i agree with yardvaark, a less encumbered paved area in your 'tree lawn' would be welcoming. i think their visual is a bit wider than necessary but its a good idea.

I think your house would look good with the window frames and mullions painted in black. Possible painting the trim and cornice a dark gray, like this Georgian. I would also paint the door a glossy black.

Like the suggestion of the car paved area. It opens the front of you house.

Thank you very much for the constructive replies. @yardvaark @ninigret - brilliant on the parkway/boulevard strip. Your picture @yardvaark could not be more helpful. The trees flanking the boulevard strip are not properly sized for the entire neighborhood and it is a species that does not like the soil so roots are at the surface and choking out grass, not only on our property. Also, the height is almost maxxed so HOA cannot remove any more lower limbs. A problem for us as well sitting on the front porch. We are going to inquire with the HOA if we can plant a new species that will give more height and clearance to replace the two on property. I also received local opinion to replace choking lawn on that boulevard strip with myrtle (vinca) and tuck some flowering bulbs in for spring color and small white annuals could be tucked for summer color. The fence/gate is a beast to care for as it is all wood and many caulked joints that get hit by irrigation in warm months and piled with snow in cold months. I have a consult with with Walpole Woodworkers to see about an AZEK replacement fence and newels. We think it would be nice to replace fence with a true picket style to differentiate from porch railing. The 2 swinging gates are painted mahogany, one rotted out and fell off. It is a costly refurbishment, as $800 was already out in and not all rot remedied nor has it been repainted yet or routed for hinge. Even fully restored these gates come with a costly future maintenance schedule, as we don’t do any of this type of home maintenance ourselves. So we are thinking of removing the gates since they primarily stay tied open and do not seem to us to contribute much to the overall look & feel for their cost (but looking still on opinions of gate). The color you suggested @yardvaark cannot be placed to the front side of the fence as you sketched, because it is right at the sidewalk line. However, the backside of that fence is an 18”width of myrtle ground cover and thinking a long decorative, lightly elevated zinc planter box floating on the myrtle ground-cover, filled with seasonal annuals could bring the color we need and spill through the rails. Going to play with that. @houssaon definitely going to explore accenting the architectural elements you mentioned with our new siding/paint job. Also considering a metal roofing accent above front porch when we re-roof. Your picture is a great inspiration photo for me and I saved it to my file. Thank you again.

I'm not in disagreement with Ninigret that the curbside paving looks a bit wide. After hearing about the gate & issues, it occurred to me another possibility is to open the front wider and do away with those things. (It looks like there might be some nice steps that are too much hidden.) Anyway, just a thought.

@yardvaark definitely intriguing. Will keep updated.

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