I think those are trellises for ivy to grow on. Which look very nice once it grows. Gets the quick growing ivy or a flowering ivy like jasmine.

A Boston ivy would also be nice.

Are you able to take off the white trim around top of door and garage? If not I would paint it same as the house. A wooden garage door would look beautiful. I think the garage doors would look great stained a warm brown. Maybe if you stain doors, if that white trim isn't removable, you could paint it to match the garage doors with a stain looking technique. Your home is beautiful.

Now that I look you could also stain pergola to match garage doors, white arches on porch and above garage doors. This would give it a cohesiveness that it seems to lack now.

I think the white trim work on the garage was meant to echo the portico...I would do the wood garage door and paint/stain the portico columns/trim & pergola and garage trim to match the wood color on the garage door...the white is making it stand out too much.

There is a pergola built onto front that looks to be not stained or done in natural. I would make the stain darker to match garage doors, arches and columns.

@Debra-Debbie..agree with pergola to match wooden garage doors.

Just noticed that all of the window trim does not appear to match...I would fix that and maybe bring the color down a tone or two from white...do the brown stain on the pergola to match wood garage doors..trim on portico and garage to match window trim which would be no longer white???

Wow! I did not except such helpful feedback! Thank you! thank you! thank you! Finally after a year of questioning, you all helped us figure it out: wood doors, stained pergola, with white trim! I have to find out if the white posts are necessary - if not they're out a here- ill post updated pics!

Oh and did I say white trim- I meant white light:) thinking a vanilla-ish

Cool! I think an off white would be better too!

http://houzz.com/photos/97946

Ayanna did you do anything to your house yet?

Crazy Results... We ended up selling the house?!?!?! I will post about the next adventure:)

If possible, I would remove the white trim around the garage doors, too

Definitely remove the white trim. I prefer the white doors, but I would paint them to match the walls to lessen their impact. Garage doors facing the street are always unattractive. If you have room, move them to the side and install a nice window.
The wood deck should be painted the same color as the house trim. You can remove the arch and retain the columns by the front door, and since it's so prominent, get a great door, but not one of those tacky brass n' beveled glass home depot jobs.
If you can afford it, engage an architect and a landscape architect and make a plan.