I would do the cedar look garage door and front door, paint (White Duck/Urban Bronze).

Work on the landscape and leave the rest of the house alone.

More isn't always better and in this case will detract from the beauty of the wood.

First thing I would do is ask a tree service if it would be possible to successfully move the tree closest to the garage to the other side of the house, in front of the brick wall.

It is very hard for me to tell what is behind all the plants in front of your house or what the big circle is. Do you have a walkway to the driveway?

I agree the garage doors need improvement but I would focus first on how you want the house and the entry to look, and then figure out what would be most attractive for the garage. And also decide then if you want to change the front door.

Presuming the roof is not being replaced, my first inclination would be to paint the house a very subtle pink or peach shade — but i can imagine most people wouldn’t! Are you keeping the roof?

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I agree with Sasha dog- don’t add materials. Simple color scheme and great landscaping is all you need. See if your library has atomic ranch magazine- might be fun for inspiration.

IMO no stone and no cedar unless it is planned well as a part of the whole exterior new siding plan. This house is perfect as it is so best left .You could do the whole piece from the roof to the ground to the right of the door in cedar and not fake cedar if you wanted to add that element. Then the garage doors in the same wood in the style you show with a matching front door The rest of the siding a dark gray with black windows would be awesome .This is my fave inspiration landscaping for a MCM house I do not like white siding on MCM homes.

Your house is great! Absolutely no stone, no added elements to muddle the original facade. Strong yes to landscaping and paint. Simple garage doors. MCM house numbers .

Thank you all for the comments.

I like the idea of a beautiful wood front door and the wood garage doors and leave the rest.

What do you think about instead of using cedar paint the gable end the trim color?

I’ve noticed that a lot of mid modern homes do not have trim around the windows, we need to replace what is there because of dry rot, would you change the look or replace with what’s there?

We are planning on keeping the roof.

Don’t add new trim. Hard to provide more advice without clearer photos of the entry area

No stone, minimal cedar plank, and if you change the front door and garage doors to MCM style, your house is fine. @Patricia Colwell Consulting gave you excellent advice and pictures of how minimal your exterior choices need to be. And HAVE A PLAN!

Her is closer up of the entry.

Here are some MCM homes for reference.

I love your Unique sculpture. i would use it as the starting point for everything you do, including making your choices for the entry door and house trim colors, the style of the garage doors and your landscaping. I would try to more formally define it on the ground, creating a larger geometry around it of low plantings or pebbles/stones.

The least welcoming thing about your entry is the old walkway. I’d probably replace it with independent floating concrete rectangles, spaced further apart, with black mulch in between, kinda atomic zen, and refresh the concrete steps and the driveway too. But if you cant afford all that now, at least try to more neatly define the edges of the walkway and invest in restoring the lawn, also making the foundation area flower/tree beds pristine.

now that I can see how the trees are paired I would leave them, but get a tree service to check them out for healt.h.

i would no longer want to paint the house pink now that i can see the sculpture. I would want a dark color i think, but your roof is a big consideration. No matter what color I painted the house I don’t think I would want bare wood garage doors

its a wonderful house.

The doors need to change and then a good landscape designer to get that looking hot it should and thats it.

Now that I see the close up, I wouldn’t add any cedar.

what is your roof made of?

Roof is tile.

What dark color would you recommend?

Would you recommend just a metal garage door painted the same color as the house? I’ve done a google image search of mid modern homes and see several with wood and lots of plain doors painted to match the body of the house or the trim color.

Can you get a better shot of the roof color?

Paint everything dark- Sherwin Williams black fox is a favorite. Get new wood entry doors and wood garage doors. Replace the lantern with something modern. And of course landscaping

Roof pics and some interior pics of the ceilings. This house really confuses me. So many aspects are traditional and then lots are mid modern. The pool that is in is a free form with a aggregate concrete.

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Funny nothing traditional to me other than later ad ons like the ceiling fans and outdoor lights. Looks like a great house- modern interiors work great with antiques (I don’t know what you mean by traditional...)

These are some of the listing pictures before we tore out. It had a brick fireplace and hearth. The kitchen layout and cabinets were original although they were painted that reddish color. I guess these make me think traditional.

Just changing the front door and garage doors to MCM style will make a huge statement. Your front doors are lovely, but don’t match your house (so that does add the “traditional” feel you keep mentioning). Stick with wood if you don’t mind the upkeep. I’m sure they’re easy to find.
Have you thought about changing the exterior color as Hallett and Co. suggested? A dark charcoal,with new MCM doors, would immediately say “this is a mid-century house” because it will emphasize the lines of the house better.

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@Celery That’s what I was thinking. I like the cedar wall on the left too.

This looks great! Would your do the garage doors the white and the other side of the house white? Just the middle section dark? I love the wood belly band and the wood under the waves.

I think a darker color would best show the nice windows and peaked roofline.