Your garage doors are lovely and I can imagine your desire to capitalize on a much larger porch. I would extend your existing porch both out and all the way over to the end of your home to create a generous welcoming ambiance and increase enjoyable living/entertaining space. This will also solve the awkward steep grading problem that benefits no one. Many folks shun painted brick but in this case, I think a white painted brick along with the garage would make this house stunning.

Thanks so much for your wonderful advice!! Do you recommend extending the porch all the way out on both ends ?? I'm trying to picture how that would look

Your low slope roof, and steep slope pose problems for a porch addition.

If you extended the porch across to the right, it would block light from entering the windows, and would need to be supported from below.

You would probably end up with something that looks like a deck rather than a porch, supported on posts, and looking like an ill conceived addition rather than an enhancement to the house.

The house looks nice as is, and only needs landscaping. I can see several retaining walls running roughly parallel to the driveway, and some ornamental trees -- maybe dogwoods and crape myrtles.

You need terrace that yard. I also don't like the railing blocking the view of the front door. You need to have a better approach to the house via a sidewalk

Extend the porch to the left (in your photo), all the way to the garage. Landscape the right side with trees and shrubs.

Here you go!

A deck at the same height as the front porch built to the far right of the house.

Extended out from the porch, you could remove the railings and install one full rail all the wall around the new deck. Add a pergola and matching support posts.

Also, you might be able to configure something like this:

Before and After:

Wow @bellburgmaggie that is a awesome pic & idea of how to do my home!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!! The best idea thus far!!! I'm so appreciative!

Check out Houzz article https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-right-dimensions-for-your-porch-stsetivw-vs~25889920

Your welcome. It is just a first attempt, but visually you really need your eye going to the front door instead of the garage door. I would also paint the door a bright color like a blue/grey. The slope is really affecting the presentation so see what you can do to terrace the yard and give yourself more flat space. Most people plant way too close to the house so be sure to pull the plants away from the house.

Please paint your downspout to match your brick.

groveraxle those are excellent visuals of what my home would look like if I extended the porch!!!!!

bellburgmaggie you are so right! I did want the focal point of my home to be the front door just didn't know how to achieve it! I also thought about changing the color to my front door but I wanted to change that door to a more sturdier one. Also I think the retaining wall you added to the picture would work. I agree the slope is a true pain & eye sore

bellburgmaggie also what do you think about adding shutters ?

I unblocked the front door. Extending the porch across the front will be expensive - so I think it depends on your budget!

No shutters. You don't have room for properly sized ones.

@bellburgmaggie loving your visuals...yes extending the front porch will be costly. Also it doesn't look as appealing as your design.

JudyG's before & after has great potential - you gain a front porch & and walkway to front door yet also keeping the ex. walk for easy access to driveway/garage. Big plusses are that you would not be meddling with the roofline or diminishing natural light to the inside of home.

pat1250 I agree