That bow window is a significant challenge because the masonry follows the curve. I would remove the whole wall and replace with a huge window that follows the line of the roof. I also removed shutters and opened that front gable, replaced doors and garage doors with wood, replaced exterior sconces, enlarged the stoop and poured a walkway to the drive, painted the side door casing and downspouts to match the siding so they disappear. Sorry I didn't have time to find a better place for the garbage cans.

@BethYes, I saw some of these before and afters when researching and they give me hope! I will try to mockup wood paneling over the garage like you suggested. I love the garage door style, it is actually what we have in mind but could not reproduce in the mockup tool I am using. Also, your fence suggestions have given me some inspiration ... perhaps I could try to paint or stain the concrete wall black to tie in with the black timber retainers suggested by @hallettco and then try to use some pattern of wood panels over the concrete wall instead of a full wall of wood. I will play around with that idea and see how it looks.

Thank you for your suggestions Patricia. There is a circular driveway that is hard to see from the picture we posted so I'm not sure how a walkway would work as it would have to cut across the driveway. We currently have asbestos shingles and have painted them 3 times over the last 20 years. I think they kind of make the house feel dated. The small windows are from our master bedroom redo 20 years ago. They were actually very modern looking when we put them in. I'm attaching a picture of how they look over our bed, but your right they do appear small from the outside.

I would give thought to removing the balcony/deck and wood porch. That looks like an add on. It appears to be too small to do any living on the balcony/deck and what else are they for? I'm guessing access to that balcony is through a bedroom and that's not really convenient for guests. If you remove all that from the front, your home might look like this. If you really want to entertain off the front of the home, I would recommend expanding the front entrance porch and adding a pergola over a patio pad. I love the stone of the house and would do some careful searching to find a material other than asphalt shingles to replace the mansard roof material. This material shown below is perhaps a faux slate material.