Really nice house. Like the red door color suggested by Beth H. : Choose your own favorite bright bold color for your entry door ... or black would work as well. With that light brick, your home would look good with its siding and garage door -- all painted surfaces -- painted white. When you change your siding, do box around the gutter downspout with treated wood boards and add siding to that boxed area as well. You could choose a garage door with windows at the top of it and interesting trim atop that -- something on which you could boldly display your house numb er -- or add a short white arbor above the garage door and put your 911 house number on the front edge of that. https://www.realhomes.com/advice/how-to-paint-a-garage-door If you don't want a white, you should probably paint the garage door and garage door trim the same color as the siding you choose . https://www.terraformdesign.eu/products/schiobet Choose windows that do open, preferably top and bottom.. Those with a smaller fixed window at the top would look good with your style house and work with a garage door with windows at the top . https://www.remodelingcosts.org/window-replacement-cost/ Wouldn't replace the curved entry steps but would enhance them. You have room for three large deep planters, perhaps for red rose bushes) on your curved steps and, perhaps a smaller pot or two beside each one.. [Afterthought: I wouldn't paint or whitewash that brick but, if you do want it darker, you might well consider staining it rather than painting or whitewashing it.. https://www.google.com/search?q=dark+stain+for+light+brick&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk00IIi-FskYvkdxGdS7yvHucJ9bSnw:1591777295814&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT3JzC6PbpAhW5TTABHTvGDMIQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1291&bih=648#imgrc=uwoCX35BVHmSbM]

i like the first pic Celery posted. With the panels painted to closely match the brick. A question...do you intend on keeping the blinds closed on the two rooms on the right side? The white of them, compared to the dark glass of the open windows on the left is off. I wonder how your house would look with all the windows (with or without shades) the same basic color. When the window shades are unapplied, i do like how the windows look with the roofing. And i think if you were to go with that slate gray theme a little bit more it could look pretty special. Nice dark green ...even blue-tone shubbery/planting would finish that look.

What purpose would the front deck serve? I see none. IMO landscaping is the thing to give this house some life and I have to be honest ranch does not enter my brain when I look at that house . What is your style ? Maybe post more idea books instead of one light. That might help us help you. BTW IMO dark soffits will make the house seem squatty is that what you want .Get a nice MCM front door with lots of glass and then go to work on landscaping. If MCM is the style you like this would be a great inspiration for landscaping or the bottom pic if you are up to a more MCM look

The only thing dated about the house is the wavy trim on the gable, which isn't going to maake much of a difference if you remove it. I happen to like it. "Dated" is a term TV shows used to justify large changes. Your house isn't trendy. Most houses aren't. The beige is a bit boring, but it's nicely done. The real problem is the acres of beige rock. You need more plants. Lots more. No matter how dry your area is, there has to be stuff that can grow there and needs little water. Find it.