The house isn't bad at all. It is the landscaping that is trouble. As is often the case, a couple of trees would help. Since the house is low, small flowering trees would work. Keep the plantings low on the right side of the house, but expand the bed out past the porch. We can't really see what is going on at the left side to know what areas are bed and what is hardscaping. Be extremely careful with color if you can't resist the idea of paint. Right now, the various parts of the house - the brick, the roof, and the siding - go together. I don't know how many houses have been posted here since the Landscape Design forum was merged into Houzz that started out with perfectly reasonable 1960s, 1970s color schemes but now are badly in need of fixing because the omnipresent beige siding of the 1990's never went with the brick.

These are colors from that time when Craftsman Homes were frequently built.

Thank you Beverly for adjusting the photo- what a difference! I also really like the colors that you and houssaon have suggested. I'd like to stay with a color scheme that is Craftsman but that also brightens and lifts the house while showing off the Craftsman details. Right now it just appears as one darkish mass. Our weather tends toward, cloudy and grey more often than not, which doesn't help. I can see that colors in the greenish family work nicely and are Craftsman appropriate. Would colors that have a bluish grey tint also work? Thanks so much to both of you for your suggestions.

Erin, that's false (about the heat thing). I'm in SoCal too and just did a very dark charcoal roof (cement tiles). They have a CCR rating on tiles meant just for dispersing heat. They also have a 'gel' type of underlayment that goes under the tiles. It's helps to keep the roof cool. Loor at Boral and Eagle roofing. I used the tiles from Eagle, and the gel thing from Boral. They also let you know what colors are available in your area. I had mine done last summer. my home is a bit on the spanish side, so I kept w/the cement tiles. They looked much darker on the ground. once on the roof, they look like a light gray, so keep that in mind when choosing a color. I did the White stucco, very dark trim and some slight light gray accents. I have wood look garage doors and wood fencing. basically used the bottom three. You could also use the Navy if you like. So for your home, (and I love how your roof is angled) the first thing I see is the garage door window grilles. I'd replace those w/something a bit more modern looking. (u can order them on Amazon) Something like this, with the added carriage hardware, would update the door. (and you're going to paint it too!) the next is the porch post. maybe beef it up a bit? so here are some diff stucco colors and combos to give you an idea Basic white but his has black windows and a newer modern garage door. See how the wood siding accent really warm up the exterior? you could add wood to the underside of your front entry, maybe a wood door, or a wood post. Dark gray stucco with black trim around the white windows. again w/the wood. I love this one and think something like this would look great w/your home. notice the garage door windows similar house to yours. light gray roof and dark gray/black stucco. the wood accents are perfect here. I love this look how about a blue/gray? wood accents in the orange tone really compliment it well