Hmmm..... I don't know whether your house NEEDS shutters but the high contrast in colour at the moment is making the house appear 'busy'. You could keep them and choose a color that blends with the wall color, whatever shade you end up choosing. My next suggestion is to choose a color that is similar in tonal value to your roof, perhaps just a shade lighter or darker is okay. So for example, you really loved a certain blue/gray color, just choose a shade or tone of that blue/gray that has a similar color weight of the roof. The color expert at your paint supplier might understand my ramblings. Let's try to make it simpler....choose a paint chip that you think is as close in color as your roof, then choose a color of your liking, place them side by side and half close your eyes or squint. As you squint you will that the colors are similar in tonal value. If you were to place a deep blue chip next to a baby pink chip and squint your eyes, you would see that they have a very different tonal value ie they are showing a high contrast.
The balastrade in the front there is also visually chopping your lower level in half so remove that also if you can.
Plant a large tree on the left hand corner of the yard that will spread and grow about the same height as your house and move the plants that or up close to the front down closer to the footpath. A nice picket fence might look good as well.
I hope it all goes well for you.
I've posted an example of a home that has a similar tonal value exterior paint to its roof
https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-exterior-home-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_736~s_2107?fi=8

The first thing that I would do is tear out the bushes and start over. I can't see what the ones are one either side of the sidewalk (barberry?). Save those for the color. All the yews must go to open up your porch, which is great. The shutters on the first floor are unnecessary. Too busy.
The upper shutters could go a caramel color. Like the Virtual Designer suggested. Similar to roof but lighter. Can you remove the half-circle over the middle window? If so, I would.
Do you have kids that play in the front yard? If not, extend the beds in front of the sidewalk and use some curves. Definately a tree to the left of house ( looks like something may have been there before). Perhaps a spring flowering (dogwood, weeping cherry).
I could go on but, let's see what the others think. Pretty house. Have fun!

Taking away the front shrubs and front railing would probably be a big improvement. The edge of your concrete porch may then need trimming if it is the usual rough concrete.

I would remove the rounded shutterlike piece over central window. Form should follow function....

What a great house! I agree that the contrast is too great with the shutter color. And I don't think the semi circle serves any purpose over the window. But beyond that, I think new landscaping would be all you need to bring this house to something WOW!

Definitely take out all of the bushes and start over. None of them are really adding any charm or style as they are.

I would really like to see a sidewalk that goes from the front door and curves slightly to end to the left of the mailbox (looking from the street. You could even put it out into the grass strip right next to the mailbow.) If there is a car in the driveway already, it makes it difficult to get past the car in bad weather or or if someone is elderly. I would take out the old sidewalk and If you do that you can then you will be able to--

Enlarge your beds. Use some vertical growing shrub at the left side to soften the corner. Remember to take into account how plants will grow and then move away from the house a bit to allow space for growth. Create an evergreen type of garden in the back using the rhododendrons that look like azaleas (they keep their leaves) as well as actual azaleas (white goes with any other colors you put it) and of course, something that stays geen like heller holly. In front of that, you can plant perennial flowers and blulbs and on the very front, annuals for color. The beds will be more interesting if you curve them out like elklaker suggested. A smallish tree like a dogwood, planted in the left front quarter of your yard would be pretty without blocking your house.

If you enlarge the bed, you can swing it out and around the corner where the downspout thing is and hide it with plants too. And if you really want to go crazy, a stacked stone border low across the front and higher at the edge on the left would solve the slope problem. (But the right shrubs can do that too.) But when you have time and money, you can continue the beds around the side of your house and have them all tie in together.

A new wooden square lampost and light would be nice too. You could paint the post to match the shutters.

Good luck and please post after pics!

Since you have no restrictions how about turning it into a craftsman like the one below ? As to the landscape I would do dark pavers on the driveway to minimize it, add a flagstone path from the entrance to the driveway, plant beaujtiful blooming small ornamental trees on the side of the house , create some flower beds with ornamental grasses, perennials and annuals, get rid of the grass and use evergreen groundcover.

Wow. The link that the virtual designer gave solved the whole issue. Love the pic that sweet Caroline provided. Just stunning options. Please share the finished product. I would say the shrubbery probably needs to be removed or at least trimmed. It appears like a soft pale green for color with the brown roof. I would keep the shutters possibly,similar color to painted area. I would so that last. Might looke nice with that stained wood color. What beautiful suggestions!

First, do you have an HOA. If so you may be limited as to how much you can change the look of your home. Start by removing the bushes in front of your porch. Increase the size and shape of your porch pillars. Remove the lower shutters and paint the front door a brighter and more inviting color. Install a cupola with weathervane on the garage roof to break up the roof line. Bring the front walk out into the yard and on a curve to the drivway. Install lighting on both sides of the entry door. Install lighting on both sides of the garage door. Remove the post light at driveway. Replace the garage door with one that has upper windows. Also remove the half circle over the middle window. Change the upper shutter color to the new door color. Add a porch swing on the corner of the porch and enjoy.

Some good ideas in the posts. 1. tear out the bushes. 2. extend the beds in front of the sidewalk and use some curves. Definately a tree to the left of house. 3. remove the rounded shutterlike piece over central window. My suugestions: put a straight cap with cown molding over it. Disagree about too much contrast in colors, not enough! Get rid of the brown roof shingles. Ugly ugly! do black or dark grey roof, light grey with claps, black shutters. Replace the splindly porch posts with much more sunstantial columns. Not round ones (overdone) but big fat square ones may even with stone bases. Frame a gable on the porch roof to mark the entry. Cuploa over garage. Very classy!

Cheap improvement- painted the garage door:)