Great house! I would change the garage doors to either the frosted horizontal or wood doors. Here are some of my favorite pictures of homes similar to yours.

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Going to a contemporary garage door will do a lot. Your lights are already contemporary and wash the walls well. You could do an earthier shade on the stucco - but since you have bad tans on both sides - yellow tan on right / red tan on left . . you would want warm greige . . but still light . . maybe bm camoflauge http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/camouflage

that might give it just enough color for the geometric forms to read out . . the lower windows need window coverings - simple roman shades or roller shades.

I don't think wrapping areas in another texture is going to have a big positive effect here - it is a handsome house already .. with new garage doors, and a great contemporary color - wow.

• Mj Roth the more I look at your home I agree with all the post. The house has great architectural bones but enhancing a work of art is a good thing.

  • 1) Add the frosted stainless garage
    

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    2) Paint the eaves two shade dark than the present color (or the color you choose), like in this picture. I believe these changes (from what I can see from the picture) big difference. But the bottom line this is your home and the decorating should be what you love!

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• Some posters mention the maintenace of the wood side upkeep is a costly drawback. Houselogic.com has a guide of pros and cons of different sidings or wrappings.

  • Drawbacks: Can be expensive; requires
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Thank you guys! yes, I have hunter douglas shades right now that looks amazing - they are in gray - so doesn't steer away from the color of the home exterior right now (should I have had done it in a different color? Black, with accent ones?

Definitely will save up for the garage door in the future, and I agree with painting under the eeves.

Will try this first before any paneling (also they don't always have to be wood).

Going for a LUXE Contemporary Minimalist look.

PAINTING Windows: Is this something that should be done (perhaps a very dark brown - blackish) on the outer frames of the windows?

first thing was the garage doors need to change
second im not liking how the interior lighting shines out the windows. can you take a picture at night.

third i dont mind the style of exterior lights, but the placement..hmm to far away to tell

Noted on the garage doors.

The interior lighting doesn't really shine out of the windows, since I have shades right now, and they are gray. You can definitely tell the color of the shades from the exterior. I was trying to play around with the idea of having more colors with the shades - but not sure what.

The house is stucco, white.

I believe given the window some color would bring out the esthetics of the exterior. Also, add stainless steel address number on the left side of the steps near the garage. If you have Photoshop use the picture above to sample and play with different ideas. When you have completed your update I would love to see the end results. :))

Yeah, I definitely that stainless steel address number. I should have updated the picture here :)

Definitely! I'm not very good at photoshop, but will try to get an app and play with some ideas.

onestawr: What do you think about adding lights on the steps, or a soft glow/light by the garage (like this pic)

Mj Roth: Around the steps or both; that's great idea!
I recently began working with Photoshop.

hinkley lighting might have some great options for you. but I think some of the placements are off. or could even be eliminated.

Thank you. Here's also another view of the house.

As you can see, there needs to be a lot of paint work (although wouldn't know where exactly) - I love this rendition already!

Also, modern planters - not sure what kind of flowers, etc I should have (have bamboo in my back patio)/landscaping would help (pebbles, etc) - but any suggestions?

Grasses always work well with modern architect. The Doheny Estates is a good start to see what works. And you mention bamboo; I also included picture of a backyard with bamboo. Click the last picture and go to questions and comments it has the names of the plants. The second picture the plant is called horse tail.

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Grasses can be good - but architectural plants with varied foliage colors are really the strongest - zinc finish planters might be great for you - RH has some good lines to look at .. consider - flax, spikier succulents, horsetail (needs / takes a lot of water), layering and massing - do things in grids . . .

yes tall grasses! would look amazing, very clean and simple tho dont get too much going on!

Those large all stucco balconies are kind of heavy looking and seem to hide portions of the front of the house. Maybe replacing with a modern steel and wood railing would open those areas up and give this house a little more dimension and interest.

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