What room is above the garage? You could add more windows. A barn quilt (which would look weird)

Or you could ignore it.

It's my kitchen and no way to put more windows... I was thinking of an eyebrow pergola or something.

My opinion is you'd be wasting your money. Do something that makes a real difference. Is the inside of your home done to perfection? Nice art on the walls? Everything as you'd like it? If you can't answer yes then spend the money on those things.

Pergolas can be attractive but you already have a deck and an odd window plus a covered something on the far right. Adding some other feature in the mix is really going to spoil what's already there.

It's the nature of the design of the house. A pergola above the garage doors would soften the look of the doors, but do nothing for the wall area above the doors.

I'm afraid you're going to have to accept what's there for what it is.

Just leave it.

Why? Looks fine to me.

You might consider some metal artwork designed for the outdoors.

The operable, white window over the garage draws a lot of attention to itself. Not all windows can (or should) be painted but perhaps it could be painted to match the color of the nearby slim gray windows. -- amateur

I was thinking about the white on all the windows. Then I thought the windows were probably vinyl and not able to be painted. They'd look better without the bright white.

They all look the same with the white but some are in shadows.

Take the money budgeted for the project and invest it in a gourmet cooking class. Nobody will make mention of the wall above the garage doors.

We like the idea of extending the porch, if there is a view that way that is worth looking at.

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We wondered about that as well. it faces north and he deck wouldn’t have a view or get used. Our deck goes the entire length on the south side with a view and connects to a pool area. Thanks for your idea!!

You could grow 1 or 2 rose ramblers to climb above the garage doors. Which zone are you in? If you are in a warmer zone, it would look lovely to have a huge mme Alfred Carriere, it repeats well and it’s very fragrant.

So dont laugh too hard, I drew this up...I’m not a professional in any way...but I would try to distract or miinimize the large area above the garage with fixtures and lanscaping.

- Replace garage door panels with doors with windows

- Add large light fixtures over garage doors

- Add string lighting from overhang

- Add landscaping, maybe with rusted metal planters

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Thank you SO much for this. I actually said to my husband that I think we just need new garage doors and do the lights as you showed above. How did you do this? landscaping won't grow in the driveway, but definately planters. There is an area to the left of the gate that stuff will grow and I had wondered about a vine growing; faces north.

:) I’m glad it was helpful. I was thinking the tree could also be in a planter, but maybe just a rectangle one would be good. THe tree might help screen some of the empty wall space though.

The gate with vines would look nice too, just dont block that beautiful view.

I used the sketches ap on my ipad...I screen shot your pic, uploaded it to the ap, and then drew everything in. It’s very easy.

we've had a few people suggest a deck. It wouldn't get used much at all... we will have to see. Thanks for your suggestion:)