Fruit trees / bushes and a vegetable gardens... all look great... hedge rows, rose gardens, obviously I'm leaning towards planting to make it "your own".. Oh, and a flagpole is still a low cost way to personalize your house, as are Purple Martin Bird houses.

Landscaping will do a lot to improve the curb appeal. The beds by the front door aren't very deep, but you could do some beautiful accents in front of the garage windows and to the right of the home. I feel like the windows could use some trim or modern style shutters. Nice all brick home. Landscaping is the key.

Post this in the Landscaping forum. There are some great designers there. You house is very nice looking. I would paint the garage doors a warmer color to go with your brick so the the house draws your eye and not the garage doors.

Diane

You will probably hear this a lot, but painting your front door a different color would be great. Something completely unexpected like turquoise! Decorative shutters would also break up all the look of the brick (but not painted the same color as the door). Landscaping as others mentioned.

I agree--front door color is wrong. Visit the home decorating forum as well as the landscaping one. It's not a bad house at all. it's just not done yet!

dk, I just posted a picture of my ranch on a thread about closing a window. Believe me, yours is exquisite in comparison to my original overgrown mess. But the landscaping and fun color on the door made all the difference.