Thank you. There is a black metal railing on porch but I had the wood proped up to see if adding wood railing would look right? O could take railng off too

Agree with apple pie. You could go black or blue for the shutters and door. Either would be nice. Black and white are classic with your brick (and the roof). Leave the white trim around the door.

Thank you. Not sure about landscaping and I hate the white at the top. Here is another picture that is brighter. Feel like you can't see the door due to bushes and stuff. Scared to cut back all the shrubs bc don't know what it would look like.

Have you lived there for at least a full year., all seasons? If not, check with a local nursery about when the shrubs can be pruned-- take some clippings in to ask what they are if you don't know. Pruning need not be drastic: clipping off three inches along the walkway is a good start.

I think I'd have to paint those white gabels to match the roof. the white just looks really strange up there all by itself!

Take those things off the top of the windows. Paint the door black and the sidelights the white of the trim. Leave the black railings. Paint the gables to match the roof. Go to a local nursery with a picture of the home and work with them on a foundation planting plan

Can the white trim pieces over the window be removed? Or are they built into the brickwork?

No they are fixed on

remove the odd trims and the fake shutters to start

I would consider painting the whole front door the same color as your white trim. Bring it out. Let it be seen. Keep it simple.

Black railing and shutters to stay as is.

Red patterned outdoor colored pillows on those rocking chairs.

Eliminate the two trees behind the rockers.

Plant red colored flowers, during the summer in abundance around the outdoor light. Maybe plant red impatients or geraniums.

You could also lower the shrubs and in front of the shrubs add large green leaf hostas. The ones that are white edged leaf.

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Thank you so much. Those are great ideas!!