Sorry I don't have photoshop- but this should get some attention to your post! I used the Sherwin Williams paint visualizer and I painted on black shutters and a white porch. I think both these additions will give your front some balance:

Can you get a pic
Showing the cranberry door
And share it with us?

Thanks, Diane - that's a really great idea for a porch! It helps resolve the imbalance nicely.

I think a porch all across the front with a timber frame and a great colored door

I am afraid to block any of the light getting to the lower windows. There is much shade in the summer. Maybe a pergola. I like the idea of a grander framed entrance.

Hey Terry, here is a quick shot of the door in Cranberry.

Wow that is super pretty.... And did you notice I wrote you a haiku? Anyway, I love that door color and if you post a pic of the entire house I bet you will get good advice.

My take is more modern than the front porch seen before - i think you want to play up the mod industrial thing you have going with the flat roof and the black windows . .. consider staining the brick and definitely adding a porch ceiling that is off center .. no shutters - even taking the whole stair and entry mudroom into an exterior addition and reclaiming that interior space for storage and core . .

.but instead, head in a more modern style . . sort of factory farmhouse chic . . where the new piece is juxtaposed against the historic piece . .. . . let me find some images . . the asymmetry lends itself to contemporary . . . If you haven't done white windows yet - don't do windows until you work out the entire facade - the style / profile / sashes / muntin patterns need to work with either a traditional or a modern approach to this entry issue. White might be the right answer but they really might not. Or if you have done white already - post here so we can work with what you have.

Here you can see the use of a cable suspended metal roof awning from above. That would be amazing on a wrap around porch .. . or just cover the door if the budget is smaller.

If you did an entry mud room space in a contemporary style . . possibly an outbuilding in the same style - even a storage shed or garage . .then you have something that adds up to more than you spent

If you are looking for purely cosmetic - try the colonial approach . .. but there is something here that could be much more interesting and fabulous ..

Love Diane's suggestion for a porch. Make the entrances more warm and welcoming just by adding a little alteration like painting them a different color like other users have suggested above. You could also get some potted plants or an elegant vine to surround the sides of the stairs and door frames. If you're looking for something a bit more luxurious consider one of our many wrought iron door designs or a pretty crystal glass mosaic panel:

Wisteria or an espaliered tree right in that blank space to the right of the door. You want to pay attention to how it will look in winter --- some people find leafless Wisteria vines sculptural, others don't. Also, the quantity of light matters, too.

Ivies can give a lovely look, but you want to make sure you plant one that doesn't degrade your brick or mortar.

Great idea! That would help.

Thanks, Terry Toon for the awesome haiku!

Thanks libradesigneye for the bump out entrance idea. I will mock up a concept or two and see how it looks.

i see a ground level deck, maybe a pergola of sorts, shutters, red door and pops of color.

I like the pergola idea. Maybe drop the level of most of it a step down to clear lower windows.

fab! but, the shutters are too small.

Hai Ku, I would install a double front door and contruct an open porch in front with 10" square post painted white. it will create an inviting look as contrast to the current design. May you would like to consider installing window canopies and paint it white together with the window frames. A good lanscaping should be considered.

I think a porch/pergola with wide steps. And I would paint the brick.

Beverly - please cease with the old threads. You too, Elton!