Your house has wonderful lines for MCM. I don't have time to do a mock-up now, but will try to do one tonight.

do you have a budget in mind?

What year was your house built? It seems to be your basic split level--.more seventies than fifties.

That said, take a look at colors and materials of midcentury houses--often a mix of stone/brick, dark siding, wood carport or garage door, natural colors, very bright front door. You could pull one of the lighter colors from your brick for the roof since you have a lot of roof showing then choose dark siding, wooden garage door, and a very bright front door. No shutters. Also notice the landscaping in these examples--very minimalist with gravel, grasses, stone pathways. Those are other elements to consider.

At the very least remove the shutters and paint the trim.

Maybe the middle one ,with a wood detail over the bricks.

The house was built in 1969. I love the idea of wood on the front... Do you think it would look better over the bricks ? Or on the left side of the house and the garage door? I will probably spend around $12,000, but we will do all the work( Father and Husband)

I think you will want to either make the garage recede by painting the same color as the siding, or make it a worthy focal point by replacing it with a great wooden one like the above examples. And of course, as you are probably already planning, remove the shutters.

That is so, so cool, awm03. I really love that you kept the brick since MCM houses often are a mix of stone and wood. While we're spending Natlie's $$$, I would make the front door the same wood (or painted that shade of wood), get roof shingles in the same shade of honey brown as the garage doors, and paint the window trim in that honey brown as well.

I was just thinking about taking that door out ! And I love the wood over the top of that area.

One last suggestion. If you do go to wood trim, garage door, new roof, etc. while keeping the brick, make sure the wood harmonizes well with the bricks colors. Have fun!

I'm not a big fan of the brick so I was thinking of replacing it with a something in the gray family