Rebuilding the entire roofing system and risking exposure of the home's contents to the elements? Just take 30-40-K and flush it down. The house is attractive as presented. Adding a more textural siding like cedar shake instead of the T-111 would be a better focus for a similar expenditure. That would allow you to address the (inevitable) moisture damage that most of that siding has when used in direct contact to studs with poor attention to penetrations.

Congratulations on your marriage and your new house. This forum unfortunately doesn't get much traffic. There are quite a few requests on the Home Decorating forum for assistance in improving curb appeal, so I think you should post there. Some of the folks there do a great job with photoshopping ideas. But before you do repost there, I think this info would be helpful: - Pictures of the front with the new raised beds - How far from the house is that tree in the front of the house? You need some planting on the right side between the windows. But what will depend on the tree.

@Elaine Doremus Resumes Written Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately we were not able to find any images of the home from the past. I was hoping some folks on Houzz might be able to tell what style it originally was or at least give some good direction on how to we can restore it. For example I think the roof line may have originally gone straight back, instead of the second pitched section of the roof you can see on the left side. I apologize - I know I am not using the correct terminology! The home also has cheap vinyl replacement windows, so I would like to one day replace them. Maybe the anderson craftsman or farmhouse line? I wonder if we would change the scale of the windows at all...

Front or rear, the problem remains. Our (rear) screened porch is in the SE angle formed by the breakfast room and the dining room. It's about 14 X 14 and has a cathedral ceiling with two skylights in the E angle of the roof. The porch and the interior rooms are bright summer and winter. I like houssaon's shed roof -- whether standing seam or not -- but IDK if it could give you enough coverage. How big is the porch? Will it be screened? What direction does the porch face?