Landscaping will have the biggest impact. Start at the corner of your landscape bed on the right. Take a rope or hose and create a curved bed that that heads toward the corner in the center, but swoops below and meets the driveway under the path. Plant a small flowering tree to the right of the front walk (e.g. crepe myrtle). A few dwarf shrubs (e.g. viburnum) towards the center of the new bed to tie in with the existing landscape and perennials (e.g. turtlehead) and bulbs (e.g. crocus) along the borders for low maintenance color.
In the back on the right, plant a larger tree (e.g. magnolia) and full-sized evergreen bushes (e.g. azalea) to screen the view of the white house.

Agree on landscaping. Also consider painting exterior a light color - I just painted exterior brick BM White Dove and looks great. You may also want to change the door and front windows to bring some more lightness to the house and more light inside.

Paint the garage door and around the windows the same medium beige color that can be found in the brick. You can paint the front door a creamy beige or a soft pumpkin color.

Postcript to my earlier advice, I would do some plantings on the sharp corner from the walkway to garage. You can put in a shrub or a small flowering bush with annuals to soften the corner.

When WBrown is saying curves in the landscape this is kinda what they are meaning. I would leave the center lawn (this is a drought tolerant concept) You seem to live in an area with plenty of water. Also it is good to accent entry ways with planter beds (like by your drive).