Not sure a box bay would look good there. Perhaps some shutters and some other accent pieces to break up the open field look.

Thank you, that is helpful! I was told shutters would not look right due to the window size so think I’ll have to find other ways of dressing it up. Thanks!

Shutters would NOT look right. There is not enough room for shutters on those size windows. Read this brief article written by an architect about shutters:

Shutters vs Shudders

Landscaping will balance out the window placement. Work with a landscape designer for an overall plan that you can implement as time and budget allow.

Great article. Thank you! I think I’m going to go with a shrub on the right to cover the electrical and get some balance and new windows with some nicer trim- also a good siding cleaning. Maybe I’ll find some other ways as well to spruce it up...just such a plain front facade and with the front door on the side. Much cuter inside:)

I like that article because of the visuals :) Once you read it, you never look at shutters in quite the same way.

Your landscaping needs to have deeper beds out front. Bushes lined up against the house are not the best way to showcase your front at all. In fact, it looks almost like a small barricade if the foundation plants are too thick.

Scroll through houzz and take a look at the landscaping to get an idea of what works. A nice wide walkway is also very inviting. I can't give you specific plants but you can get great ideas just looking at houzz and then speaking with your local nursery for the right plantings. Have a master plan first so you can plant the right type of plants in the right locations.

Here is an example of a wider/deeper landscaping bed out front:

Great ideas! The bed is a bit wider and curved with smaller planting’s in front but the snow is covering it- Love NE. But I think a path would be nice and extending it a bit more. Thanks!

Not disagreeing with any of the suggestions here but I do disagree with that article, Denita. There was a long period in American architecture (roughly early 40s through 60s) where certain kinds of homes (e.g. minimalist traditional and some colonials) had decorative shutters which were not intended to look as though they would close over the windows. So I'm sorry the guy doesn't like it, but there are plenty of houses where they are appropriate. What he's basically saying is, "I don't like it, so it's wrong." I hate it that he's got so much traction, because people are destroying old original decorative shutters just because that yahoo told them to.

Besides, even in my youth in hurricane-prone SFL, during that time frame a lot of people had working shutters that hinged in the middle and folded to half the opened-out size.