Yeah those yews are more like yeesh's. I'd go with something much smaller.

The wood trim garage looks pretty nice.

I would go with wooden color

if you do wood, I don't suggest the faux kind. you can literally see the repeat in the grain! (maybe there are better ones that I mistook for real wood though.)

garage doors are really expensive and yours is actually not too bad. do you have the ability to remove the grids from the windows? do that and paint a new color, and I think that door would look great!

BUT.... if you want flat panel -- I don't know why, but I'm not feeling the mockups you posted above. the windows look too small. the all-glass one looks too modern (to me). I suggest looking at the kind where the windows are down one side instead of across the top.

Wood-clad garage doors look nice for a couple of years but really take a beating from the weather.

If the door is in good shape and works, maybe painting it a dark color and removing the grids from the lights as suggested would look good. Is the trim on your house light green? a dark forest green could look good.

And second on the landscaping. Even trimmed those yews look foreboding and hide your lovely home.

Here's how the house looks post yew trim

Here's another mockup. I agree that the windows above are too small, so we would have to get wider ones. The app I am using doesn't give me that option. Our style is more contemporary, so that's what I like the glass. Recently the spring created a dent in our garage, but I will check if the panels can be removed and/or if the grids can be removed.

The yews are too big for your house and that space. Boxwoods would be a better choice.

Contact a landscape architect, maybe thru your local nursery.

You need a better focused way to your front door.

Can we see the front door area??

Cut the hedges down by 2/3's and then repost the image so we can see the full house.

pkang13 , bummer about the dent! I recently had to replace our garage door becasue I literally broke it with my own personal stupidity, LOL. but I was secretly happy to have an excuse. the new door changed the entire look of the house!

how strange regarding that app! but I do like the newest one you posted (with bigger windows of course). your house has lots of potential. Love the flagstone!

Kathi Steele, We did hire a landscapre designer who recommended trimming them, but I do like the image that BeverlyFLADeziner posted!

You can top the yews. Cut them down about 18 inches. They should do well. Always hand prune them for best results. Make sure they are opened so the sunlight gets into the base.

Houssaon, do you mean we should cut them deeper than in the second photo of the trim I posted later in the message chain?

Congrats on the home.

Keep the yews (or at lest most of them*) but keep them trimmed them ... the right way.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/yew/pruning-yew-shrubs.htm

The kind of garage door you already have with windows across the top works well for that era house. Unless you're getting an upscale quality wood garage door, choose a metal one in a color similar to your house color(s) -- one that will visually (mostly) disappear.

For purposes of curb appeal, your objective should be to make your front entry the focal point of your home from the curb.

From the pics shown, you seem to need to create a way to lead your guests to the front door. If that requires a sidewalk from approximately where a car door would be when a (long) care is parked in your driveway outside your garage leading all the way around (or even through*) the yew hedge to the front entry door, do that, even if it means moving/removing one or two of the yews.

Thank you suezbell! Our entry is on the right side of the house. It cannot be seen from the front. I really like clean lines and the decorative squares on our current garage are not for me! I attached a flat panel with the same style of windows. Do you think this style doesn’t match the house itself? Also for the color do you think current color works? Or one similar to renderings above? We would be open to wood and to spending $ on it since it’s basically the front of our house :)
Thanks so much for any thoughts / advice!

The bushes should not extend above the window sill of the adjacent windows- basically they are the wrong bush for that location. You could cut them down and constantly trim them or just replace them with something that stays nice and low. The stone is pretty, I don't love the green trim. Putty would be better or a deeper grey like the mortar

Thank you both! The entry is on the opposite side of the driveway. There is a light green fence that opens to it. The yews are not interfering but it sounds like they should be shorter!

Where is the front door?? Can you show us how you get from the driveway to the front door??

It’s very hard to find! If our mailman is off we don’t get deliveries! Here are 3 pics that hopefully make sense. Garage happens to be open. Changing the front door area will be another project.

Beautiful front door! I might put money into a nicer more dramatic entry to the right of the garage so it is more clear that is the way to the front door. Some kind of arbor or wood or a metal gate? It looks like a side yard from the front. :)

Thank you @lafdr! Great idea!

That’s the way to your front door??!! Oh my. Is the wood gate typically kept closed?

Is that a full-sized shrub on the right side of your driveway that hides the wood gate that hides the walk to your front door? My goodness.

Agree with Patricia Colwell - remove the yews.

As they are right now, even after trimming, they block your entire front and bring all the focus to your garage door.

I do like the wood door or wood look alike door suggestion for your home. There are some beautiful garage doors with and without windows.

I love your brick. Personally I wouldn't do anything to the garage door that calls attention to the garage door when you have that interesting brick. My goal would be to make the garage door disappear (as it does with your current one) and call attention to the brick and the interesting lines of the roof that so nicely compliment the horizontal brick.

@Little Bug it is a small tree in a planter on the right side of the driveway. Hoping to get rid of it eventually. It's extremely heavy!

I found a way to make the windows rectangular on the rendering of the wood door (above). The door is by CHI and I read good things about it on another houzz discussion.

@tozmo1 do you think the glass door (3rd from top) stands out too much? If we kept the door very nondescript / close to the existing one, are there other ways we can call attention to the brick?

I really like that glass door but it might stand out too much. I sort of prefer the one you mocked up with the glass down the right side or across the top with a wood that blends/compliments the brick But depending on how the glass "shows up", it might not detract.

To make the brick stand out, I'd consider painting the gutter trim and the roof soffit (or whatever the underside of the roof overhang is called) a color that breaks up the roof from the brick. I see you like modern so another step would be to replace the bay window with something more modern. If you ever have to replace the roof, then a different color would make the brick stand out. Right now, it all just sort of blends, at least in the picture. But for now, see what you can do with paint.

I really like the house.

Here's one that has darker above the brick and it really makes the brick pop. And look, your garage door! :-)

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This one reminds me of your house

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Here's another one, brick pops when there is a darker color above it

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@tozmo1 Thank you for these cool ideas and examples! These are so helpful! Giving some thought to what color might look better. I will play around with around photoshop with some different colors. Replacing the bay window could really change the look. I imagine that would be expensive, so maybe it would be long term goal.

@gustaviatex I think we can remove the grids easily, so we will give that a try as initial step! Thanks so much for the idea!

I Like the privacy from tall bushes. :)