How about extending siding across the top with or without porch? New doors would be nice. Can you cut down or pull out overgrown shrubs? Landscaping/ mulching gardens would be great.

Upgrade banisters to wood, clad front steps with slate/ stone, carriage garage door and upgrade screen to wooden screen door- not lime green! Smile.

Yours is brick / soft red for your garage door/ and rest of front? Might be too chopped up unless entire front is the same color....

PS This house reminds me of my Nana's house in Camden, NJ! Many, many decades ago.

Idk if even possible, but mia's idea of 2nd story all siding, has me wondering if an expert could re-use that brick / use it for 1st story above garage?! All even....

What is your budget?

I thought again - is it possible to remove brick and in a useable condition?!!

@miacometlady This house is in Camden county! Built in the 50's. They were built for the RCA families.

Our budget is fairly big. Whole house is getting done, but portion for front of house is prob up to 20k. We act as our own general contractor.

The extended front porch would be a definite. I like idea of extending siding across tip of house and reusing brick above garage door.

Thanks for your ideas!

The façade is very choppy what with garage, siding over garage, all the shutters, oversized bushes, etc.--too much for the eye to take in.

--Right off the bat, remove the shutters totally.

--Next, take down the bushes on the right. Hire a landscape designer help you create a very extended bed on that side of your house so the eye gets pulled to the right, away from the garage side. Red brick steps and short walkway to the driveway would unify the front as well.

--Put some attractive large black house numbers on the brick to the left of the doorway and a large lantern above the garage door as Beverley showed above.

I haven't got a clue on how to blend the siding with the brick, though I do think an extended "porch" across the front will help unify the current choppiness.

Absolutely trim the bushes under the window and perhaps create a bed that comes from the driveway to the corner of the house.

The bushes will all be taken out when the front porch goes in. Porch extends under 3 Windows on first floor.

Could you finish the entire front in brick - removing the overhang and then put up a Georgian entry around the front door. If the brick doesn't match exactly, you could parge the brick to make it look used

Here are some photos

Would love to see the front of your home all painted one shade. Then remove that half roof and replace with a portico over the front door.

I would finish bricking the house where the siding is. Then I would paint the entire house. Paint the shutters an accent color. Remove porch roof and put something over door area only. Replace garage door to something in stained wood.

Would you actually use a front porch if you added one on? If not, then it's a lot of expense for nothing -- and it would greatly reduce the light coming into that big window on the right (presumably a LR?).

Beverly's mock-up looks balanced, attractive, and doable-in-real-life. Mustache brackets -- I didn't know they had a name. I love that look.

The siding above the garage door is the worst offender to me. However you decide to unify the brick, I would not leave that portion a different color. Either brick over it, or paint it to match the brick.

The front porch, although it would make LR darker, is a must. It will get a ton of use by our family. This porch is what I had in mind. I do love painted brick, I think replacing siding with brick might be a real option. Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts.

I love that house and thought about sharing this photo with you! Consider removing all the shutters and "beefing up" the window molding instead.

I thought this pic was interesting inspiration also. The lack of eaves is something that bothers me, so I was intrigued by this solution.