

Nice home; great potential.

Don't paint the brick. You can cover part of it and otherwise minimize its effect on the curb appeal of your home.

Do paint all the siding, including that bet in the gable of the house over the garage.

Paint the garage door and garage door trim and the door closest to the garage and its trim all the same color you choose for the siding.

Feed the grass and keep the leaves raked away from the tree in the front yard to see if you can get the grass to grow better there. If, after a season or two, it doesn't, you could have a new landscaping project for Houzz discussion.

Ideally, budget permitting, you could have that electric meter moved to the side of the garage and then build a small square entry room in front of the door closest to the garage with the door opening toward the side rather than forward. The electric meter in the front and the two front doors facing forward are not ideal for curb appeal.

You could update your front door to make it the focal point of your home from the road. You could either paint the storm door and your front entrance door both your favorite bold color or you could replace the current front door to reflect your personal taste, either without a storm door or with a storm door that is mostly glass to show off your new door.

Budget permitting, you could add a small front porch -- (maybe 8'deep and about 12' wide; roofed with a forward facing gable). Have the gable cover the porch from a point between the door and the small window on the right to that corner on the left where the meter is located -- where the house meets the garage.

If you are able to move that electric meter, you could even extend the roof of the porch -- (using a sloped shed roof) -- over the front of the garage to shield you from the rain and to help make the front door the focal point of the home.

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Building the front porch to the corner where the house meets the garage will cover part of the brick left of the door. With a roof over that part of the home, you could add front porch bench, table, chairs that would hide much of that brick.

After you build your new front porch, choose some shrubs suitable for your area --(preferably that keep their leaves year round) -- and plant them between the right side of the porch underneath the small front windows ... and perhaps even beyond, in that same straight line, in order to provide privacy for your side yard and hide what appears to be a meter there. Choose shrubs that will eventually grow to the height of the brick and keep them trimmed at that height.

To build your porch, that shrub beside the front stoop to the right side of the house could be moved elsewhere, perhaps somewhere on the right side of the house, and incorporated in new landscaping with creating a small patio and/or hiding your meter in mind. Make sure you know where any gas line or other buried utilities are before digging near it or between it and the road.

Enjoy your new home and any remodel project your pursue and do keep us updated on the progress.

I thought the blue door was the front door and thought it was odd how the roof line changed right at it...then i noticed the actual front door. ..paint door by garage same color as the base of your home. Paint front door a pop of color and remove storm door. I'd probably go a light grey or cream depends how brick turns out.

Crystalpea has great ideas, keeps it modern, no shutters...go for the mid century modern style it has. I like option 1 above. I also like the khaki olive color above for the contrast with the white windows. research some mcm for tons of ideas, and this house has all the potential!

I don't like to recommend painting brick for the same reasons others have given, but you have so little and it isn't attractive, so I would. There is a brick stain you could look into. I understand that there is a specially formulated paint for brick, so check that out too.

Your roof will drive your color choices, but there is a wide range of colors you could choose.

This is a bold color palette, but the landscaping would work for your home.

I have a similar home, and I painted the brick. It's not a huge amount, and the upkeep won't be too difficult, even if I have to repaint 10 years down the road.

I don't think I'd go with charcoal siding with a brown roof.

I tried the brick dye, what a gigantic disaster. It's not easy, and the results were not attractive at all. It is also very difficult to dye dark brick a lighter color.

I like the lower brick on homes from this period but your house is an exception. I am not bothered by the color but the lack of symmetry. For that reason I would paint the brick the color of the house.

It looks like your roof is tan or light brown so I would use a warm color on the house. If you paint the house a dark color then the light roof will demand all the attention. I would keep the house lighter or equal to the roof.

Photos can be deceiving but it looks like you have skimpy trim around the windows. It would look better with four inch trim. The picture window rests on the brick but it can have side trim and upper trim. My neighbor's house is like that.

Choose a color for the front door. Side door should be painted the color of the house.

A larger light would be nice,

I don't mind the large numbers on the garage but for the sake of safety you should also have them repeated in smaller numbers underneath the exterior light. No one will see the garage numbers in the dark.

The rock beds are not attractive there so I suggest using them somewhere else. I gave you mulch beds instead but of course you will add plants.

I widened the landing in front of your stoop. If you can afford an upgrade a whole new path and landing would be nice but it is not necessary.

Paint the conduit and electric meter, except the glass. It will blend in that way.

When you are ready for landscaping you can post on the landscaping forum. You could try doing it now but they are particular about the type of photos you submit.