What's your zone? I'd start with something along the garage wall, in the ground. Who wants to fuss with grass there anyway. Maybe an inexpensive piece of metal art to hang on the garage wall? I know the big ones can get pricey . . . That's enough for the first year. Low hanging fruit. Delineate the little dirt patch/garden bed to the right of the garage as a dedicated garden. Some type of edging. I like edging bricks but they sell plastic edging too, and metal. Plant a few colorful annuals and some type of nice dwarf shrub or something colorful for that garden. Lay down some Preen" to keep the weeds out, and then mulch it up real nice. I suggest undyed hardwood fines/shredded bark or the stuff they sell in the big box as "compost" or "garden soil." Avoid anything labeled cypress. Weed the rest of the grass behind that, seed in the patch areas, and after that gets established, throw down a correct amount of fertilizer, organic if you can find it. Call it good for this year. Later you can add some decorative planters for color if you don't mind the constant fertilizing and watering and deadheading to keep them looking nice.

I would work on the landscaping. add bigger lights on the sides of the door, i would do brass to match the colonial style. they dont need to be huge, but to scale for your house size. For door color, i would match the shutters or paint the shutters black and do the door in a different color. Also do you face south? if so, i would consider removing the storm door in warm virginia. i had to do that - it was baking and warping my door.

I always hate to see a vehicle right in front of a house. Is there any way the vehicle could be pulled to the side of the house, so as not to block the view of the house front door? Also, your comment about adding a small set of stairs to the front door - the current set is too small and temporary looking. The stairs to the door should be large and sturdy enough for two people to use at once and stand side-by-side just outside the door. At LEAST that large.

We have a lot of drivers at our house, and though our driveway is shorter than yours, it holds a lot of cars. Function first, people! The driveway NEEDS to accommodate the cars, and I think this one will. Additionally, it is notable that the front yard is huge (by the standards of where I live in SoCal), so there is so much to work with ! This is mainly a landscape issue, with the addition of blfenton's comments about exterior lighting fixtures, numbers, etc. So much could be done with the yard! A lovely curved walkway through the grass, elevation change(s) perhaps so the yard isn't so big and flat without something to look at. I think your house is really cute and you have room for shutters. I like them when they look like they could be operable (or even better: are operable).