Looks OK to me.

Right now it stands out because it's white and has big holes where the garage doors will be.

Did your Architect provide you with elevation drawings?

Are you doing siding to match the house everywhere?

Why is the garage so tall? Are you sure it was an architect who designed this? He or she should have provided drawings so you knew exactly what it would look like.

Reframe one or the other gable shorter or taller.

You might be able to do a pergola over the garage doors to break up the front if it still seems too much garage when it's otherwise complete. It would go with the character of the white picket fence. Is the new stuff on the other side going to stay a porch?

I think you will be okay though. Just adding the window over the garage made a big difference. Finishing up the rest of it will give a completely different look.

It really doesn't look bad. I think if you add some thick trim around the garage doors that will make the wall above them seem less large. Another idea is to add a horizontal trim piece underneath the garage window that goes all the way across. Add another piece of trim to the bottom of the gable over the porch and line them up at the same elevation.

It doesnt look bad to me at all. It seems like I see a lot of newer homes like this. One side is a garage and one side is a nice entry with a porch. Why do they need to look exactly alike? Regardless, I think the difference is minimal and once painted wont look so obvious. Maybe add a couple tall busy trees out front to balance it all out when it’s done. I like the blue color of you house, btw.

Looks fine to me. Don't judge until it's finished. Right now, you're adjusting to the change and the high contrast between the white house wrap and the dark green siding is making the garage look bigger than it will after the completed siding pulls it all together.

Here’s a couple homes that dont match. They look great to me. Once yours is painted and some landscaping in, I think it’ll look great.

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I think it'll be worth the cost to drop the garage roof down to match.

Is it too late to drop the height of the roof or was this done intentionally for a room over the garage? I think this is where your problem is - look where your gable hits the gutter on the main house and how much higher it is on the garage.

I also think you should add a pergola. Also add some substantial posts to your front porch and I think it will all look fine.

You should have used a medium dark blue building wrap.

Looks good to me.

"You should have used a medium dark blue building wrap"

Good one.

It's gonna look fine when the siding goes on.

IMO....it looks fine. What is over the garage? Looks like a bonus room.

Looks fine to me too !

Thanks for replying with some great advice. The architect did provide elevation drawings, though said “it won’t be noticeable”. I should have asked for the measurements. It’s a bonus room, we’re really thankful for the space.

Full siding, not 100% on color yet as we’re painting the whole house. It’s likely going to be close to save on paint.

The pergola is a great idea, breaking it up may work. And the trim to line it up a bit.

The porch will have prominent white columns and no railing.

You all have helped a lot with ideas and talking me off the ledge. Once it’s complete I’ll have a better sense of how to improve it. I‘m sure there’s more we could do too.

I'd keep the trim minimal on the garage and work to fancy up the porch.

The very first picture posted also shows the house blocked by a car and the fence, so the eye is drawn up the driveway.

And thanks to grover for doing the hard work.

Park a Lamborghini Veneno in the drive and nobody will notice or mention the house.

Just breathe...it's a BIG change and not yet complete. PPF's rendering of adding "additional weight" to the homes trim is spot on.

@mark - would you be willing to purchase one for me? I‘m more than happy to store it for you.

The renderings are so helpful, I’m looking forward to trimming it out. Thanks PPF and Chiflipper for taking the time to help.

I had a hard enough time spelling it right.

Grover and PPF’s renderings look great. A little landscaping and a contrasting door color, and it will be perfect. Please be sure to post those “after” pics!

so so helpful. Thank you! I’ll be sure to post the afters. Looking forward it it being complete. I’m sure we will love the space.

IMO the garage is too big for the house and other than lowering the garage roof to make it smaller there is no way to match the roof lines.

PPF's final rendering nailed it. It's gonna be fine.