The "wood" garage door is already a great improvement. If it was my home, I'd hold off on painting any trim around the garage door until you finish the other changes you are thinking of. I like the simple beauty of it and I would try to preserve that. Replacing the large round bushes with something more appealing would enhance the overall look.

With your current photos we can’t see the whole front yard and what is around it. For instance, I don’t see any redwoods.. Please take photos standing out by the street or public sidewalk and straight out from the front door and take one straight on, one to the left (but without moving the spot where you are taking the photos from), and one to the right so that we can see the whole front property along with any plants in the neighbors’ yards that influence yours. I would also like a photo of the front door garden and walkway area from several feet away.

cool house.

bad photograph of your neon street number. is it clearer in real life? can an EMT read it during the day? or should you only have a life threatening injury after dark?

really, modern numbers would be lovely and legible.

Here are a few more snaps, from the sidewalk, looking to the left of the front door, closer of the front door and left front side of the house, and of the admittedly overgrown garden.

what product did you use on your garage door? it came out really well.

Michele, I don't think you understand what is needed to be seen insofar as landscape pictures. Showing pieces of the yard, each from a different angle, is not really useful because we can't assimilate them into a single, cohesive scene. What you need is to stand IN LINE WITH THE FRONT DOOR, but OUT AT THE CURB. ALL pictures will be taken FROM THAT POSITION. Begin by aiming the camera at the left lot line. Take slightly overlapping pictures while the camera sweeps across the front of the house with the last picture including the right lot line. Don't substitute a computer generated panorama as it will be too small and distorted. All pictures MUST be taken from the same camera location. This way, we can see how everything fits together, almost as if we were there.

The "landscaping" has had 30 years of growth since installation. I suspect a new landscape plan will give you the biggest bang for your buck. Please post as Yardvaark has suggested...I'd like to see a full view of your lovely home.

Here I am standing at the front crib facing the house... sorry about the cars!

Oh my. That’s what you see, standing at the street?

Here I am standing at the front crib facing the house... sorry about the cars!

This is the product I used to paint the metal door “wood” look

Love the garage door. Thought you replaced it! I was a bit shocked when I saw the front door. Was not expecting a traditional look, but rather something modern. Maybe you can paint a bright color. But other than that, the landscape needs attention. I think there needs to be more blank space between plants. Some plants have just reproduced too much, so the structure is gone. I would clear the yard of containers and statues and rip out the less desirable plants. Then you can see what you have. Be strategic with where you put any statues and containers.

This is what I get out of the pictures:

(The right and left ends of the scene are cut off. We can't see how the scene relates to the city property or neighbors.) I never would have guessed the hill based on the first pictures.

Overall impressions are that the entrance has not been made inviting. It is too obscured. The low hanging limbs of the tree add an oppressive feel to the entrance area. The yard is too busy. Larger, like type shrubs, might could go nearer the left property line toward the back half. A uniform, low groundcover should be filling in a lot of the foreground space. (it could be subdivided, using more than a single groundcover, but they need to be artfully arranged and not mixed up.) Depending on how exposed the property is, there might could be a foreground tree at the right side (out of picture view.)

Agree with others that your yard could use some negative space to highlight the lush plantings. Your trees are gorgeous. Maybe you should have an arborist or a local garden center specialist out to look at your Japanese maple, it might be able to be saved. Mature Japanese maples add house value aside from their aesthetic beauty value.

Also, your garage door looks fantastic! I didn't even know such products existed.

This is a great house. Too bad you can't see it. I'd rip out most of the front landscape and replace the front door.

Good job Grover.

The landscape needs enhanced more that the house does.

Interesting house. Garage door does look really good.

Know how much time, effort, personal energy and/or money you want to spend on your landscaping on an ongoing basis before you decide how you're going to change it.

What color was the garage door before you painted it?

Did it require multiple coats of paint?

@ suzbell I painted it using a kit; the garage used to be the same color as the house!