Hello!

I would love to hear ideas of how to make this exterior more cohesive through paint selection and small architectural changes. The windows are new, but open to specific paint colors, landscaping, roofing ideas, new garage door ideas and small changes like a portico perhaps? Shutters or no shutters?

I'm excited to see what you have to say!

Did you paint the brick ? Now you need to paint the siding , add wider trim around the windows and get to work on landscaping. IMO you already have what looks like an overhang above the front door and I am not sure if doing a portico would be cheap since it would create issues with the roof and the windows above. Pictures from further back are always useful

What a charming house! How old is it? It has lots of potential!!! I think that properly sized REAL wooden shutters would look great on the central portion of your home (not on the bay or the window above the bay). I would even go so far as to ornament them with shutter dogs to add character. If you add shutters, I don’t think that adding additional trim around the windows will be necessary as the shutters will frame them. I note that the siding is different on the central portion of the house and the dormer. But painting them all the same color will minimize that difference. You could paint the siding a different color than the brick. But obviously, power wash everything before your begin! A new, recessed light under your entrance ceiling will be less obtrusive. And a pretty bold color on your front door. No need for a portico. But consider widening your sidewalk and pulling it much further forward so that you have a planting bed along the front of the house. And yes to developing a long-term planting plan. In the meanwhile...Plant annuals in classic pots at the entrance to your home. LOVE your home!

I would do one color for the shake siding and another for the brick. Move the tall black pots out to the edge of the brick. They are crowding the entrance. The vent needs repair. You could add shutters to the three windows on the main section.

Paint it all the color of the brick. Add shutters to the center portion 3 windows. Fix the broken vent. Move the huge planters down on to the walk OR 1 at the left of the door and the other on the walk left side. Paint the door the same color as the shutters and then work on the planting beds. You need some height in them

It's a charming house. What jumps out at me is the dormers over the garage and the bay window. They're wrong. The garage should have 2 dog house dormers, one centered over each garage door, and the dormer over the bay is too wide and the window too large. If it were my house, I'd fix those first so that the three dormers were the same size. Then I'd paint the house a crisp white and add black or charcoal shutters to the three windows on the main portion of the house. Paint the front door to match the shutters, or pick a fun color for a pop. Garage doors should be replaced by a nicer style. (something like this -

Then address the landscaping.

thank you design girl! unfortunately, i can't fix the dormers. the amount of work involved is too costly. i was hoping to somehow address them with color or something....

I get it - it's costly - Just paint the house, and add the shutters - It will look a lot better - it really is a charming house.