Potted plants, a bench or bistro set and some color...

Mass planting of hydrangeas and hosta, make a small path, maybe a nice vine or creeper up the railing on stairs

Thank you all, I’m thinking more structural? We are not allowed to do plants unfortunately, it’s in a big fire risk zone.

The house color should be a much more natural , that grey doesn’t work . It’s much too much contrast and in a wooded setting like this I think it should blend into the sourounding more. I’d also redo the front entry. A smaller overhang and maybe a more sleek profile.

Instead of the cable in photo 1, use the fencing in the second photo, hit the photos to expand for a larger view. The photo notes say this:

We used www.mcnichols.com stock number 343088G048. It is 4'x8' and has 2.808" openings and 0.1920" wire size. A larger opening size could be used if local codes allow.

wsea we are getting a black roof and the siding is going to be dark blue/grey instead of the smurf blue color.

Have you considered using Crisp Romaine as your color?

No I haven’t but it’s beautiful, do you have a link to the pictures you added?

I just googled Crisp Romaine exterior. I think all of them are actually from Houzz. It is a Benjamin Moore paint color.

And for the entry, here are two inspiration shots, also from Google. I like the idea of the first one, adding a larger entry of an entirely different shape, but the second one is probably cheaper.