Thank you! I see now, that having three light fixtures would be best. What about the faux brick its weird looking... will upload more pics

Well, the faux brick is what it is. Are you considering replacing it?

I would remove the arches and put a new veneer over the whole thing. The lines of your house are really nice, but that faux brick is ugly.

If painting the faux brick is in consideration, I would make it a creamy white and do all of the trim in chocolate brown. Hope this is the info you are seeking.

We did price having a stucco finish done. Also painting it... neither is ideal but could certainly eliminate this oddity.

Stucco is $$$, but paint is too. A combo of paint and having some wood surfacing added might be an option.

You do not have a Spanish style home. Just a nice long ranch house with incongruous arches. The arches are worse than the brick. I'd remove them.

Notice how nicely cleaned up it looks in Groveraxle's offering?

Appreciate your thoughts, keep them coming, people! I don't have a big budget but do want to give this new home what it deserves to be pulled together well and be authentic. Thank you for helping me to explore some options...

Your budget solution: remove the arches. You may have to add a support post on the corner. Remove the shutters. Paint the brick a light gray. Paint the garage doors to match. Paint the fascia and gutter white. Add a modern post lamp. Add a specimen plant. Dog is optional.

(Love that bassett hound look! Definately keeping!)

This does clean it up and lighten it up nicely.

I am fond of greens rather than grays and will play with this idea, and a great accent color on front door, too!

Green. How many bassets would you like?

Agree with everything Grover said except "dog is optional." Every house deserves a dog. Or two.

Oh, and would love a MCM door.

I agree this is a MCM that has been bastardized with these arches and perhaps even the faux brick. Get rid of the arches they are distracting and really horrid.

Dumb question here ( Im not all that familiar with post-war bldg methods.) What is that "fake brick"- is it an actual masonry product or what? Ive started looking at houses all excited because its brick but then disappointed when I get there, and find its only half of the front that has this fakey brick on it! What's up with that? Like no one's going to view it from the side and see that it doesnt go all the way around?

Anyway OP, if yours goes around on all sides and its an intact, water-tight, useable surface, then why not clean it up good and if need be, paint it (or stain if its an actual masonry surface.) It looks pretty convincing around the windows and edges, its only the discoloration really thats unattractive. Even if you had extra $$ sitting around, why get rid of stuff if you can make it work for you and look good..... esp if its authentic and original to house (is it?)

(And of course doing the architectural tweaking as suggested above.)

There is a difference between fake brick which is a thin veneeer and face brick which is really brick but only applied to the front of a home to save $$$. That's been done for decades and continues to be done by builders all over the country.

In my particular case, it is masonry and the technique is to put it on the concrete block structure when built. (1960 in my case) they draw in the grout lines. It's colored in a variety of shades to create red, beige, gray or brown hues. it is not individual bricks placed one by one or made from same material...

Mid-century front door/garage door ideas? Will be replacing!

I gave you the mid century look earlier, but you said you were on a budget.

You're so funny with the dogs! I understand the mid-century look better now, thank you!

Be sure to post "after" pics.

Any updates?