Geographic location?

Zone 5a Iowa

some ideas:

I would change the left juniper to a "smallish" tree form plant. which would be much easier to keep over the long haul. But the bed would need to be reconfigured in order to accommodate it. Is the inset area behind the right juniper the entrance? What you do at that location would depend on the overall arrangement of the house front -- which we can't see.

Agree that two matching pointy conifers in those two spots is not an attractive way to go here. All the more so because the house itself is already pointy. And the house facade is not geometrically symmetric - there should be no identical pairs or other formality to the planting done in front of it, as any such will not coordinate with the house design.

Appreciate the comments. I am not in a position to make major changes beyond replacing these 2 trees. If anyone has any suggestions for these 2 locations I would love to hear them. I will include a photo of the entire front of the house.

Yes and no. The one tree on the left is in front of the sidewalk but there is a tree behind it and to the side that probably serves to frame the house. So do you think I could just fill the spots with some smaller shrubs like we already have?

Really I think the junipers you are going to remove are the only part of the planting that are anywhere near big enough to start matching the size of the house. With the rest of the existing plants (near the house) all being way too small to be in scale with it. And it looks like you have been pruning most of them to make sure they stay small and tight, resulting in an effect like buttons on a shirt. Instead of the volume and angularity of the structure being softened by plantings of material big enough in size and sufficiently natural in shape to do the job (See the two natural habit tree representations in the Dig Doug rendering). I only made the previous suggestion because of you asking for 2 replacements that were more prim than the existing, later saying something about not making big changes and then showing with your last picture what approach you have been inclined to take to the planting.

I can see why you think everything is undersized but I really think everything is sized appropriately. I just cut back my catmint for a second blooming. They will be huge again in no time and get so large that they hang over the front path at times. I just replaced the shrub that was set back in the alcove so while the new one is small it will be right sized as it grows.